Shaanxi University of Science and Technology is located in Xi'an, the capital city of Shaanxi Province. Xi'an is one of the world's renowned historical capitals with many places of interest such as Xi'an City Wall -one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Chinese city walls; the Terracotta Warriors-"The Eighth Wonder of the World" and the QinlingMountains - the major range dividing northern and southern China.
Shaanxi University of Science and Technology is the only multi-disciplinary university in the western region of China with the characteristics of light industry. It is a national "central and western university basic capacity-building project" construction university, and it is a high-level university that Shaanxi Province will focus on during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period. It is the "domestic first-class university construction university" in Shaanxi Province and a key university jointly built by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, China National Light Industry Council and China National Light Industry Corporation.
SUST consists of 15 colleges providing 60 bachelor's degree programmes, 102 master's degree programmes, and 23 doctoral degree programmes with an enrollment of over 18,000 undergraduates and 3,100 graduates.
The school actively promotes foreign exchanges and cooperation and continuously improves the level of international education. It is a selected university in the international cooperation and training project of innovative talents of the National Overseas Study Fund Commission. It has established close cooperative relations with more than 50 universities and scientific research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions. Vigorously promote the education of international students in China, and recruit students from 25 countries including Germany, Russia, Spain, the Netherlands, Pakistan and other countries to come to the school to study.
The school can provide different kinds of scholarship programs including The Belt and Road International Students'Scholarship for studying abroad to reduce the financial burden of international students studying in China.