Xi'an Polytechnic University (simplified Chinese: 西安工程大学; pinyin: Xī'ān Gōngchéng Dàxué) is a college located in Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province, China. Xi'an Polytechnic University was founded in 1912 as the machine-weaving facility of the Beijing High Industry School. The school was approved in 1978 to set up the Northwest Textile Institute, one of the three national institutions controlled directly by the national Ministry of Textiles. In 1998, control transferred to the Shaanxi Province Ministry of Education, and the name of the school was changed to Xi'an Polytechnic University in 2001. The engineering course is the leading major of the university. Other majors at the school include literature, management, economics, science, law, and education.