Qinghai University is located in Xining City, the capital of Qinghai Province, the "Summer Capital". It is a national "211 Project" key university, the Ministry of Education and the first university in Qinghai Province. It is also the strength of Qinghai Province. The strongest, largest university with the most complete disciplines. Qinghai University was formerly known as Qinghai Institute of Technology, which was founded in 1958. In November 1960, Qinghai Institute of Technology merged with Qinghai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai Medical College, and Qinghai College of Finance and Economics to form Qinghai University. Qinghai University was abolished at the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution". In 1971, it was restored to the Qinghai Institute of Technology and Agriculture, which included the disciplines of the two universities. In 1988, it was renamed Qinghai University. With the adjustment of the layout and structure of universities, Qinghai College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine was merged in October 1997. In January 2001, Qinghai Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Qinghai Academy of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, and Qinghai Vocational and Technical College of Finance and Economics were merged into the integrated system. In 2004, Qinghai Medical College was merged. Joined and established the new Qinghai University.

Qinghai University has 6 campuses, covering an area of ??2,850 acres, with a total construction area of ??600,000 square meters, including 203,000 square meters of teaching and administrative buildings, 89,900 square meters of sports venues, and 89,900 square meters of experimental facilities. The room area reaches 36886.64 m2, the library area is 11,800 m2, and the collection of more than 1.15 million books. Publicly publish academic journals such as "Journal of Qinghai University", "Journal of Qinghai University Medical College", "Qinghai Journal of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine", "Qinghai Agriculture and Forestry Science and Technology". The total value of the school’s fixed assets is 609 million yuan, of which the total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment is 73.57 million yuan. A campus network invested 14.4 million yuan in construction connects 109 buildings on each campus with 4,594 information access points, covering all office, teaching, and scientific research buildings in the school, making it the largest campus network among universities in Qinghai Province. The school recruits students from 25 provinces and regions across the country, with a total of 21,458 students of all types. Among them, there are 480 doctoral and master's students, 11,936 full-time undergraduates, and 1,505 junior college students.

In 2012, the school was selected as a national university for the “Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities”.

In the same year, it became one of the 14 key universities in the country’s “Comprehensive Strength Improvement Project of Central and Western Universities”.

Qinghai University has Qinghai University School of Medicine, Qinghai University School of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University School of Chemical Engineering, Qinghai University School of Finance and Economics, Qinghai University School of Agriculture and Forestry, Qinghai University School of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Qinghai University Tibetan Medicine School, Qinghai University There are secondary colleges such as the School of Mechanical Engineering, the School of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, and the School of Civil Engineering, as well as colleges and institutions such as the Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, the College of Adult Education of Qinghai University, and the Kunlun College of Qinghai University, and more than 20 departments (departments); including the Animal Husbandry Research Institute, Crop Breeding There are 12 professional research institutes including the Cultivation Research Institute; there are 61 undergraduate majors and 34 junior college majors; there are 14 provincial key disciplines and 3 provincial key medical disciplines; there are 5 national experimental research centers and 24 1 provincial key laboratory and training base; 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, and 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education established by the Ministry of Education. There are "National Crop Germplasm Resources Long-term Bank Qinghai Duplicate Bank", "National Rapeseed Improvement Qinghai Branch", "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Agricultural Analysis Center", "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau New Crop Variety Quality Testing Center" and the "Potato Virus" aided by the EU There are 5 national-level experimental research centers including the "Testing Center"; there are "Key Laboratory of Plateau Medicine of the Ministry of Education" and "Key Laboratory of Plateau Biotechnology 'established by the Ministry of Education'; there are plateau animal diseases, chemical engineering principles, 15 provincial key projects including advanced materials and applied technology, spring rapeseed breeding, water conservancy and hydropower, plateau building materials, basic medicine, plateau medical research center, clinical medical experiment center, grassland ecological environment, information technology research and application, basic chemistry, pharmacy, etc. Laboratory and basic industrial teaching demonstration center "provincial teaching training base". Qinghai University has one first-level doctoral degree program (crop genetics and breeding), two second-level doctoral degree programs, and nine first-level master’s degree programs, covering 50 second-level master’s degree programs. Covering five disciplines: medicine, agriculture, engineering, law and management. The disciplines and majors have formed a pattern with the four major disciplines of engineering, agriculture, medicine, and management as the main subjects, and the coordinated development of other disciplines.

Among them, there are agronomy, animal medicine, animal science, grassland science, water conservancy and hydropower engineering, machinery manufacturing and automation, chemical engineering and technology, basic medicine, preventive medicine, Tibetan medicine, business administration, civil engineering, horticulture, and regional economy. It has 14 “provincial key disciplines” and 3 “provincial key medical disciplines”. In 2011, Qinghai University’s “Internal Medicine (Plateau Medicine)” and “Crop Genetics and Breeding” disciplines were approved as secondary national key disciplines and national key (cultivation) disciplines respectively.