Xinjiang University (XJU) is a provincial public comprehensive university in

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, China. It is a national key university affiliated with the

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and co-funded by the

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and the regional government. The university is part of

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and the

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. Established in 1924 in

, Xinjiang University is a comprehensive university with the highest academic level in Xinjiang. The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the " Shanghai Ranking," placed the university the best in Xinjiang and 129th in China.

Establishment and location

In 1924, Xinjiang Russian and Law School was founded, which is known as the former school of Xinjiang University. In 1935, it was converted to Xinjiang College. Xinjiang University was named in 1960; it is in the southern part of

. Among its prominent leaders was Du Zhongyuan, who was executed in 1943 on suspicion of being subversive. It is a national key comprehensive university with students from various ethnic groups. It is one of two in Xinjiang entering the national “ 211 Project.” On December 30, 2000, the former Xinjiang University and Xinjiang Engineering Institute merged into a new Xinjiang University. In the past 78 years, it has seen 65,000 students graduate.

Colleges

Xinjiang University comprises fourteen schools, which have courses and branches of study ranging from science, engineering, law and economics to management, the arts and history. A new major in intellectual property was created in 2013. XJU has three campuses: the Main Campus, the North Campus and the South Campus.

Academics

There are three Ph.D. programs, 46 Masters’ programs and 75 undergraduate majors. The university has research institutions in these areas of study: * Economics * Arid Ecology * Math Theory * Demography * Applied Chemistry * Central Asian Culture * Altaic Study * Architectural Design The Minorities Folklore Research Center at Xinjiang University was founded by Rahile Dawut.

Rankings and reputation

The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the " Shanghai Ranking," placed the university 129th in China. Xinjiang University was ranked 701-800th globally by the

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(ARWU). It was ranked # 1317 globally and 448th in Asia in the 2024 Best Global Universities by ''the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.'' It was ranked 1177th in the world by the

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2024. The university ranked # 805 in the world by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2023-2024. The 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked XJU at 594th in the world based on their publications for the period 2019–2022. The ''

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'' ranked XJU among the top 487 leading universities globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science based on the institution output from 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024. Overall, Xinjiang University was ranked among the top 1500 universities worldwide according to several major international universities rankings.''''

Asteroid

Asteroid 192450 Xinjiangdaxue was named in honor of the university. The official was published by the

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on 25 September 2018 ().

Notable alumni

* Tashpolat Tiyip * Yang Gang

Notable faculty

* Rahile Dawut * Du Zhongyuan * Tashpolat Tiyip * Ibrahim Muti'i * Wushour Silamu

References

External links

*
campus forum

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