Xidian University is one of the first universities in China to conduct research in cryptography. In 2014, it established the first independently operated School of Cybersecurity in China. In September 2017, it was selected for the National Demonstration Project for the Construction of First-Class Cybersecurity Colleges. From 2020 to 2024, the discipline of Cyberspace Security has consistently ranked first according to the Shanghai Ranking's Best Chinese Subjects Ranking.

Currently, the School has more than 150 full-time and part-time teachers, forming a teaching staff that is leading in both level and scale in China. It has established a complete talent cultivation system spanning undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. It has national-level teaching platforms in cybersecurity, such as the National Teaching Team for Information Security, the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Computer Networks and Information Security, and the National Virtual Simulation Experimental Center for Networks and Information Security. At present, there are more than 2,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School. It enrolls about 370 undergraduate students, about 280 postgraduate students, and about 50 doctoral students every year. It has 3 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites (Information Security, Network Engineering, Cyberspace Security); 2 majors have passed the engineering education professional certification of the Ministry of Education (Information Security, Network Engineering); and 2 undergraduate characteristic experimental classes are offered (the Experimental Class of Cyberspace Security and the Xiao Guozhen Experimental Class of Cryptography Science and Technology). The School holds degree-granting authority for master's and doctoral programs in Cyberspace Security and Electronic Information, as well as a professional master's program in Cryptography.

Scientific research at the School reaches international first-tier standards, with distinctive research directions such as cryptography and its applications, network security, system security, data security, and artificial intelligence security. Since 2021, the School has taken the lead in undertaking 5 key R&D plan projects in Cyberspace Security, and has been approved for 7 key projects such as the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. The School has established national-level scientific research bases such as the National Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks for Space, Air, and Ground, and the National Engineering Research Center for Cloud Network Infrastructure Security. It also has 8 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research platforms, including the Discipline Innovation and Talent Introduction Base for Mobile Internet Security, the Engineering Research Center for Big Data Security of the Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Network and System Security in Shaanxi Province, the Collaborative Innovation Center for Cyberspace Security in Shaanxi Province, the Engineering Research Center for Blockchain Technology Application and Evaluation of the Ministry of Education, the Engineering Research Center for the Circulation and Security Governance of Industrial Data Elements in Zhejiang Province, the Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Secure Computing in Shaanxi Province, and the Key Laboratory of Advanced Cryptography Technology in Shaanxi Province. The School has also established close cooperative relationships with leading enterprises in the industry. Global collaboration is demonstrated through joint research with scholars from North America, Australia, Europe, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and Macau, resulting in numerous high-level co-authored publications and annual international conferences.

The School has achieved fruitful results in talent cultivation. Students have won more than 400 awards, including the Gold Award of the "Internet +" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the Euler Award of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling for Undergraduate Students in the United States, the Special Prize of the "Challenge Cup" National Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition for College Students, the National College Students Information Security Competition, and the Special Prize of the National Cryptography Technology Competition. Since 2017, they have won 35 first prizes, 18 second prizes, and 16 third prizes in the National College Students Information Security Competition, and have won the Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial Value Award 7 times. They have won 9 first prizes, 10 second prizes, and 25 third prizes in the National Cryptography Technology Competition, and 1 Special Prize. They have won 1 Special Prize in the "Challenge Cup" National Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition for College Students; and 1 Gold Award in the National Final of the China International "Internet +" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

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