Directly administered by the Ministry of Education of China, Shaanxi Normal University, a key university under the construction plan of China’s national “211 Project and a university under China’s Innovation Platform Construction Plan of the“985” Superior Discipline of Teacher Education, is a major base for training teachers and administrators of higher learning institutes and secondary schools as well as other high-level professionals in China, and is known as the “Cradle of Teachers” in Northwest China.

     The University, situated in the ancient capital city of Xi’an, one of the four internationally renowned historical and cultural cities, was founded in 1944 under its original name Shaanxi Provincial Teachers’ College, and then renamed Xi’an Teachers’ College in 1954. In 1960, it merged with Shaanxi Teachers’ College to become Shaanxi Normal University. In 1978, it was brought under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China.