XSYU is one of five famous petroleum universities in China and owns undergraduate, postgraduate to doctoral student complete training system.

As of June 2018, the school's Yanta, Mingde (South) and Huyi campuses cover about 55 acres.

The 4 special academicians: Chinese Academy of Sciences: Guowei Zhang Chinese Academy of Engineering: Helin Li, Pingya Luo, Xinyi Gu As of the end of 2017, the school has five national-level specialty programs, five Shaanxi 'first-class professional' construction projects, seven Shaanxi 'first-class professional' cultivation projects, and five national 'excellent engineer education training programs' pilot programs, 10 Shaanxi specialty specialty, five Shaanxi famous brand majors.

National-level specialty programs: Computer Science and Technology: Resource Exploration Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology, Mechanical Design and Automation[citation needed] National-level university students' off-campus practice education base: Xi'an Petroleum University-China Petroleum Changqing Petrochemical Company Engineering Practice Education Center[citation needed] As of June 10, 2014, the school has established cooperation and exchange relations with 43 universities (institutions) in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, Germany, Russia and Kazakhstan.

They will also go to the United States, Britain, Germany, France and other countries during the summer and winter.