Founded in 1944, Shaanxi Normal University is a key construction university under the Ministry of Education and the National "211 Project". The school now has 21 colleges, two basic teaching departments, 65 undergraduate majors, 159 master's majors, 69 doctoral majors, and 18 postdoctoral research stations. It has comparative advantages in Chinese international education, Chinese literature, Chinese history, international trade, educational psychology, and bioengineering.

The school has two campuses, Chang'an and Yanta, covering an area of over 2,700 acres. The school has nearly 2,800 faculty members, including more than 1,740 full-time teachers. Teachers with doctoral and master's degrees account for 88 percent of the total number of teachers, including nearly 66 percent of doctoral degrees. The school has more than 17,900 full-time undergraduates and more than 12,000 graduate students, more than 40,000 students in continuing education and online education, and more than 1,000 foreign students.

Shaanxi Normal University established the International College of Chinese Studies on the basis of the Department of International Student’s teaching in 2005. This is the leading unit and the management department of the international students. It is responsible for the training and management work of the undergraduate majors of Chinese Language and Literature (International Students) and the postgraduate students of Chinese International Education (International Students).