Xinjiang Normal University, located in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is one of the "Basic Capacity Building Engineering Universities in Central and Western Universities". Construction of Shanghai Cooperation Organization University, national college students' cultural quality education base, the first batch of demonstration bases for studying in China by the Ministry of Education, and China government scholarship receiving institutions for overseas students in China. Mainland universities such as Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University and China University of Science and Technology jointly undertake counterpart support to Xinjiang Normal University.
Xinjiang Normal University was founded on February 28th, 1978. Its predecessor was Urumqi No.1 Normal School established in 1906 and Xinjiang Teacher Training Department established in 1972. 1993 The Ministry of Education authorized schools to start enrolling master's degree students, and in 2003 authorized schools to enroll professional master's degree students.
Scientific research and construction:
As of 20 13, the school construction fund is 37.2 million yuan; 560 scientific research projects were approved, with funding of 3707 1.7 million yuan, of which 2009 and 20 10 exceeded10 million yuan for two consecutive years. The number of projects and funds of the National Social Science Fund ranked first in Xinjiang for six consecutive years.
In particular, the school teachers won the national major tender project of philosophy and social sciences, won the 1 gold medal in the 11th National Art Exhibition, and won the second prize in the 5th China University Humanities and Social Sciences Research Outstanding Achievement Award, all of which achieved zero breakthrough for the school and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In 20 10, the special research project in the early stage of the 973 plan was approved for the first time, which achieved another important breakthrough in the scientific research work of the school.