:Xinjiang University

In 1924, Xinjiang Russian and Law School was founded, which is known as the former school of Xinjiang University. In 1935, it was converted to Xinjiang College. Xinjiang University was named in 1960; it is in the southern part of Ürümqi. Among its prominent leaders was Du Zhongyuan, who was executed in 1943 on suspicion of being subversive.

It is a national key comprehensive university with students from various ethnic groups. It is one of two in Xinjiang entering the national “211 Project.” On December 30, 2000, the former Xinjiang University and Xinjiang Engineering Institute merged into a new Xinjiang University. In the past 78 years, it has seen 65,000 students graduate.

Xinjiang University comprises fourteen schools, which have courses and branches of study ranging from science, engineering, law and economics to management, the arts and history. A new major in intellectual property was created in 2013. XJU has three campuses: the Main Campus, the North Campus and the South Campus.

There are three Ph.D. programs, 46 Masters’ programs and 75 undergraduate majors. The university has research institutions in these areas of study:

• Economics
• Arid Ecology
• Math Theory
• Demography
• Applied Chemistry
• Central Asian Culture
• Altaic Study
• Architectural Design

The Minorities Folklore Research Center at Xinjiang University was founded by Rahile Dawut.{{cite web |title=Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut Named Honorary Professor in the Humanities by the Open Society University Network |url=https://www.bard.edu/news/rahile-dawut-named-first-osun-honorary-professor-in-the-humanities-2020-12-08 |website=www.bard.edu |publisher=Bard |access-date=29 April 2021}}

The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking," placed the university 129th in China.

Xinjiang University was ranked 701-800th globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking-Xinjiang University |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/xinjiang-university |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}} It was ranked # 1317 globally and 448th in Asia in the 2024 Best Global Universities by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.{{Cite web |date= |title=US News Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/xinjiang-university-529284 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=U.S. News & World Report}} It was ranked 1177th in the world by the Center for World University Rankings 2024.{{Cite web |title=World University Rankings 2024 {{!}} Global 2000 List {{!}} CWUR |url=https://cwur.org/2024.php |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=cwur.org |language=en}} The university ranked # 805 in the world by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2023-2024.{{Cite web |title=URAP - University Ranking by Academic Academic Performance |url=https://urapcenter.org/Rankings/2023-2024/World_Ranking_2023-2024 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=urapcenter.org}}

The 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked XJU at 594th in the world based on their publications for the period 2019–2022.{{Cite web |last=Studies (CWTS) |first=Centre for Science and Technology |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=CWTS Leiden Ranking |language=en}} The Nature Index ranked XJU among the top 487 leading universities globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science based on the institution output from 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024.{{Cite web |title=Institution tables {{!}} Nature Index |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-outputs/generate/all/global/academic/1 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.nature.com}}

Overall, Xinjiang University was ranked among the top 1500 universities worldwide according to several major international universities rankings.{{Cite web |title=World University Rankings 2023 {{!}} Global 2000 List {{!}} CWUR |url=https://cwur.org/2023.php |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=cwur.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=URAP - University Ranking by Academic Academic Performance |url=https://urapcenter.org/Rankings/2022-2023/World_Ranking_2022-2023 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=urapcenter.org}}{{Cite web |last=Studies (CWTS) |first=Centre for Science and Technology |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=CWTS Leiden Ranking |language=en}}

Asteroid 192450 Xinjiangdaxue was named in honor of the university. The official {{MoMP|192450|naming citation}} was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 ({{small|M.P.C. 111803}}).

{{Main category|Xinjiang University alumni}}

• Tashpolat Tiyip
• Yang Gang

{{Main category|Academic staff of Xinjiang University}}

• Rahile Dawut
• Du Zhongyuan
• Tashpolat Tiyip
• Ibrahim Muti'i
• Wushour Silamu

• List of universities in Xinjiang
• List of universities in China

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|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive

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• [http://www.xjst.org/ campus forum]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927114406/http://www.xju.edu.cn/english/about%20xju.htm Xinjiang University]

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