It is affiliated with the People's Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and co-funded with the Ministry of Education of China.

[1] As of February 2006, the university provides 92 programs for master's degrees and 59 undergraduate majors.

To meet the need for rapid development of higher education in both Inner Mongolia and the whole China, the university is undergoing an expansion on a large scale.

Rengong Hu, an artificial lake constructed when the university was first built has been maintained during spring, summer and autumn.

Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees in a few majors are awarded by studying in Mongolian – some courses in the Chinese language are always mandatory.

In recent years, the university has also made efforts to provide courses taught in English, Japanese and Russian.

For example, the College of Law has officially listed during an important, cosmetic curriculum reform since the mid-2000s.

[2] It is included in the Double First-Class Construction designed by the central government of China.

Inner Mongolia University Track and Field Games are held in Spring each year.

Inner Mongolia University Library is located in the north of the main campus, facing the artificial lake.

[citation needed] Established in 1985, Inner Mongolia University Press publishes books in both Chinese and Mongolian.