Notable Students and Faculty
- Erkin Abdulla, Uyghur-language pop singer
- Kahar Barat, Uyghur-American historian
- Fei Xiaotong, sociologist and anthropologist
- D. O. Chaoke, Evenki linguist
- Han Geng, Mandopop singer and actor
- Song Zuying, an ethnic miao singer of classical Chinese and Western songs, who performed at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
- Ilham Tohti, an ethnic Uyghur professor of economics at Minzu University who was detained by police in July 2009 following riots in Ürümqi
- Zhang Chengzhi, writer, once audited a class in Kazakh
- May Chin, Taiwanese Aborigine actress, singer and member for parliament in the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for Highland Aborigines electoral district
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