Shihezi University University, referred to as "Shida", is located in Shihezi City, Xinjiang, which is the Pearl of Gobi. It is jointly built by the Ministry of education and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. It is a national "world-class discipline construction university", a University jointly built by Ministry and province, a national "211 project" key construction university, "comprehensive strength improvement project of universities in central and Western China" and "basic capacity construction project of universities in central and Western China" The university has been selected into "2011 plan", excellent doctor education and training plan, excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent agriculture and forestry talents education and training plan, national construction of high-level university public postgraduate project, National College Students' innovative experiment plan, National College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, national innovation and entrepreneurship education reform demonstration University, Chinese government scholarship It is one of the 14 key universities in Western China and a member of the central and Western University Alliance.The history of Shihezi University can be traced back to the first Corps health school founded by the first field army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army in 1949. In 1996, with the approval of the Ministry of education, Shihezi Medical College, Shihezi agricultural college, BINGTUAN normal college and BINGTUAN Economic College, which are affiliated to the Ministry of agriculture, merged to form Shihezi University, which is under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps.As of May 2020, the campus area is 1.794 million square meters, the school building area is 1.261 million square meters, the laboratory and practice place area is 269700 square meters, and the green coverage rate is 41%. It has a number of landmark buildings such as library, gymnasium, natatorium, track and field hall, standard stadium, hall, comprehensive teaching building and Museum, and 4 affiliated hospitals. In 2011, the University was rated as "national civilized unit"; there are 2650 teaching staff and 41292 students, including 22149 ordinary undergraduates, 1116 ordinary junior college students and 4982 master's and doctoral students (including 164 in-service).