西安外事學院創建于1992年，以本科教育為主體，并同海內外知名大學聯辦研究生教育。學校引進哈佛、耶魯、麻省理工等全球名校的上萬門精品課程，與國外40余所大學實現學分互認，就業、創業尤其突出，發展模式被哈佛大學列入教學案例。
學校位于西安市高新技術產業開發區魚化寨，校園占地面積1264206㎡、建筑面積661316.83㎡，分南、北、西三個教學區；現有教學科研儀器設備總值8122.51萬元；圖書館藏書209.76萬冊（種），其中紙質圖書160.23萬冊；有教授、副教授342人、具有博士或碩士學位的教師654人；設有商學院、文學院、醫學院、工學院、影視藝術學院、國際合作學院、創業學院、七方書院、繼續教育學院以及思想政治理論教學科研部、體育教育中心、現代教育技術中心；開設本科專業32個、高職專業30個，涉及經濟學、管理學、文學、醫學、工學、藝術學、農學7個學科門類；有普通本科在校生14000余人、高職在校生8000余人。
學校設有董事會、黨委、院務會、教代會、工會等組織機構，實行董事會領導下的院長負責制。董事長黃藤為教育學博士，十屆、十一屆全國人大代表，陜西中華職業教育社主任，陜西省政協常委。曾獲“全國優秀中國特色社會主義事業建設者”、“黃炎培杰出校長獎”、“陜西省優秀教育工作者”、“陜西省十大杰出青年”、“陜西省新長征突擊手” 等榮譽。2012年底，黃藤與北大、復旦、南方科大等高校校長同獲“中國好校長”殊榮。
教育教學及科研工作
學校樹立了“學校的根本任務是培養人，教學是經常性的中心工作，質量是學校的生命線”的理念，以培養基礎實、能力強、素質高、重應用，德智體美全面發展，具有一定學習能力、創新能力、實踐能力和社會適應能力的應用型專門人才為目標。積極推進內部教學質量保障體系建設，開展應用型人才培養模式的研究與實踐以及產學研合作教育。并以專業建設為龍頭、以課程建設為重點，強化實踐教學，積極推進教育教學改革，提升教育教學質量，為地方經濟社會發展服務。升本以來，共取得省級教學成果獎2項、特色專業2個、專業綜合改革試點項目4個、重點專業4個（高職）、教學名師1人、教學團隊3個、精品課程及精品資源共享課程15門、人才培養模式創新實驗區4個、實驗教學示范中心4個、大學生校外實踐教育基地2個、優秀教材2部，大學生創新創業訓練計劃項目44個（國家級4個），成果數量位居陜西民辦高校前列。全校教師共承擔陜西省教育科學規劃課題12項、陜西省教育廳教學改革與研究類課題15項，西安市社科基金教育類課題23項，校級教改項目113項，發表教育教學類論文800余篇，共評出校級教學成果獎59項。2010年至今，我校學生積極參加全國大學生英語競賽、大學生課外學術科技作品競賽、大學生數學建模競賽、大學生電子設計競賽、商科院校技能大賽等各類學科競賽，共獲得全國性獎項355個、省級獎230個，成果數量位居陜西民辦高校前列。
學校創辦了國內最早的民辦教育研究機構——民辦教育研究中心，形成了以民辦教育學科研究為特色，以人文社科、工學、醫學和軟件開發研究為主的科研格局。2010年8月至2014年7月，全校教師共承擔校級以上各類縱橫向研究項目245項，其中，省部級項目18項，廳局級項目190余項；發表學術論文3600余篇（其中， EI、SCI及南大、北大核心期刊400余篇）。民辦教育研究中心被中國高等教育學會表彰為“全國高校優秀高等教育研究機構”，被國家人事部、教育部表彰為“全國教育系統先進集體”，2012年12月被陜西省教育廳確立為陜西省第三批（高校）哲學社會科學重點研究基地。
辦學特色
和諧高效的管理體制 黨政領導交叉任職，科學管理。黨委主要領導進入董事會，參與決策；黨委成員進入院務會，參與行政管理；堅持黨委中心組學習制度和領導班子民主生活會制度；建立了黨委和院務會的聯席會議制度，黨委參與學校重大工作的研究討論；黨委委員兼任各職能部門的負責人；二級學院實行院長領導下的黨政聯席會議制度。切實發揮了黨組織在民辦高校的政治核心和監督保障作用，形成了決策、執行和監督分工合理、相互制約、和諧高效的管理體制。
