The ancients cloud: "Very tall wood, have its root surely; Conceive the water of hill, have its cause surely. " the parent that each thing has its origin, each school also has him to produce the course of development, they are in history of whole department society, carrying the gene of oneself, take big strides is forward. Today, we come get to the bottom of sth traces to the source, search on the west the family is big the figure that keeps in historical endless flow. The Opium War began 1840, china reduces semi-colony at this point semi-feudal society, the squirearchy foreign Wu of clear dynasty is sent people for save the nation from extinction the graph is put, began with " self-improvement, beg rich " the Westernization Movement that is catchword, piece do " foreign Wu " , promote " new learning " . Among them the famousest is foreign Wu clique the school of Western learning of the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning that on behalf of the character Cheng Xuanhuai establishs, it is the university that runs with mode with Western learning body, china is latter-day the first contemporary university (university of the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning) . 1909, because Jiao Zunkai colliery and the clear government at that time sign an agreement and British blessing company established in Henan school of the anxious mine that make a way. School of the anxious mine that make a way is late quiet period is in 3 of Chinese open to privately run one of colleges are mixed by the foreigner only private engineering course college, the first mining industry of latter-day China is advanced institution of higher learning and the first private engineering course colleges and universities, by fair the fountainhead that considers as Chinese coal higher education. University of today's Xi'an science and technology is the engineering of mine smelt metal with these two schools the department develops for origin and come. 1937 emergency of Lu channel bridge, japan is invaded in the round China, there are 94 to be destroyed by the Japanese army in 108 colleges of countrywide, among them 25 because place is disastrous be forced close down, to let China educational article arteries and veins is able to continue, the 102 people such as Mei Yiqi of president of university of Jiang Menglin of president of Cai Yuanpei of central academy dean, Beijing University, Tsinghua make a statement jointly, demand government takes decisive step, run a school change of a few colleges toward inland. On September 10, ministry of Education gives orders " with north smooth university, north makes the same score engineering college of Normal University, the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning and north to make the same score the school such as the academy to be backbone, establish Xi'an temporarily university " . Fight war period, put add merely 1 year of national northwest the United Nations General Assemblies of 4 0 months, centered China's first-rate at that time engineering course university (engineering college of the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning) first-rate Normal University (north makes the same score a Normal University) , the multiversity with very giant dimensions () of boreal smooth university, and the mining industry university that has distinguishing feature quite (private anxious make engineering college) , made whole higher education system, whole is embedded the northwest earth of length and breadth of land, from go up at all the face that changed Chinese northwest higher education to lag behind, for Chinese higher education balanced development rose to lay a foundation action. Go up the century is new the fifties China is large-scale the courtyard that adjusted countrywide colleges and universities is a setting, follow the lead of of period of China the Republic of China the college system that the college system that form of flower type, beautiful form builds transforms type of effect copy Russia. Meantime, northwest engineering college also is adjusted in courtyard department, to build northwest engineering college into university of national defence industry, part of northwest engineering college fastened change to go out 1957, and mining ties move and be traffic university (Xi'an) mining is. Department of mining of northwest engineering college merges into new development also is obtained in handing in a big year, strength of industry teaching duty adds 98 people by 26 people, by mining department development is mining department, geological department, create mine opportunity via approval of Ministry of EducationCoal is industrial food, it is the main the sources of energy of our country. Northwest area is one of main coal base of our country. But, the technical force of battlefront of coal of whole northwest area when 1958 is very weak, project technical staff is strange be short of. Whole northwest area fosters the colleges and universities of coal technology qualified personnel without. On September 15, 1958, declare of institute of Xi'an mining industry holds water, the mark is worn area of our country northwest began to have the first coal advanced institution of higher learning, had industry of coal of the first education the cradle of qualified personnel of advanced science and technology. Evolve from the history look, university of Xi'an science and technology is born because of coal, promote because of coal, from build the day of school to rise, breathe together with motherland coal industry, in all destiny. Come 60 years, teachers and students of college of Xi'an science and technology from beginning to end base oneself upon western, face the whole nation, formed " motherland interest prep above everything " school example and " solidarity, assiduous, be realistic, innovation " admirable school spirit. Carried more than 130 thousand talented person for the society early or late, research and development gives gain of large quantities of one high level scientific research, make the cradle of mining industry of our country northwest, safe science and technology and education and raise, made important contribution for coal industry and progress of region economy society. Review the history of the school, look from big sequence of thought and important node, the history of the school can generalize for: Come from ferry comfort, stem from house; Firewood fire is passed on the west, balefire go through the mill; Two change and, become independent; Two more renown, build in all; Land mine characteristic, come down in one continuous line; Take root western, present a splendid sight.