Ningxia University

Ningxia University
宁夏大学
Motto 尚德勤学 求是创新
Motto in English
Truth and innovation through virtuous and diligent study
Type Public
Established 2002
President He Jianguo
Academic staff
2,717
Students 15,000 (approx.)
Location Yinchuan, China
Campus Urban
Website www.nxu.edu.cn

Ningxia University (Chinese: 宁夏大学; pinyin: Níngxià Dàxué) is a regional comprehensive university, co-administrated by Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

The school was founded in 1958. In the end of 1997, Ningxia Institute of Technology and Yinchuan Normal College (including Ningxia Education College) were merged into the University. In February 2002, it was merged with Ningxia Agricultural College, and formed the new Ningxia University.

It currently comprises three campuses. It consists of more than 2,600 teachers and staff, over 50% of them are formal instructors. More than half of the instructors hold intermediate to senior titles, 52% of them with masters or doctors degrees. 15 teachers receives special subsidies of the State Council, and 17 were elected into "National Hundreds, Thousands, Tens of Thousands Experts Project". It enrolls more than 15,000 undergraduates and over 1,300 graduates. More than 600 are minority preparatory students.

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