西北师范大学敦煌学院成立于2014年6月，是经甘肃省教育厅批准、由西北师范大学和敦煌市人民政府共同创办、实施全日制本科、硕士研究生学历教育的普通高校校属学院。敦煌学院依托西北师范大学的优质学科资源和敦煌文化资源，着眼于国家和地方经济社会发展需求，以特色化、国际化、精品化和高端化为目标，开展具有敦煌文化特色的高等教育教学。学院立足于历史与未来的视野和定位，致力于具有宽厚人文科学素养和精深专业知识的人才培养，塑造有深厚传统学养、高尚艺术心性、丰富人文情怀和宽阔国际视野的敦煌文化传承传播者和创新创造者。 学院设立敦煌美术系(中国画、油画、动画)、舞蹈艺术系、旅游管理与公共教学系开展教学，招收敦煌学、敦煌美术硕士研究生。学院建有敦煌艺术研学传承基地、研究生教学中心、敦煌学与敦煌画派研究中心、创新中心、敦煌当代美术馆、壁画临摹室、彩塑传习所、理论研究室及陶艺、壁画、舞蹈、旅游等专业实践基地，与多家机构机构开展合作，现有驻校教师30人，客座教授50多人。截止2021年，学院已培养美术学、舞蹈表演、旅游管理方向本科毕业生400余名。 学院倡导发扬大漠精神、戈壁精神、胡杨精神和红柳精神，以坚定的文化自觉和文化自信坚守敦煌，是目前敦煌市唯一一所在地大学，是学习、传承、研究、弘扬敦煌文化及开展敦煌艺术创作实践的高层次学术平台。

Dunhuang College of Northwest Normal University was established in June 2014. It is a full-time undergraduate-degree college attached to Northwest Normal University and was approved by the Gansu Provincial Education Department and jointly established by the Northwest Normal University and the Dunhuang Municipal People's Government. The college is located in the international famous cultural tourism city - Dunhuang City, Gansu Province，which is the only university in Dunhuang. Relying on the high-quality discipline resources of Northwest Normal University and the cultural and artistic resources of Dunhuang, Dunhuang College focuses on the needs of national and local economic and social development. The higher education teaching and research work are carried out with the goal of specialization, internationalization, high-quality and high-end, closely combining Dunhuang cultural and artistic resources. Guided by the spirit of "westward advancement", the college holds position in the desert with the spirit of bravery and dedication for exploring the development path of Dunhuang higher education and constructing a high-level open platform for Dunhuang cultural inheritance, research, protection and artistic creation, and devotes itself to cultivating Dunhuang cultural inheritors, disseminators, innovative and creative talents with traditional literacy, artistic spirit, humanistic feelings and international vision. Dunhuang College has established undergraduate majors such as Dunhuang Fine Arts Department (Chinese Painting, Oil Painting, Animation), Dance Art Department (Dance Performance), Tourism and Public Culture Department (Tourism Management) and recruits graduate students in Dunhuang Studies and Dunhuang Fine Art. The college is among the first group of excellent traditional Chinese cultural heritage base of the Ministry of Education and the excellent traditional Chinese cultural base of Gansu Province. It has established collaborative innovation center of Northwest Normal University, Dunhuang Studies Research Center and teaching center for Fine Art graduates and set up Dunhuang Sculpture Training Institute, Dunhuang Contemporary Art Museum, Dunhuang Mural Studio, Dunhuang Art Creation Center and more than ten Dunhuang Art Workshops. There are more than 60 resident teachers, part-time teachers and visiting professors, 402 undergraduates and 4 graduates in 2019. Dunhuang College of Northwest Normal University is enrolling students nationwide. The enrollment plan is included in the national general higher education unified recruitment plan, and accepts international students and visiting scholars from relevant majors. Students are awarded Northwest Normal University diplomas and degree certificates when they finish all the required courses. (Updated: October 2019)