1958

Upgraded as Xi'an Petroleum Institute with the approval of the State Council to meet the demands for more talents as a result of the rapid development of petroleum industry.

1970

Enrollment stopped because of “the Great Cultural Revolution”.

1980

The school resumed, with the approval of the State Council and the present campus ( City Campus) Set up in today’s Xi'an High-tech Development Zone.

2000

Transferred from a school attached to CNPC(China National Petroleum & Gas Corporation ) to a regular university run by both central and local governments, chiefly administered by Shaanxi provincial government.

2003

With the approval of the State Education Commission, renamed as Xi'an Shiyou University.