Ningxia University

It is affiliated with the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and co-funded by the regional government and the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

Ningxia University

宁夏大学
Motto	尚德勤学 求是创新
Motto in English	Truth and innovation through virtuous and diligent study
Type	Public
Established	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
President	He Jianguo
Academic staff	2,717
Students	21,782
Location	Yinchuan , China
Campus	Urban
Website	www.nxu.edu.cn

The school was founded in 1958. In the end of 1997, Ningxia Institute of Technology and Yinchuan Normal College (including Ningxia Education College) were merged into the university. In February 2002, it was merged with Ningxia Agricultural College, and formed the new Ningxia University.

It currently comprises three campuses. It consists of more than 2,600 teachers and staff, over 50% of them are formal instructors. More than half of the instructors hold intermediate to senior titles, 52% of them with masters or doctors degrees. 15 teachers receives special subsidies of the State Council, and 17 were elected into "National Hundreds, Thousands, Tens of Thousands Experts Project". It enrolls more than 15,000 undergraduates and over 1,300 graduates. More than 600 are minority preparatory students.

Ningxia University is consistently ranked the best in Ningxia Autonomous Region. Since 2016, it has been consistently ranked among the top 300 nationwide by the Best Chinese Universities Ranking. As of 2023, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 149th in China.

Ningxia University was ranked # 1182 in the world by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2023-2024.