In 1949, when the Chinese People's Liberation Army was on its way to liberate Xinjiang, Wang Zhen, the commander of the First Corps, instructed the establishment of the Health School of the First Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (developed into Shihezi Medical College in 1978), which became the predecessor of Shihezi University.

In 1958, the Party Committee of the Corps established the Corps Agricultural College (renamed to Shihezi Agricultural College in 1979), established the Corps Accounting Training Team in 1959 (developed into the Corps Economics College in 1987), and established the Corps Normal College in 1960 (the Corps was established in 1983 School of Education).

In 1996, Shihezi Medical College, Shihezi Agricultural College, Corps Economics College and Corps Teachers College merged to form Shihezi University.

In 2000, it was selected as a key university for the national western development.

In 2004, it was selected as a joint provincial and ministerial university.

In 2008, it was selected as a key construction university of the national "211 Project".

In 2012, it was selected as a university in the "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities" and "Comprehensive Strength Improvement Project of Central and Western Universities" (one province, one school).

In 2017, it was selected as a national "double first-class" (first-class discipline) construction university.

In 2018, it became a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

In 2022, it will be selected into a new round of national "double first-class" construction universities.

"School Orientation and Goals"

The school completely and accurately implements the party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, firmly grasps the overall goal of social stability and long-term stability, and always adheres to the school-running orientation of "based on the Corps, serving Xinjiang, facing the whole country, and radiating Central Asia" and "serving as the purpose. The school-running concept of "developing through contribution" has formed the school-running characteristics of "educating people with the spirit of the Corps and serving the stability and defense of the border", and has become an important force for education, science and technology, and culture. At present, Shihezi University is moving towards the goal of building a first-class university in the west and a well-known international university with characteristics.

"School Honors"

In 2000, it was selected as an advanced group for the employment of college graduates in the country.

In 2009, the first batch of 50 colleges and universities with typical employment experience for graduates nationwide.

In 2010, it was awarded as an advanced collective for the pre-collection of graduates of ordinary colleges and universities nationwide.

In 2017, it was one of the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and the third batch of "National Colleges and Universities Practical Education Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base".

In 2019, the "National Party Construction Work Demonstration Universities" fostered and established units.

In 2020, the National Civilized Campus.

In 2021, it will be a national demonstration unit for national unity and progress, and the first batch of national college graduate employability training bases.

In 2022, the construction unit of "National Party Construction Work Model Universities".

"Organization Settings"

The school currently has 20 party and government organizations, 2 group organizations, 23 teaching institutions, 10 teaching auxiliary institutions, 4 scientific research institutions, and 5 affiliated units.

"Disciplinary and professional settings"

The school currently has 11 major disciplines including economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, and art. The school has 100 undergraduate majors (85 enrollment majors) (28 national first-class professional construction sites, 20 provincial first-class professional construction sites), 9 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points (applied economics, biology, mechanical engineering , chemical engineering and technology, agricultural engineering, crop science, horticulture, animal husbandry, business administration), 1 professional degree doctoral authorization point (civil engineering and water conservancy), 30 first-level discipline master’s degree authorization points, 30 professional degree master’s authorization points point. 4 post-doctoral scientific research mobile stations, 2 post-doctoral scientific research workstations. There is 1 national first-class construction discipline (chemical engineering and technology), 1 national key discipline (crop cultivation and farming), and 2 ministerial and provincial joint discipline groups (chemical engineering and technology, agricultural engineering). The seven disciplines of clinical medicine, agricultural science, chemistry, plant and animal science, engineering, material science, and environment/ecology have entered the top 1% of ESI globally.

"Scientific Research"

The school closely focuses on the national strategy and major regional needs, implements the innovation-driven development strategy in depth, takes the deepening of the reform of the scientific research system and mechanism as the driving force, strengthens basic research and applied research, promotes the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, gives full play to the discipline advantages of large comprehensive and strong application, and insists on production The road of integration of learning and research, in "desert oasis area high-efficiency agriculture and ecology, animal genetic improvement and disease control, local and ethnic high disease prevention and control in Xinjiang, efficient storage and deep processing of agricultural products in Xinjiang, special herbal medicine resources and development in Xinjiang, green chemical technology and new Material technology, Xinjiang characteristic agricultural production mechanization technology and equipment, water-saving irrigation theory and technology in arid areas, Xinjiang biological resource protection and utilization, spatial information technology and 3S application, Xinjiang oasis economic and social development, Xinjiang intangible cultural heritage, education in Central Asia Breakthroughs have been made in research fields with regional advantages and characteristics, such as people-to-people and cultural exchanges, Xinjiang minority education development and education policy.

