Founded in March 2000, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities (QNUN) was granted as the first nationwide teachers' university for nationalities by the Ministry of Education and Guizhou provincial government, and it was the first local university upgraded from Junior college in Guizhou province. QNUN is located in Duyun City, the capital of Qiannan Boeyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. It has 1800 mu ground space, with a building area of 469,000 square meters which 249,000 square meters belong to Duyun campus among 800 mu construction area and 220,000 square meters (first-stage project) have been build for Dushan campus among 1,000 mu building space.