獨具特色的大學文化 努力鑄就以“魚化龍”精神為核心的外事特色大學文化。學校創辦人黃藤董事長將學校所在地“化魚成龍”的傳說和中華民族“望子成龍”的美好愿望融入自己的辦學理想，提出了“處魚化龍之地，為魚化龍之事，寄魚化龍之望”的辦學訴求，構筑“學無長幼、校無大小、教無高下、育無國界，人人都有理想的教育”的愿景。確立了“多元集納、自強創新”的校訓，樹立了“愛崗敬業、感恩奉獻”的校風、“以生為本、立德為先”的教風、“發展個性、注重養成”的學風，形成了以“魚化龍”精神為核心的大學文化。
國際合作教育 學校是陜西省民辦高校中最早獲準開展國際合作教育和留學生教育的民辦高校，與美、英、法、澳、日、韓、馬來西亞等國的40余所大學開展學分互認、師生交流互訪等項目和活動。2008年至今，共計有1200余名學生赴日、韓、法、美、澳等國學習或實習。與澳大利亞西南悉尼學院聯合培養國際商務人才，至今共培養學生638名，其中45%的學生畢業后赴國外深造。自2003年開始招收外國留學生，至今已有來自美、日、韓等15個國家近1100余名學生到我院就讀。2008年起，與美國湖郡學院開展“中國一學期”項目，該校學生在我校就讀一學期，選修漢語和有關專業課程，由我校教師按照對方學校提供的教學大綱，用英語承擔具體教學工作, 對方學校承認學分，開辟了留學生教育的新模式。2013年6月，美國教育部的簡報特刊以“中國一學期 改變你一生”為題報道了該項目（“中國一學期”指的就是美國湖郡學院學生在我院學習的一學期）。學校先后于2004、2006和2011年在西安舉辦了三次中國民辦高等教育國際研討會；作為“高等教育國際化發展全球論壇”的發起單位之一，先后于2012年和2013年分別在俄羅斯、羅馬尼亞舉辦了兩次國際學術會議，使中國民辦高等教育得到國際社會的廣泛關注。
創業教育 在全國民辦高校中率先設立創業學院，面向全校學生，開展普惠式創業教育。建立大學生創業實踐基地和創業基金會，并成立了創業幫扶巡講團，由企業家和經濟學專家對大學生創業進行直接指導和理論輔導，形成了“區分三個層次（普適、提高、精英）、注重三個結合（點面結合、創業教育與專業教育結合，教學與實踐結合）、構建三個模塊（創業理論教學模塊、創業技能訓練模塊和創業實踐鍛煉模塊）、形成創業孵化鏈”的魚化龍創業教育模式。目前我校已經建成創業大樓，并建有大學生創業實踐廣場、大學生創業街區、大學生創業培訓園和大學生創業孵化園，總面積超過12000平米。陜西魚化龍創業基金已經從2010年3月發起成立時的200萬元，增資至500萬元。據初步統計，歷屆畢業生中，成功創業的學子達10%，培養了一批民營企業家。2014年9月，陜西省人力資源和社會保障廳批準我校為“陜西省大學生創業孵化基地”（全省首個，目前也是唯一一個）和“陜西省大學生創業培訓基地”。
社會貢獻與榮譽
23年來，學校從辦學之初依靠租賃校舍、開展非學歷教育，發展到如今辦學投入、校舍面積、師資數量、辦學規模在陜西省乃至全國民辦高校中具有明顯優勢，經歷了極其艱苦的創業歷程。在這一歷程中，學校始終堅持社會主義辦學方向，堅持非營利不求回報，堅持依法治校、民主辦學、規范管理，解決了16萬余名青年學生的入學和就業，辦學質量得到了社會各界的廣泛認可：先后被陜西省教育廳授予陜西省文明校園、平安校園、十大和諧校園、依法治校示范校、校園文化示范點。2008年、2013年，學校連續兩屆被陜西省教育廳評為“陜西省高等學校畢業生就業工作先進集體”。
2009年，學校發展模式入選美國哈佛大學商學院教學案例。2012年，作為高教行業首度入選單位榮登第四屆CCTV中國品牌榜。2013年，榮獲新華社“中國創造力管理思想”大獎，并代表中國形象登上美國紐約時代廣場榮耀展示，彰顯了中國民辦教育高端品牌的實力與風采。
Xi'an International University was founded in 1992 with the accreditation of the nation’s Ministry of Education for its diverse four-year bachelor and three-year vocational programs. It is located in the heart of the Xi’an high-tech zone boasting two beautiful campuses totaling 135 hectares, a student population of 36,000, and faculty and staff of 2,200.
