Xi'an Polytechnic University

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Xi'an Polytechnic University
西安工程大学


Established:	1912^[1]
Type:	Public Polytechnic
Chairman:	Yao Mu (姚穆)^[2]
Chancellor:	Jiang Shoushan (姜寿山)^[2]
Vice-Chancellor:	Wang Pengfei (王鹏飞)^[2]
Faculty:	1565^[1]
Students:	~16,000^[1]
Location:	Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Campus:	1500 mu (2.25 km², 556 acres)^[3]
Website:	http://www.xaist.edu.cn/

Xi'an Polytechnic University (simplified Chinese: 西安工程大学; pinyin: Xī'ān gōng chéng dà xué) is a college located in Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province, China.

[edit] History

Xi'an Polytechnic University was founded in 1912 as the machine-weaving facility of the Beijing High Industry School.^[4] The school was approved in 1978 to set up the Northwest Textile Institute, one of the three national institutions controlled directly by the national Ministry of Textiles.^[4] In 1998, control transferred to the Shaanxi Province Ministry of Education, and the name of the school was changed to Xi'an Polytechnic University in 2001.^[1]

The engineering course is the leading major of the university. Other majors at the school include literature, management, economics, science, law, and education.^[4]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (Chinese) School history. University official site (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c (Chinese) School leadership. University official site (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
^ (Chinese) School profile. University official site (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c China Wool Textile Association (2006). Organizers: 2006 China International Wool and Wool Textile Conference. 2006 China International Wool and Wool Textile Conference & IWTO Wool Forum. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.