Xianyang Normal University, a province-owned university focusing on the training of teachers, is located in the historically and culturally famous city — Xianyang (near Xi'an).

The university was established in May 1978 with its original name being Xianyang Special Training Department of Shaanxi Normal University.

For the past thirty years, the university has inherited the fine tradition of teachers’ training and stuck to the university-running orientation of serving basic education so that its teaching quality and university-running standard have been constantly ameliorated by implementing the school motto of “virtuousness and eruditeness”.

The university initiated its construction project of new campus area in 2002. After 2003, the constructed buildings are put to use so that the university-running conditions are gradually improved. At present, the university covers an area of 675,300 square meters of land with a floor space of 170,600 square meters for teaching and administrative use. There are 36 laboratories.

11,708 students reside on the campus. Xianyang Normal University is comprised of 14 departments, 18 research institutes, and an adult education institute. There are currently 31 majors for undergraduates, of which 16 majors are teacher-training ones and 15 majors are non-teacher-training ones, including such seven disciplines as literature, science, history, law, pedagogy, management science, and engineering. Currently there is one prominent major at provincial level, two prominent majors at collegiate level, three classic courses at provincial level and 23 courses at collegiate level, 86 courses of key construction at collegiate level. The university has altogether established 186 fixed teaching practicum and fieldwork bases. “Xianyang Municipal Teacher-Training Centre” has its headquarters in the university.

Xianyang Normal University has 1,070 staff members, of whom 668 are full-time teachers. There are 200 professors and associate professors. 287 full-time teachers are PhDs and masters. Four teachers enjoy special allowances from the State Council. Two teachers have got the title of “Shaanxi Province Famous Teacher”, while two other teachers have got the title of “Shaanxi Province Excellent Teacher”. Two teachers have got the title of “Advanced Worker” either at provincial or municipal level.

Currently there are four key disciplines in Xianyang Normal University. In addition, the following disciplines are gaining favorable advantages, such as the education of patriotism, history of Qin and Han dynasties, culture in Sui and Tang dynasties, ancient Chinese system of imperial examinations, numerical value analysis, wavelet and image processing, theory on differential calculus and manifold, the transmission and reflection of electric wave of dispersed medium, high charge state particle physics, microwave imaging, photochemistry analysis and electrochemistry analysis, functional material, wet friction materials, and the geographical research of Qinling spermatophyte genus, physiognomy, and environmental transition.