The academics of the University include 11 colleges with 34 departments offering a total of 101 major fields of study, which cover economics, humanities, management, engineering, agriculture, medicine and law. It has grown into a multi-discipline and multi-layer comprehensive university.
The University is driven by the vision of giving every young person the opportunity to achieve a higher education by creating a dynamic, responsive, and credible educational experience. The University’s well-equipped classroom buildings, spacious dormitories, well-stocked libraries, full sized sports fields and other facilities all serve to educate its students to be responsible, whole people, able to participate in our nation’s economic and social development.
In order to establish the highest standards of education, Professor HUANG Teng, a deputy to the National People’s Congress and founder of the University, went to great lengths in search of first-class educators. Professor Huang, the University’s president and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, firmly maintains that scholars should sustain the university and professionals should manage and lead the university.
It follows that noted professors from different fields, including up and coming middle-aged and young scholars are recruited for teaching and research. Their dedication and wisdom have made the university competitive in its diverse disciplinary areas.
In the meantime, the University has taken great steps to ensure its curriculum is geared to support the nation’s economic and social growth as well as market demands. Traditional disciplines were modified, new programs were added and the structure of the whole curriculum was optimized.
Differentiated teaching was developed and the credit system introduced. Academic and professional competence is given equal importance with twin diplomas issued so that students have hands-on experience in addition to academic excellence.
The University attaches great importance to research, which ensures and sustains quality teaching. With painstaking effort the private education research that the University conducted has gained recognition nationwide and promoted projects in other academic studies. Over the years, the University’s faculty has undertaken a variety of national and provincial research projects and wrote and published numerous textbooks and monographs. The University has also hosted national and international conferences on different topics.
Going global has also been a major feature for the competitive edge of the University. Chief among the out-reach endeavours for the internationalization of its programmes is the recruitment of talent from overseas. On an annual basis the University employs over 20 professors from the USA, the UK, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, France and Korea.
The University has set up collaborative, twinning faculty/student exchange and other programmes with over 40 colleges and universities worldwide. Students who get into top-notch overseas universities are awarded scholarships.
The University has a ten-year partnership with the Australian government in terms of its cooperation with vocational education. Its partner TAFE, the South West Sydney Institute, delivers the advanced Diploma of Business on campus with a negotiated pathway to undergraduate studies in Australia.
Courses are also offered to students from overseas. Hundreds of students from 15 countries have taken Chinese language and culture classes on our campus. More note-worthy are our semester， credit courses for American students, which include economics, Chinese history, English writing and Chinese art and literature, all conducted in English by our faculty members.
Financial help is available to students in the form of scholarships by the government and assistantships by the University. Other schemes such as work-study programs and social practice are also included to assist students in the successful completion of their academic programs. The University sees to it that no student drops from their academic pursuits because of financial constraints.
Our students are intimately involved in university life, from social clubs to university management and leadership in the form of their governing bodies such as youth committees and students’ unions at university and college levels. A rich variety of extra-curricular activities are actively organized to contribute to the whole-person growth of the students.
Great effort is made to assist students to identify their careers upon completion of their studies. Connections are built and maintained nationwide for information on job openings. Help is also rendered to students in their career opportunities with centres set up in such economically vibrant cities as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Dalian for internships. Over 9,000 large and medium-sized enterprises partner with us for long-term, strategic cooperation. On campus, weekend forums and career fairs are conducted at regular intervals.
The University also pioneers other schemes to encourage the competitiveness of our graduates. We have set up a college of entrepreneurship, the first ever in China’s higher education system. In addition, we have venture capital investment and foundations for entrepreneurship to help graduates in their business endeavours.
At Xi'an International University, we never lose sight of the individual. We value every student and provide resources necessary to ensure their success.
We take pride in our achievements over the years. As the University grows in stature, we continue to commit ourselves to creating new opportunities, to be creative and move with the times to be not only a vigorous, competitive, and premier private university but also a quality university able to compete with other top-tier, public institutions of higher learning in the whole of China.
