Xi’an Universities and Institutes

Xi’an boasts many famous universities, institutes and academies. The campuses are located mainly in the university townships. Yanta and Beilin University Township in the north downtown is the oldest one. Chang’an University Township in the southern suburb of the city is a newly built one holding many new campuses. It is a little far from the city center; however, there are many bus routes which run regularly between the campuses and the city.

Xi’an Jiaotong University

Website: http://en.xjtu.edu.cn/

Also known as Nanyang Public University, it was founded in Shanghai in 1896. The university got its present name in 1959. At present, it has developed into an institution which focuses on science and engineering and covers many subjects such as engineering medicine, economics, management, art and law. It collaborates internationally with 145 universities and research institutions from 42 countries worldwide. Nowadays, it has over 30,108 students, including 12,848 Ph. D. students and Masters students.

Xingqing Campus: No.28, Xianning West Road, Beilin District

Transport: Take bus No. 7, 33, 34, 45, 48, 228, 237, 240, 313, 401, 408, 508, 512, 517, 525, 602, 607, 612 or 702

Yanta Campus: No.74, Yanta West Road, Yanta District

Transport: Take bus No. 19, 30, 36, 215, 229, 239, 323, 401, 407, 408, 503, 600, K600, 603, K605, K618, K631, 704, 710, 720 or Education Special Line

Qujiang Campus: No.99, Yanxiang Road, Qujiang District

Transport: Take bus No. 25, 45, 48, 521, 525, 903

iHarbor Campus: Fengxi New City, Xixian New District

Transport: Metro Line No.5

Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)

Website: http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/

Established in 1938 in Hanzhong, it was originally known as the State Northwest Institute of Engineering. It was moved to Xi’an in October 1957 and combined with the Xi’an Institute of Aeronautics and East China Institute of Aeronautics. It was officially renamed Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1957. Currently, it has 28,363 students, including 170 international students. NPU covers a total area of about 840 acres, among which Youyi Campus owns about 198 acres and Chang’an Campus covers about 642 acres. It develops international cooperation relationships quickly and widely and has already established relationship with more than one hundred universities and research institutions from tens of countries.

Youyi Campus: 172, Youyi West Road, Beilin District

Transport: Take bus No. 10, 24, 29, 40, 43, 106, 107, 201, 206, 322, 402, 502, 503, 512, 518, 700 or 707

Chang’an Campus: Fengyukou, Chang’an District

Transport: Take bus No. 916 or 4-08.

Northwest University (NWU)

Website: http://www.nwu.edu.cn/

Located in the famous ancient Chinese capital Xi’an, it was originally founded in 1902 as Shaanxi College. NWU assumed its present name in 1929. There are more than 26,000 students here, including more than 6,600 graduate students and more than 900 international students. It pays close attention to international exchange and cooperation, and has established collaborative relations with nearly 90 institutions of higher learning and research from more than ten countries. NWU has three campuses with a total area of about 389 acres.

Northern Campus: No.229, Taibai North Road, Beilin District

Transport: Take bus No. 10, 16, 205, 206, 21, 311, 402, 504, 506, 521, 604, 720, 722, 900, or K631

Chang’an Campus: No.1, Xuefu Dadao, Chang’an District

Transport: Take bus No. 311, 321, 324, K600 or Waiyuan Special Line

Taoyuan Campus: No.15, Gaoxin North Road, Gaoxin District

Transport: Take bus No. 10, 28, 40, 107, 210, 211, 217, 219, 220, 251 or 324.

Xi’an International Studies University (XISU)

Website: http://www.xisu.edu.cn/

Established in 1952, it was originally known as the Northwest Russian College. It is the only university in northwest China conducting a complete range of foreign language programs. It got its present name in 2006 upon the approval of the Ministry of Education. XISU has developed wide international academic collaboration and has established cooperative relations with 118 overseas universities and educational institutions. It has carried out ‘two-campuses’ programs with 77 universities in 21 countries including Australia, Japan, France, Spain and Canada, for training undergraduate and postgraduate students. It has two campuses: Yanta Campus and Chang’an Campus.

Yanta Campus: No.437 Chang'an South Road, Yanta District

Transport: Take bus No. 19, 44, 215, 217, 229, 239, 323, 408, 504, 527, 600, K600, 603, K631 or 704

Chang’an Campus: No.1 Wenyuan South Road, Chang’an District

Transport: Take bus No. 311, 321 or K600.

Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology

Website: http://www.xidian.edu.cn/

It was founded in 1931 and got its present name in 1988. Currently there are more than 30,000 students, including over 1,600 Ph. D. students and 7,600 Masters students. In recent years, Xidian has quickened its internationalization pace by establishing cooperative relationships and conducting academic cooperation and exchanges with over 100 universities and institutions in more than 40 countries. It has two campuses with a total area of about 659 acres: the Northern Campus and Chang’an Campus.

Northern Campus: No.2, Taibai South Road

Transport: Take bus No. 6, 35, 106, 205, 216, 308, 311, 506, 604, 608, 721 or 900,

Chang’an Campus: Guodu Intersection, Chang’an District

Transport: Take bus No. 204, 220, 311, 313, 322 or 716.

