Northwest Minzu University (Chinese: 西北民族大学; pinyin: Xīběi Mínzú Dàxué), formerly known as Northwest University for Nationalities, is the first minority institution of higher learning founded in China after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of PRC.

The university is in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, and covers a land area of 474 acres (1.92 km2).

In August 1950, Northwest Nationalities College was founded, and a senior CPC leader, Wang Feng, became the first president.

In April 2003, approved by the Ministry of Education and State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the school adopted the current name, Northwest University for Nationalities.

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