Ningxia University is a university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a national "first-class discipline" construction university, and a national "211 Project" key construction university. Ningxia University was founded in 1958; In December 1997, Ningxia University merged with the former Ningxia Institute of Technology and Yinchuan Teachers College (including Ningxia Institute of Education); In February 2002, it merged with Ningxia Agricultural University to form a new Ningxia University, which opened a new page of school reform and development. The school is located in Yinchuan, a historic and cultural city with a long history and beautiful scenery, covering an area of 2938 mu. In the course of more than 60 years of running the school, the school adheres to the motto of "upholding morality, studying hard, seeking truth and innovation", and promotes the "oleaster tree spirit" of "fearing difficulties, fearing the wind and cold; having a deep roots and luxuriant foliage, being rooted in the trees". The school is hardworking, hard working, innovative and pioneering. In particular, in recent years, the university has seized the historic opportunities of provincial and ministerial co construction, the comprehensive strength improvement project of central and western universities, the "double first-class" construction, and the joint construction of departments and districts, adhered to the road of characteristic development, made efforts to improve the quality of school running, and constantly promoted the connotation development. Now it has become a comprehensive university with coordinated development of science, engineering, agriculture, economy, management, literature, law, art and other disciplines.