According to the announcement on the approved general projects of Humanities and Social Sciences Research of Ministry of Education in 2019 on March 15, eight projects in XPU were funded by Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education in 2019, which is a new record in XPU’s history. XPU ranks fifth among Shaanxi Universities regarding to the amount of approved projects in 2019 (the top four are Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Northwest University and Xi'an International Studies University).

The eight approved projects include 4 general projects, 2 western and frontier projects, 1 construction project of model Marxist college and excellent teaching and research, and 1 special project of university ideological and political work.

During project application, leaders of XPU paid high attention to project application work. With strict review on the content and format of projects by Science and Technology Department and every School’s careful organization and active mobilization in XPU, 33 projects all passed the format review of Ministry of Education and the approval rate reached 24.2%, which is far higher than the national average rate(10.6%).

In recent years, the number of projects approved by Humanities and SocialS ciences Research Foundation of Ministry of Educationin XPU has increased steadily, which has laid a good foundation for further application for National Social Science Fund and high-level Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Award. XPU will seize the opportunity, sum up experience, further improve project management to contribute tofirst-class discipline construction.