In the past five years, the school has taken the initiative to undertake major scientific research tasks of the state and the Corps, and has established 2,306 projects of various levels and types, with a total research funding of nearly 890 million yuan. It has won more than 110 awards at the provincial and ministerial level and above, and won one third prize of the Eighth University Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), and 36 achievements have won the Autonomous Region Philosophy and Society Outstanding Achievement Award, including 5 first prizes, There are 4 second prizes, 8 third prizes, and 19 excellence awards. The number of awards ranks among the top universities in Xinjiang.

"talent development"

The school recruits students from 31 provinces (cities, districts) across the country, and currently has 32,593 students, including 23,286 ordinary undergraduates, 1,660 ordinary junior college students, 7,222 master and doctoral students, and 425 international students. There are 18 national-level first-class courses, 75 provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses, 3 national-level teaching teams, 2 national-level teaching teachers, 4 national-level excellent courses, 3 excellent video public courses, and 2 excellent resource sharing courses. There are 5 national characteristic professional construction projects, 1 experimental teaching demonstration center, and 2 pilot projects for the construction of the second batch of virtual teaching and research rooms of the Ministry of Education. 2 undergraduate courses and their course teams were awarded the Ministry of Education's Ideological and Political Demonstration Course, Course Ideological and Political Teaching Master and Team. 33 courses have been approved as provincial-level ideological and political demonstration courses. The construction unit of the national innovation and entrepreneurship education practice base, and 3 teams won the gold medal in the China International "Internet +" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. The Ministry of Education's excellent (doctors, engineers, agricultural and forestry talents) education training program pilot university has 6 pilot programs for the excellent talent training program. Persist in inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, relying on the national college student cultural quality education base, and actively build a distinctive cultural quality education system. There is a School of Continuing Education with 11,204 adult students.

"Teaching and scientific research platform"

The school currently has 2 national key laboratory cultivation bases jointly established by the province and the ministry, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1 key laboratory of the Health and Health Commission, and 15 key laboratories of the Corps. There are 3 national international science and technology cooperation bases, 2 engineering centers of the Ministry of Education, 1 national and local joint engineering research center, 2 national and local joint engineering laboratories, 1 national university science and technology park, 1 national new rural development research institute, Corps There are 3 engineering technology research centers, 3 collaborative innovation centers of the Ministry of Education, 4 collaborative innovation centers of the Corps, 7 clinical medical research centers of the Corps, and 1 academic innovation and intelligence introduction base for colleges and universities ("111" plan), There are 2 corps sub-centers of the National Clinical Medical Research Center, 1 research center of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, 5 key research bases of liberal arts in autonomous regions and corps, and 2 new scientific and technological innovation think tanks of corps.

"Faculty Team"

The school currently has 2633 faculty members and 1936 full-time teachers (387 professors and 757 associate professors). At present, there are 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 40 people selected into the national talent project, 76 experts specially sponsored by the State Council, 2 national university Huang Danian-style teacher teams, and 88 provincial and ministerial-level experts.

"Exchange and cooperation"

The school has carried out extensive foreign exchanges and cooperation, established an international education center, established a Confucius Institute in Kazakhstan, and established a Chinese language center in Russia and Kazakhstan. It has successively carried out multi-level and wide-ranging exchanges and cooperation with more than 70 universities and scientific research institutions in the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Austria, Japan and other countries. More than 1,350 people from 32 countries have come to study in the school.

The school actively expands inter-school, school-site, and school-enterprise exchanges and cooperation. Since 2001, Peking University has insisted on supporting Shihezi University for a long time; University teams from University of International Trade, Nanjing Normal University, and South China Agricultural University as member units supported Shihezi University; in 2018, China Agricultural University assisted in the construction of the agricultural engineering discipline of our school. The school has signed inter-school cooperation agreements with more than 30 domestic universities such as Zhejiang University, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, and Shaanxi Normal University; Division, 13th Division, 14th Division, Manas County, Shawan County, Heshuo County and other corps, and more than 30 units in the autonomous region have signed a school-site cooperation agreement; with Xinjiang Tianye, Xinjiang Tianfu, Tianshan Aluminum, More than 30 enterprises including Western Xinjiang Animal Husbandry have established school-enterprise cooperation.

"School Conditions"

The school has good teaching and scientific research conditions. The campus area is 1.802 million square meters, the school building area is 1.039 million square meters, the laboratory and practice area is 195,500 square meters, and the green coverage rate is 41%. It has a number of landmark buildings such as a well-equipped library, gymnasium, swimming pool, track and field hall, standard stadium, auditorium, comprehensive teaching building, and museum, and 6 affiliated hospitals.