[1] With an internationally renowned department of Tibetan studies and a majority ethnic Tibetan student body, the university maintains a focus on local communities and cultures.

In 1975, the school was transformed into the Tibetan Teacher Training College, with departments of political science and language, mathematics and physics, and arts and physical education.

[3] In May 1983, the State Council of the People's Republic of China officially approved the creation of the University of Tibet on the basis of the existing Teachers College in Lhasa.

[7] In December 2008, Tibet University was selected as a beneficiary of the national Project 211.

[9] The university requires all students to pass a Tibetan language examination before graduation.