Xizang Minzu University

Xizang Minzu University (Chinese: 西藏民族大学; Tibetan: བོད་ལྗོངས་མི་རིགས་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོ་།), also known as Tibet University for Nationalities, is a Chinese university established to educate ethnic minorities, specifically Tibetans. It is under the jurisdiction of Tibet Autonomous Region, but is physically located in the city of Xianyang in Shaanxi province, near the provincial capital Xi'an.[1]

Xizang Minzu University
西藏民族大学
བོད་ལྗོངས་མི་རིགས་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོ་།
Former names
Tibet Public School
TypePublic
Established1958 (1958)
Academic staff
1,105
Students9,400
Location
Xianyang
,
Shaanxi
,
China
Websitewww.xzmu.edu.cn

History

Xizang Minzu University was established in 1958 as Tibet Public School. It was the first university established by the government of Tibet Autonomous Region. The university adopted its current name in 1965.[1]

Overview

The university has over 9,400 full-time students, more than half of whom are members of ethnic minorities including Tibetans. It has 1,105 faculty members. The university offers 42 undergraduate majors and 20 master's programs.[1]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "About the university" (in Chinese). Tibet Minzu University. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  2. "Basang" (in Chinese). National Chengchi University. 2015-06-05. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27.
  3. "洛桑江村简历" [Biography of Losang Jamcan] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2013-05-08.

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