民族学院是党和国家为解决国内民族问题培养少数民族干部而创办的社会主义新型学校。1950年,中央人民政府政务院批准了《培养少数民族干部试行方案》和《筹备中央民族学院试行方案》。根据这些方案,1951年6月11日,在北京成立了中央民族学院,设立干训班,并在西北、西南、中南和有关省、区也成立了民族学院,均设有干训班。根据工作需 The National Institute is a new socialist school founded by the party and the state in order to train cadres of ethnic minorities in solving problems concerning the nationalities in China. In 1950, the Central Government Department of People’s Government approved the “Pilot Program for Cultivating Ethnic Cadres” and the “Pilot Program for Preparatory the Central Institute of Nationalities.” According to these proposals, on June 11, 1951, a Central Institute for Nationalities was set up in Beijing to set up a training course and a national institute was set up in the northwest, southwest, central and southern provinces and relevant provinces and autonomous regions. According to the work needs