Xinjiang University of Technology

  Xinjiang University of Technology is a public full-time undergraduate institution approved by the Ministry of Education. The school is located in Hetian New City, Hetian Prefecture, covering a total area of 3,202 mu.

  The school is based in southern Xinjiang, oriented towards Xinjiang, and radiates to the western region. It sets up 11 colleges including the College of Natural Resources Science and Technology, the College of New Energy and Mining, the College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and Automation, the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, the College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, the College of Big Data and Information Engineering, the College of Economics and Management, the Hetian Jewelry College, the College of Marxism, and the College of General Education, offering over 50 undergraduate programs. It is an application-oriented university mainly focusing on engineering, with mining and energy as its distinctive features, and integrating multiple disciplines such as engineering, science, management, and economics.

  Under the care and support of the Ministry of Education, 31 high-level universities, with Central South University as the leading unit, have provided "clustered" support for the school's construction, establishing a new model of all-round targeted support featuring "big clusters + small clusters + professional package construction", fully demonstrating the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics in concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks, and injecting new impetus into the school's high-starting-point operation and leapfrog development.

  Standing at a new starting point in the new era, the school fully, accurately, and comprehensively implements the Party's governance strategy for Xinjiang in the new era, fully implements the fundamental task of fostering virtue and nurturing talent, adheres to the mission of cultivating talents for the Party and the country, upholds the school motto "Forge the Kunlun Mountains with Industry, Nourish the World with Education", and adheres to the school spirit of "Upholding Virtue, Persevering, Diligent Learning, and Innovation". It has established a theoretical and practical education system with the main line of consolidating the consciousness of the Chinese nation as a community, integrating the inheritance and promotion of the spirit of the Corps, the spirit of the poplar, and the spirit of the veterans into the entire process of school education and teaching, and is vigorously cultivating application-oriented high-quality talents who love the country and Xinjiang, are willing to take on responsibilities and make contributions, are politically reliable, professionally competent, and can stay, be used, and perform well. It aims to build the school into an important base for cultural infiltration in southern Xinjiang.

  Xinjiang University of Technology, abbreviated as XUT, is a public full-time undergraduate university under the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. It was approved by the Ministry of Education in February 2025 (Document No. 15 of the Ministry of Education [2025]), with the identification code 4165014897. The university is located on Minsheng Road in the Economic Development Zone of Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, covering an area of 3,202 mu. It has five professional colleges, including the College of Natural Resources Science and Technology and the College of New Energy and Mining. It offers 16 undergraduate programs such as Intelligent Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering. With over 400 full-time teachers, the university focuses on engineering and highlights the characteristics of mining and energy. It has established a multi-disciplinary, cross-integrated and application-oriented education system. Its motto is "Forge the Kunlun Mountains with Engineering, Nourish the World with Education".

  In January 2024, the construction of the university was included in the development plan of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. In November of the same year, Tongji University signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps to support its establishment. In May 2025, the Ministry of Education held a "cluster-style" targeted support meeting, determining that 31 universities including Central South University would jointly support its construction. It also signed an undergraduate joint training agreement with Kunming University of Science and Technology. The university started its first enrollment in June 2025, completed the recruitment of the first batch of undergraduate students in August, and established school-enterprise cooperation with Xinjiang No.1 Iron and Steel Group and other enterprises.