Multilayered System in Higher Education

The University has 23 departments/schools and offers 52 undergraduate programs, and master degrees for 4 disciplines in Category I, 53 disciplines in Category II, and 6 professional disciplines, as well as doctoral degrees in one Category I discipline and 13 disciplines in Category II, and one post-doctoral research station. The University recruit`s students from 37 countries and undertakes adult and non-academic education, preparation government-funded overseas study, and enterprises-commissioned training programs. The total enrollment is about 20,000, and among them 18,675 are full-time students.

Key Disciplines

The University now owns one featured program in foreign language and literature (Category I) and 3 key disciplines in Shaanxi Province, such as English language and literature, etc. The University offers 5nationallyfeatured programs including Russian and translation studies. English is a pilot program of national comprehensive reform for academic disciplines. The University now has 5 "brand-name" programs (including German and French, etc.) and 9 featured programs (including Japanese andaccounting, etc.) in Shaanxi Province, and 11 innovative experimental facilities for trainingtalents at both national and provincial level. Foreign language and literature programs ranked seventh nationwide in the third round of disciplinary assessment. The University declared 17 leading programs of Shaanxi Province in 2016.

Strengthened Quality in Faculty

The University has 846 full-time faculty members，among whom 356 hold senior professional and technical positions (42.08%); 329 have earned or are pursuing doctoral degrees (38.89%); 419 studied and worked aboard (49.53%). Eight enjoy special allowances from the State Council and funding from "New Century Talent Support Project" administered by the Ministry of Education. Twenty-six are entitled "experts with outstanding contribution to Shaanxi Province", "top talents in key field in Shaanxi Province" and "'three 5-year' talents in Shaanxi Province". There are 20 Fulbright senior visiting scholars and 55 foreign experts working on campus.

Excellence in Academics and Research

The University consists of 15 national and provincial teaching teams; 36 national and provincial excellent courses (or excellent open courses); and 3 national and provincial bilingual demonstrative courses. The University operates an array of research institutes and centers that are the key base for research in philosophy and social science in Shaanxi Provincial, such as Center for European and American Literatures, Center for Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Center for Bilingual Dictionaries, and R&D Center for Teaching Resources. Sincetheadvent of 12th "Five-Year Plan", the University has undertaken 17 research projects for reform instruction, at provincial level or above, and won 13 awards, published 40 textbooks, and published 1030 research articles in the core journals. The Foreign Language Teaching andHuman Geography, both are issued by the University, have been recognized as "China's outstanding academic journals for international influence" and "China's most internationally influential academic journals" for consecutive years.

Frequent and In-depth International Exchanges

The University has signed agreements with 199 higher institutions and research institutions, both domestically and internationally, to jointly train bachelor, master, and doctoral students. It has established overseas practice bases in the United States, Japan, India and Thailand. The University has a Multilingual Base for International Promotion of Chinese Language (Xi'an) authorized by Hanban (Confucius Institutes Headquarters) and 4 Confucius institutes and Confucius classrooms overseas. The School of Central Asia offers programs specially for students from Central Asia students. "Sejong School" of South Korea, "Goethe-Institut" of Germany, and "Russian language and culture center" are housed on campus to promote their respective languages and cultures. The University has several training facilitates for candidates who are going to study oversea, including Training Center for Study Overseas authorized by the Ministry of Education, Center for China Scholarship Council Preparatory Education, and China (the Ministry of Education) Overseas Training Service Center. In the past three years, the University has sent out 220 visiting scholars and 2578 students aboard, and recruited 2,471 international students.

Complete Campus Facilities

The University covers an area of 1593 mu (1,062,000㎡), with a construction area of 801,000㎡. There are 49 language labs and 383 multimedia classrooms (30 are "smart classrooms"), and 28 specialized laboratories such as media lab, and simulation center for international finance, investment, and trade. The campus library has a collection of 1,570,000 hardcopies, 5,100,000 e-Books, and 42 electronic databases (23 databases cover 11 foreign languages). The entire campus is covered with Wi-Fi network with 6G export bandwidth.