Xinjiang University covers an area of 2.909 million square meters (about 4,363 mu). The total value of fixed assets is about 2.4 billion yuan, and the total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment is 665.438+0 billion yuan.

The library is the provincial center of China's higher education document guarantee system (CALIS), with a total of 3.465 million books and documents. The campus network, CERNET Xinjiang main node, Xinjiang education regional network control center and Urumqi education metropolitan area network have been built. It has a modern digital library and a first-class multi-functional gymnasium in northwest China.

The predecessor of Xinjiang University is Xinjiang College of Russian Politics and Law, which was founded in 1924. 1935 1 was transformed into Xinjiang university,19601kloc-0/was formally established, 1978 was identified as the only national key university in Xinjiang by the State Council, and 1997 was listed as the national "2007".

On June 30th, 2000, 65438+February 30th, Xinjiang University merged with the former Xinjiang Institute of Technology to form a new Xinjiang University. In 2004, the school was approved by the People's Government of Fu Wei County, Xinjiang and the Ministry of Education as a "district * * *" university. From June 2065438 to June 2007, Xinjiang University was listed as one of the 42 "world-class universities" in the national strategic layout of "double first-class" construction by the Ministry of Education.