Ningxia University (Chinese: 宁夏大学; pinyin: Níngxià Dàxué) is a regional comprehensive university, co-administrated by Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. The school was founded in 1958. In the end of 1997, Ningxia Institute of Technology and Yinchuan Normal College (including Ningxia Education College) were merged into the University. In February 2002, it was merged with Ningxia Agricultural College, and formed the new Ningxia University.