Qing Normal University lies to the shore of The Huangshui River, in the west of Xining city ---the capital of Qing province, which cover the 691 acres. The institution set up in 1956.

After 47 years, QHNU has made up so pattern as teacher-education is the first and undergraduate course education is the second, and non teacher-education, adult's higher education, minority education of two languages of Tibet language and Chinese is the third. In 1994, It is determined as key institute of science department of teaching in two language of Tibet language and Chinese in the west area by the leading group of education cooperation of the five province including Tibet, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Yunnan etc.

It is one of the institutes where athlete of higher level are trained, and one of the major examing base of country-wide Chinese level (HSK), and the college of major node of of province in CERNET.

The school establishes 2 second colleges, 14 departments, 3 branches, one research institute of plateau of Qinghai and Tibet ,ecological research institute of plateau of Qinghai and Tibet, research institute of science of education, one middle school attached to QHNU, 7 authorization points of Master degree, 4 emphasis subjects of province rank, 3 major laboratories of province class, 31 common undergraduate descipline.

In QHNU,There are 44 graduate students, 48 students studying aboard, 5000 common students of undergraduate and training, about 2000 adult students of undergraduate and training .

The school library is the second library of whole province.In addition, the school has set up a standard stadium with the complete gymnasium of facilities.

There are 892 staff in our institute, including 794 personnel of all kinds of profession,among which There are 45 teachers who have high professional titles, and 247ones who have second-high professional titles, 378 ones who have middle professional titles.

Read about Xining in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xining