历史学科是西北大学的传统优势学科，解放前已闻名海内外，候外庐、冉昭德、陈登原、马长寿、陈直等一批著名历史学家曾在此任教，为该学科的周秦汉唐史、考古学等领域在全国的领先地位奠定了坚实的基础，该学科现有中国思想史和南亚中东史2个博士点，9个硕士点，3位博士导师，设有中国思 Historiography is a traditional dominant discipline of Northwestern University. Before the liberation, it was famous both at home and abroad. A group of famous historians such as Waerulu, Ran Zhaode, Chen Dengyuan, Ma Changshou and Chen Zhi had taught here. , Archeology and other fields in the country's leading position has laid a solid foundation, the discipline of Chinese history of thought and the history of South Asia in the Middle East, two doctoral programs, nine master's degree, three doctoral tutor, with Chinese thinking