Beifang University for Nationalities is directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and is a comprehensive general college. The school is located in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, "Sai Shang Jiangnan". It is the only central ministry-level university in my country established in an ethnic minority area. The school was formerly the Northwest Second Nationalities University, which was founded in 1984 and renamed Beifang University for Nationalities in 2008. The school is a doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree authorization unit. The school adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly studies and implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work, important expositions on education and talent work, fully implements the party's ethnic policies and education policies, adheres to the party's overall leadership, adheres to the fundamental task of moral education, adheres to the main line requirements of forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, adheres to stimulating the fundamental driving force of reform and innovation, and adheres to the path of connotative high-quality development, becoming an important base for studying and publicizing the party's ethnic theories and policies, cultivating outstanding cadres and talents of all ethnic groups, and serving and supporting the economic and social development of ethnic regions. It was awarded the National Ethnic Unity and Progress Education Base by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It was approved as a demonstration school in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region National Unity and Progress Demonstration Zone, the first batch of civilized units, a demonstration school for governing schools according to law, and a demonstration school for forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation. Talent cultivation: The school adheres to the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, educating people for the Party and cultivating talents for the country. It recruits students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country. There are currently more than 23,000 doctoral students, master students, and undergraduate (preparatory) students, which is a microcosm of the Chinese nation. More than 80,000 graduates have taken root in the border areas and ethnic regions of the motherland, becoming practitioners of the construction of the Chinese nation community, builders of economic and social development in ethnic regions, promoters of China's excellent traditional culture, and defenders of national unity and border stability. Disciplines and majors: The school is rooted in Ningxia, based in the northwest, facing the country, and looking at the world. It adheres to the purpose of serving the national development strategy and the party's ethnic work in the new era. There are 77 undergraduate majors in 9 disciplines including literature, science, engineering, law, history, management, economics, art, and education. There are two first-level doctoral degree authorization points in ethnology and mathematics, a postdoctoral research mobile station in ethnology, 13 first-level master's degree authorization points such as materials science and engineering, and 14 professional master's degree authorization points such as electronic information. 9 provincial and ministerial first-class disciplines such as mathematics, 10 provincial and ministerial key disciplines such as chemical engineering and technology. 4 national characteristic majors such as materials science and engineering, 13 national first-class undergraduate major construction points such as chemical engineering and technology, 9 provincial first-class undergraduate major construction points such as software engineering, 9 provincial and ministerial advantageous and characteristic majors such as Chinese language and literature, 7 provincial and ministerial "13th Five-Year Plan" key majors (groups) such as automation, and 5 provincial and ministerial demonstration majors for talent training in the integration of industry and education such as mechanical and electronic engineering. 1 national material science experimental teaching demonstration center and 8 provincial and ministerial experimental teaching demonstration centers such as chemical technology foundation. Faculty: The school adheres to the principle of the party managing talents, attracts and trains talents at the same time, and strives to build a high-quality talent team with firm political beliefs, good teacher ethics, and strong professional skills. The school currently has nearly 1,500 faculty and staff, 4 academicians, 10 people selected for national talent projects or honorary titles, and more than 200 people selected for provincial and ministerial talent projects and honorary titles; the "Image Processing and Intelligent Computing Teacher Team" was approved as the Huang Danian-style teacher team of national universities, 5 teams were selected into the National Ethnic Affairs Commission Innovation Team Support Plan, 12 teams were selected into the autonomous region's science and technology innovation team, 4 teams were selected into the autonomous region's college Huang Danian-style teacher team, and 4 teams were selected into the autonomous region's talent highland. Scientific research: The school adheres to the concept of "scientific research pursues originality, scientific research promotes teaching, scientific research serves the local area, and scientific research improves the school", conducts scientific research in response to major national needs and local economic and social development, writes papers on the land, and uses the results in practice. It has formed certain characteristics and advantages in theoretical research on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, research on powder materials and special ceramics, recycling of industrial waste, grape planting and winemaking technology, and the development of border areas and the enrichment of the people and rural revitalization. There is 1 national-local joint engineering research center, 1 demonstration national international science and technology cooperation base; 8 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, 5 provincial and ministerial humanities and social science research bases; 1 provincial technology innovation center, 2 provincial engineering technology centers, 1 provincial industrial design center; 2 national "National Chemical and Mechanical Basic Science Popularization Base" and "Electronic Science and Physics Demonstration Center Science Popularization Base". Cooperation and Exchange: The school adheres to open education and actively carries out domestic and foreign cooperation and exchanges. Hefei University of Technology is a counterpart support university designated by the Ministry of Education. The school has carried out in-depth school-to-school, school-to-local, and school-to-enterprise cooperation with Peking University, Yinchuan Municipal People's Government, Ningxia Sharing Group, etc., to promote mutual promotion and win-win results. The school actively participates in the "Belt and Road" initiative and joins the "Silk Road University Alliance". It has 3 Ministry of Education/National Ethnic Affairs Commission country and regional research centers, and has been approved by the Ministry of Education for 1 Sino-foreign cooperative education project. There are currently international students from 12 countries studying at the school. The school has signed cooperation agreements with more than 80 universities and institutions in more than 30 countries and regions such as the United States, Britain, France, and Malaysia. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The school has steadily promoted the deep integration of education and teaching with innovation and entrepreneurship, actively carried out "double innovation" education, and implemented the "specialization and innovation integration '5+3' education to create a 'six ones' innovative talent training system". The innovative and entrepreneurial talent training model won the special prize of the autonomous region's teaching achievements. It was awarded the "National First Batch of 100 Demonstration Universities for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform" by the Ministry of Education, and was rated as a "National Entrepreneurship Incubation Demonstration Base" by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and was awarded the title of "National University Student Entrepreneurship Demonstration Park" by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. Entering a new development stage, implementing new development concepts, and serving a new development pattern. Standing at a new historical starting point, the school adheres to the main line of work to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, adheres to the original mission of ethnic colleges, inherits the red genes of ethnic colleges, follows the laws of education, keeps pace with the times, pioneers and innovates, comprehensively deepens comprehensive reforms, and deeply promotes transformation and upgrading. Solidly promote connotation construction, achieve high-quality development, and strive to build the school into a distinctive, high-level, modern comprehensive university! (Data statistics are as of May 8, 2024)
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