XAIU includes 8 colleges offering 67 major fields of study, which cover Management, Economics, Humanities, Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture, and Arts.

[2] In March 2005, with the approval of China's Ministry of Education, XAIU became an undergraduate college and was officially renamed Xi'an International University (Chinese: 西安外事学院).

Successfully adapting to its new role, in June 2009 (4 years after the first students enrolled in the first undergraduate programs), Xi'an International University was granted the right to award bachelor's degrees.

Qi Fang Academy collaborates with various party groups, associations, campus culture, career planning, etc.

According to legends, it is the place where Princess Yuhua, daughter of King Wu of the Zhou dynasty, built a stage to offer sacrifices to Heaven (The remains from the Yangshao Civilization, around 5000 – 3000 B.C.).

In the Tang dynasty (618 – 907 A.D.), this area was the auspicious place where imperial examination candidates prayed for good luck, hoping that they could be someone useful to society, in other words, "to become a dragon".

It is cooperating with more than 100 universities around the world and has joint educational programs with the US, Canada, UK, France, Korea, Japan, etc.