Directly under the Ministry of Education, Xidian University (XDU) is a national key university featuring electronic and information science, with coordinated development of disciplines like economics, management, humanities, and sciences. It is one of the universities funded by Project 211 and Project 985 Innovation Platform for Superiority Subject, one of the first 35 universities to have a model School of Software, and one of the first 9 universities to have a model School of Microelectronics. In the Fourth National Assessment of First-level disciplines, 3 disciplines at XDU have been rated A. Electronic Science and Technology is rated A+, ranking 1 nationwide, Information and Communication Engineering A, and Computer Science and Technology A-. It is an essential base of IT talents fostering high-level scientific research innovation in China.