Xinjiang Institute of Engineering

Xinjiang University of Engineering is a regular undergraduate institution sponsored by the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and supervised by the Department of Education. It is located in the beautiful city of Urumqi. Schools are built because of coal and thrive because of work. In 1958, 163 officers and soldiers from the Second Preparatory School of the General Rear Service Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army transferred to Xinjiang and established the Urumqi Coal Mine School. In 1985, it was renamed Xinjiang Coal Vocational College. In 1994, it was renamed Xinjiang Industrial Higher Vocational College. In 2012, it was upgraded to Xinjiang Engineering College with the approval of the Ministry of Education. In the same year, Xinjiang Mechanical and Electrical Vocational and Technical College was merged.

For over 60 years, the school has adhered to the Populus euphratica spirit of "hard work, rooted in the border, self-improvement, and willingness to contribute", and cultivated the school motto of "unity of knowledge and action, pursuit of excellence". The school party committee has set the goal of building a first-class applied university in Xinjiang, put forward the work ideas of "strengthening party building, ensuring stability, facing evaluation, promoting transformation, seeking development, and creating first-class", seized the "five opportunities", solved the "five difficulties", enhanced the "five competitiveness", established the "five spirits", provided "five services", and achieved the development strategy of three "five-year goals", accelerating the transformation and development of the school.

The school has four campuses, covering an area of 1929.60 acres and a building area of 436500 square meters. The collection consists of 1.0835 million printed books, 337500 e-books, and 14 databases in both Chinese and foreign languages. There are two key laboratories in the autonomous region, one engineering technology research center, one experimental teaching demonstration center, one key laboratory of the education department of the autonomous region, one postdoctoral innovation practice base, six key research platforms at the university level, and 60 on campus laboratories.

The school currently has 14 secondary colleges, one teaching department, and 34 undergraduate majors, covering four disciplines: engineering, economics, management, and arts. We have one national first-class major, one "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" major from the Ministry of Education, and six first-class undergraduate majors from autonomous regions.

The school currently has 1099 faculty members and 694 full-time teachers, including 590 teachers with master's degrees or above, accounting for 85.01% of full-time teachers; 225 teachers at or above the rank of associate professor, accounting for 32.42% of full-time teachers; There are 168 "dual teacher" teachers, accounting for 24.21% of full-time teachers. One member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education, one member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Safety Science and Engineering Majors in Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education, two experts who enjoy special government allowances from the State Council, one recipient of the National Excellent Youth Fund, one national specially appointed young expert, one expert from the Expert Advisory Group of the Autonomous Region Government, 30 "Tianshan Scholars" and "Tianshan Talents" involved in eight disciplines, three autonomous region teaching masters, one autonomous region excellent teacher, and six autonomous region teaching experts.

The school currently has 16176 full-time students, including 13585 undergraduate students, accounting for 83.98% of the total number of students. Since its establishment, the school has been committed to cultivating high-quality applied talents for the front line of production management and services. More than 90% of graduates are employed in Xinjiang, making contributions to the regional economic and social development. In the past three years, the employment rate of graduates from the school has ranked first among undergraduate colleges in Xinjiang.

The school attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' quality education and innovation ability. In the past three years, students have won 64 innovation and entrepreneurship projects, and a total of 35 awards in the National College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition. In the past four years, students have won 534 awards in various subject and professional competitions at or above the provincial and ministerial levels. Among them, the College Student Mechanical Design Innovation Association was awarded the honorary title of "Xiaoping Technology Innovation Team".

In recent years, the school has undertaken 287 national and autonomous region level scientific research projects, 12 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 31 provincial and ministerial level projects, and has won multiple provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress awards.

Over the past 63 years, the school has produced more than 70000 graduates for society, most of whom have become the main force in Xinjiang's coal and related industries, making positive contributions to Xinjiang's social stability and economic development, and winning widespread praise from all sectors of society.

The horn of "engineering reform" has sounded for the needs of the country and the trends of the industry, and the era of "new engineering" has arrived. Looking ahead to the future, Xinjiang Institute of Technology will take "running a good applied university" and "cultivating applied talents" as the main line, adhere to the leadership of the Party, adhere to the fundamental task of cultivating morality and talents, focus on the overall goal, gather consensus and strength, and strive to build a first-class applied university in Xinjiang!

Deadline: March 2021