History
Chang’an University was merged by the former Xi’an Highway University, Xi’an Engineering Institute, Northwest Institute of Construction Engineering on April 18th, 2000. Thus, the course of development of Chang’an University reflects the history and development of its three predecessors.
Education
Chang’an University has 22 schools or departments, 5 national-level key disciplines, 26 provincial-level key disciplines, 8 post-doctoral research stations, 8 first-level and 50 second-level doctoral programs, 26 first-level and 118 second-level master programs, 78 undergraduate specialties as well as 9 fields of degree conferment of Mater of Public Management and Master of Industrial and Commercial Management, and 16 enrollment fields of masters in engineering.
Research
Our university is equipped with outstanding research conditions, possessing 2 national engineering laboratories, 20 provincial and ministerial key labs and engineering research centers and 2 key research bases for humanities and social sciences of Shaanxi Province.
Short Courses
University Ranking
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2023
501 100
2022
601 200
2021
801
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2024
-
2023
989 5
2022
994
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Campus life
The University devotes to promoting such activities as “introducing classic art into campus”, “introducing excellent films into campus” by successively inviting The National Ballet of China, China National Symphony Orchestra Choir, China National Peking Opera Company and Suzhou Kunqu Opera of Jiangsu Province to play in our university, and by inviting such socialites and distinguished scholars as Wu Jianmin, Yu Qiuyu, Ouyang Ziyuan and Zhao Peng to give a lecture in our university.
Sports facilities
Chang’an University aims to develop various scientific, recreational and sports activities with diverse forms, colorful content and elegant styles by setting enriching campus life and cultivating university spirit as our goal, by holding expanding knowledge, improving ability, perfecting quality and nurturing mortality as our purpose, by keeping colonel-level activities as the model and departmental-level activities as the focal point, and by treating a series of festivals such as art festival, sport festival, science festival and culture festival as the focus.