Chang’an University

Website: http://www.chd.edu.cn/

Presently, there are more than 29,000 full-time students, including doctoral students, postgraduate students, and more than 6,000 foreign students. So far, Chang’an University has over 130,000 thousand graduates serving in different fields. It began to enroll foreign students in 1956 and has trained more than 1,000 students from over 20 countries. It has set up communication and co-operations with 110 universities and research institutions from more than 40 countries.

Main Campus: 2nd Ring South Road, Beilin District

Yanta Campus: N0.126, Yanta North Road, Yanta District

Transport: Take bus No. 5, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 34, 41, 44, 224, 237, 242, 400, 401, 408, 500, 501, 521, 526, 527, 601, 606, 609, 701 or 715.

Weishui Campus: No.356, Changda South Road, Weiyang District

Transport: Take bus No. 214, 518, 900 or 901

Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU)

Website: http://www.snnu.edu.cn/

Established in 1944, it was formerly known as Shaanxi Provincial Teachers College and got its present name in 1960. It is well-known for its cultural history, covering an area of more than 445 acres. It has two Campuses including Yanta Campus and Chang’an Campus. There are more than 50,000 students enrolled at the university, among them 325 foreign students. It actively sets up international cooperation and exchange programs and has built a relationship with 60 universities from more than ten countries including America, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, Korea, Vietnam and Hong Kong.

Yanta Campus: No.199, Chang’an South Road, Yanta District

Transport: Take bus No. 19, 55, 215, 217, 229, 239, 323, 408, 527, 600, K600, 603, K631 or 704.

Chang’an Campus: No.620, West Chang'an Street, Chang’an District

Transport: Take bus No. 321, 322, 600, K600 or 906.

Northwest University of Politics and Law

Website: http://www.nwupl.edu.cn/

Northwest University of Political Science and Law (NWUPL), located in Xi’an, a world famous historical and cultural city, is well known for its legal academics and also enjoys a distinguished reputation in philosophy, economics, management and literature. NWUPL, awarded as the member of Legal Alliance among top legal institutes of higher education in China and Chang’an Alliance among high-quality institutes of higher education in Xi’an, is both the center for legal education and research and academic research on social science in the northwest of China. Currently, it has a variety of schools, including School of Philosophy and Social Development, School of Economics, School of Business, School of Criminal Law, School of Civil and Commercial Law, School of Economic Law, School of Administrative Law, School of International Law, School of Anti-Terrorism Law, School of Political Science and Public Administration, School of Public Security, School of Foreign Languages, School of Journalism and Communications, School of Marxism and School of International Education.

Yanta Campus: No.300, Chang’an South Road, Yanta District

Chang’an Campus: Weiguo Road Middle Section, Chang’an District

Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications

Website: http://www.xiyou.edu.cn/

Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications (XUPT) is co-designed and implemented by the People’s Government of Shaanxi Province and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.The University is located in Xi’an, a historic city in Northwest China, famous for its magnificent ancient culture. XUPT was founded in 1950 and gradually developed into a polytechnic university focusing on engineering and the specialization of information science technology. This regimen of engineering specialization has been consummated by integrating the disciplines of engineering, management, science, economics, the humanities, law, and art. The University covers a total area of 247 acres, with a current full-time student enrollment of 18,000.

Yanta Campus: No.563, Chang’an South Road, Yanta District

Chang’an Campus: Weiguo Road Middle Section, Chang’an District

Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

Website: http://www.xauat.edu.cn/

Address: No.13, Yanta Road, Yanta District

Xi’an University of Science and Technology

Website: http://www.xust.edu.cn/

Yanta Campus: No.58, Yanta Middle Road, Yanta District

Lintong Campus: No.48, Shangu Dadao, Lintong District

Xi’an Shiyou University

Website: http://www.xapi.edu.cn/

Xi’an Shiyou University(XSYU) is a unique multidisciplinary university in northwest china characterized by petroleum and petro-chemical engineering. As a study demonstration base of Chinese government scholarship for foreign students in China, XSYU has the independent enrollment right of foreign students. And XSYU is qualified as the first innovation bases of Shaanxi Provincial post-doctoral, as well as Doctor`s degree authorized institution.

XSYU was founded in 1951 as Northwest Petroleum Technical School and upgraded to xi 'an petroleum institute in 1958. In 1969 it changed into a factory and rebuilt in 1980. In 2003, it was renamed Xi 'an Shiyou university.

The university has three campuses, the Yanta campus at Electronic Industrial Park of High-tech Industrial Development Zone of Xi’an, the Mingde campus in Xi’an Zhangba East Road, the Huyi campus in Xi’an Fengjing Industrial Park of Huyi District. XSYU covers an area of 2,078 acre, with total fixed assets of 2.808 billion Yuan and total equipment of 603 million Yuan.

Address: No.18, Dianzi 2nd Road East Section, Yanta District

Xi’an Technological University

Website: http://www.xust.edu.cn/

Jinhua Campus: No.4, Jinhua North Road, Beilin District

Yanta Campus: No.119, Xiaozhai West Road, Yanta District

Weiyang Campus: No.2, Xuefu Middle Road, Weiyang District

Xi’an University of Finance and Economics (XAUFE)

Website: http://www.xaufe.edu.cn/

Yanta Campus: No.105, Cuihua Road, Yanta District

Chang’an Campus: No.2, Weichang Road, Chang’an District

Huamei Campus: Duling East Road, Chang’an District