Xinjiang University (XJU) (Uighur: شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى, Шинҗаң Университети; Chinese: 新疆大学; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Dàxué) is one of the major universities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China and is a national key university. Established in 1924 in Ürümqi, Xinjiang University is a comprehensive university with the highest academic level in Xinjiang, under Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211.[1] It is a Chinese state Class B Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education.
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
In 2021, Xinjiang University was ranked 762th by SCImago Institutions Rankings among research universities around the world. The 2021 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked XJU at 887th in the world based on their publications for the period 2016–2019. The Nature Index ranked XJU among the top 1000 leading research institutions globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science based on the institution outputs from May 2020 to April 2021.