宁夏大学是国家“双一流”建设高校，国家“211工程”重点建设高校，教育部与宁夏回族自治区人民政府合建高校。学校始建于1958年，历经宁夏师范学院、宁夏农学院和宁夏医学院等合并发展，形成了文、理、工、农、经、管、法、教、艺等多学科协调发展的学科专业体系。

Ningxia University is a national "Double First-Class" construction university, a key university under the national "211 Project", and a university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Founded in 1958, the university has developed through the merger of Ningxia Normal College, Ningxia Agricultural College, and Ningxia Medical College, forming a disciplinary and professional system with coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as arts, science, engineering, agriculture, economics, management, law, education, and art.

学校现有三个校区，占地面积2938亩，教学科研仪器设备总值7.6亿元。设有26个学院，80个本科专业，拥有1个国家重点学科、1个国家重点（培育）学科，18个自治区重点学科。学校坚持立德树人根本任务，着力培养德智体美劳全面发展的社会主义建设者和接班人，为区域经济社会发展作出了重要贡献。

The university currently has three campuses, covering an area of 2938 mu, with a total value of 760 million yuan in teaching and research instruments and equipment. It has 26 colleges and 80 undergraduate majors, with 1 national key discipline, 1 national key (cultivation) discipline, and 18 autonomous region key disciplines. Adhering to the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, the university strives to cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, making important contributions to regional economic and social development.