Yili Normal University

Yili Normal University is an institution of higher learning in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Its is situated in the northwestern border city -- Yining. The university grew out of the secondary normal school set up by the Xinjiang province in 1948. On May 7, 1980 the State Council approved the school to be Yili Normal University. The main campus covers a land of over 0.33km2. 60% campuses are very beautiful with flowers and trees.

Today, the university has 18 departments and a school for adult education with 32 majors for the four-year students, 12 majors for the three-year students, and 3 majors for postgraduate students.. The university takes four-year courses as its basis (one more year for the minority students to study Chinese), for which it is vested with the authority to award the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In addition, the university enrolls a number of students for the three-year diploma. There are currently 7,943 full-time students, 150 postgraduates and 3,961 adult students enrolled at both campuses. There have been overseas students from America, Britain, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Kazakhstan and Kirghizstan at the university, who have come to study the Chinese, Kazak, Uighur and Xibo languages. The university staff totals 831, and among them there are 490 teachers (including 34 professors and 159 associate professors). There have also been foreign teachers from Britain, Russia, and Canada to teach English and Russia major students.

The university has built-in Internet, multi-media classrooms, language laboratories, scientific labs, a gymnasium, an art education center and a library with 652,600 books available for both teachers and students.

The university has its own unique characteristics in the areas of the Tangjialeke study, Kazak culture study, Xibo culture study, western region study, Yili study and basic mathematics. In addition, a number of study results from these areas have aroused international attention.

Entering the 21st century, Ili Normal University accelerates its development and it's sure for her to have a brighter future.