Xinjiang Normal University (XNU) is a university with a hundred-year history of education and a deep cultural heritage, its predecessor was the Xinjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1906, and was renamed Urumqi Normal School No. 1 in 1955. In September 1978, Xinjiang College of Education was established on the basis of Urumqi No.1 Normal School. Since then, Xinjiang Radio and Television Normal University, Xinjiang Industrial Technical School and Xinjiang Early Childhood Normal School have been incorporated into the school, and in 2012, the school was renamed Xinjiang Normal Higher and Specialized School (Xinjiang College of Education). For more than a hundred years, the school has always followed the spirit of the school motto of "Virtue and Inspiration, Diligent Learning and Conduct", always adhered to the direction of socialism, adhered to the philosophy of "People-oriented, Quality-oriented, Outstanding Characteristics, and Serving the Society", adhered to the road of connotative development, comprehensively carried out the Party's education policy, implemented the fundamental task of establishing morality and nurturing people, nurtured for the Party and the country, and served the autonomous regions and regions with the best education. The school has cultivated a large number of talents for pre-school and basic education teachers in the autonomous region. In recent years, the school has taken the initiative to meet the urgent needs of regional economic and social development for high-quality technical and skilled personnel, and vigorously develop vocational education with Chinese characteristics. The school has won the titles of National Advanced Collective for Progress in National Unity, National Civilized Unit, National Civilized Campus, Advanced Unit for Ideological and Political Work of College Students in the Autonomous Region, and Model Unit for National Unity in Urumqi City. The school has 3 campuses (Yaxin Campus, Guangming Campus, Five-star Campus), covering an area of more than 1,200 acres, with a total building area of 284,000 square meters; there are nearly 12,000 general specialized students and more than 180 general undergraduates; there are 501 full-time teachers, and there are 139 teachers with the title of associate high school teacher or above, which accounts for 27.7% of the total number of teachers with the title of associate high school teacher or above; and 331 of the full-time teachers with the qualification of master or above, accounting for 66.7% of the total number of teachers; and 331 of the full-time teachers have the qualification of master or above (degree). 331 full-time teachers with master's degree or above, accounting for 66.1% of the total number of teachers, and 50.9% of the total number of "dual-teacher" teachers. There are 4 experts specially subsidized by the State Council, 3 candidates selected for the second phase and 1 candidate for the third phase of cultivation of Tianshan Talents in the autonomous region, and 3 master teacher studios in the autonomous region. 2 experts of the Teaching Guidance Committee of Education Specialties in Vocational Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education. There are 10 teaching units such as Marxism College, Preschool Education College and Vocational and Technical College, covering 37 enrolled majors such as tourism management and preschool education. The school constantly strengthens the central position of teaching work, vigorously promotes education and teaching reform, innovates talent cultivation mode, and attaches importance to practical teaching links. The school has the first autonomous region level backbone professional group 1, school level high level backbone professional group 10, autonomous region boutique course 5, school level boutique course 106, school level course civics demonstration course 18. 2 "4 + 0" high school articulation joint cultivation of talents project. The school actively promotes the integration of production and education, school-enterprise cooperation. The school has been approved to build 3 training bases in the autonomous region, and has declared 27 pilot projects of "1+X" certificate. With China Great Wall Technology Group Co., Ltd. and Alibaba Nestle Logistics and other strong enterprises signed a joint school agreement and training base project cooperation agreement. The school attaches importance to scientific research, the existing various types of scientific research institutions, laboratories 9, including "Xinjiang Education Cloud Technology and Resources Laboratory" for the autonomous region's key laboratories, "Xinjiang primary and secondary school party building and ideological and political work innovation and development center", Xinjiang Center for Innovation and Development of Party Building and Ideological and Political Work in Primary and Secondary Schools", "Regional Resource Center for Special Education and Intellectual Development" are the research centers set up by the autonomous region in the university, and there are 3 key research bases at the school level. Two professional journals are published regularly. During the period of "13th Five-Year Plan", teachers of the school published 962 academic papers, including 64 papers in core journals; the school has 162 scientific research projects, including 9 national projects, 35 provincial and ministerial projects, 27 departmental and bureau projects, 91 school-level projects, and 50 scientific research awards at or above the school level. The Journal of Xinjiang College of Education (Chinese Edition) was selected as one of the "National Colleges and Universities Excellent Social Science Journals". The school has rich experience in post-service training, good conditions for teachers and venues, and obvious traditional advantages. The school is the base and center of training for pre-school teachers, primary and secondary school teachers and education management cadres in Xinjiang. Xinjiang primary and secondary school teachers continuing education center, Xinjiang education management cadres training center, Xinjiang pre-school education research center, Xinjiang primary and secondary school party building and ideological and political work innovation and development center, Xinjiang primary and secondary school teachers computer training and assessment center are attached to our school. The university has set up training alliances with 14 prefectures in the autonomous region, and vigorously cooperated with industries and enterprises in the areas of credit creation, tourism, management, etc. The average annual training volume has been maintained at about 15,000 people, and the training pattern of serving the grassroots, facing the industries and radiating the whole region has been further consolidated. For a long time, the school has given full play to its role as a training base and trained a large number of talented and excellent people for Xinjiang. The school runs the experimental elementary school which is famous in the north and south of Tianshan Mountain, and plays a leading role in the basic education work of the autonomous region. With the continuous improvement of school conditions, especially the new campus is put into use, the school development stands on a new historical starting point. The school will be based on the needs of pre-school education, basic education and economic and social development in the autonomous region, make full use of the traditional advantages of the school teacher education, implement the strategy of developing the school with characteristics of vocational education, implement the fundamental task of establishing morality and educating people, cultivate patriotic and frontier-loving, socialist builders and successors who play a role of dedication, focus on the 100-year history of the school's teacher education, show the excellent tradition of the school, cultivate the new advantages of vocational education and drive the overall strength of the school through the characteristics of the campus culture. Campus culture to drive the school's overall schooling strength and school level, and strive to create a "high level, multi-level, distinctive" autonomous region of quality vocational colleges and universities, for the autonomous region's security and stability, economic and social development to provide human resources to ensure that the realization of the overall goal of social stability and long-term peace and security to contribute to the force.

