 Following the establishment of P.R.China in 1949, "National" was deleted from the College name although it remains a government funded academic school.In 1952, Department of Agricultural Water Conservancy was partially given to Xi'an Jiaotong University () under the order of The State Council.2 years later, the remained Department of Agricultural Water Conservancy became an independent academic institution which is the mold of Institute of Water Resource Sciences (Northwest China).