Xi'an University of Technology (XUT) is run by the central and local government. It is a comprehensive public university featuring science and technology. It was known as Shaanxi Institute of Mechanical Engineering before 1994, which was established by combining Beijing Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Shaanxi Polytechnic University in 1972.
Today, XUT commits itself to three obligations to society: to cultivate intellectuals, to research and to serve society. Xi'an University of Technology consistently emphasizes closely combining its development with the national economy development and social needs, and manages its teaching goals: standard management and high education quality are its strong features. With a broad overview of today and the future, our university has cultivated thousands of intellectuals with solid theoretical knowledge, excellent practical skills and great enterprise who are playing active roles in their fields both at home and abroad.
Xi'an University of Technology is comprised of 3 campuses: Jinhua, Qujiang and Lianhu Campus, with the total area of 100 ha. It consists of 11 faculties, 23 research institutes, 15 experimental centers, 7 key disciplines and or laboratories at provincial or ministerial levels and or national levels. Among the 1343 full-time teachers, there are 159 professors, and 332 associate professors. Our university offers 22 programs for a doctoral degree, 44 for a master's degree including the national MBA, 49 for a bachelor's degree. Xi'an University of Technology has a total student population of 27,500, among which there are 4,000 doctoral students or master students, 15,800 undergraduates and 2700 students of high vocational education, 5000 part-time students. XUT conducts academic exchanges in cooperation with 19 foreign universities or research institutions. It commits itself to actively promoting cooperation and exchanges with famous universities in the world. With great initiative, it strives to turn our university into an open and comprehensive high-level research and teaching-led university with unique features and make our university of important influence in the world.
Xi'an University of Technology currently conducts cooperations and exchanges with 19 foreign universities and research institutes. Every year, it receives over 100 foreign experts to conduct research and give lectures. In turn it sends the equivalent number of teachers to attend international symposiums and carry out the academic visits, and also send the students and young teachers of its university to pursue master degrees and doctoral degrees, meanwhile, the exchange program with the Media University of Stuttgart, Germany boosts an excellent performance standard and the exchange students obtain bachelor degrees both from Germany and China after they successfully finish the course requirements.