Xinjiang Normal University has specialties, and its specialties mainly include language education, English education, ideological and political education, elementary education, psychology (teacher training), and computer application technology. Founded in December 1978, Xinjiang Normal University (XNU), formerly known as Urumqi No. 1 Teacher Training School and Xinjiang Teacher Training Department, is one of the important achievements of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party in the field of higher education.

The university covers a total area of 2,864 acres and is divided into three campuses: Hot Springs, Kunlun and Wenguang, which are located in Guanjing Road of Shuimoogou District, New Medical Road of Shaybak District and Kashi East Road of the new downtown area. Hot springs campus is the main campus and administrative center of the school, bear the school of liberal arts majors undergraduate and postgraduate education and training and preparatory education and training tasks; Kunlun campus is now mainly responsible for the school of science, art majors undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as continuing education, distance education, teacher cadre training, international student education and other tasks; Wenguang campus is mainly responsible for the training of specialist tasks.

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Xinjiang Normal University has always insisted that politicians and educators run education, and has endeavored to become a strong force to support the cause of education and the economic and social development of Xinjiang; it has always taken the strengthening of the Party's leadership as a fundamental guarantee, comprehensively carried out the Party's education policy, adhered to the socialist direction of education, and carried out the fundamental task of establishing a moral character to educate the people and integrating the socialist core values into the education and teaching It has always unswervingly pursued science, civilization, progress and truth, adhered to the school motto of "Be knowledgeable and diligent, serve as a model for others", and formed the excellent school spirit of "unity, dedication, truthfulness and innovation"; it has always taken the principle of "educating people for the Party and talents for the country" as the fundamental guarantee. The school has always taken "educating people for the Party and educating talents for the country" as its own responsibility, and has made important contributions to the economic and social development of Xinjiang, especially the development of teacher education. The school has won the national advanced grass-roots party organizations, the national advanced collective for the progress of national unity, advanced grass-roots party organizations in the autonomous region, advanced collective for the development and construction of Xinjiang, civilized units in the autonomous region, the autonomous region of civilized campuses and other honorary titles.