The foreign language school of Xinjiang University was formerly known as Xinjiang Provincial College of Russian Law and Politics (1924-), which was followed by Xinjiang College of Russian Law and Politics (1931-), Xinjiang Institute of Economics (1935-196), Xinjiang Military Region Russian School (195-1952) and Xinjiang Russian College (1953-1957) There are English Department, Russian Department, Arabic Department, Japanese Teaching and Research Section, Foreign Language Postgraduate Teaching and Research Section, College English Department I, College English Department II, College English Department III and Adult Education Department.