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Shanxi University is located in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, an ancient cultural capital with a history of more than 2500 years. The school's predecessor was the Shanxi University Hall founded in 1902. Its long history can be traced back to Sanli Academy of Ming Dynasty and Heling of Jinyang Academy of Qing Dynasty. German Academy. The early Shanxi University Hall combines Chinese and Western cultures with equal emphasis on liberal arts and sciences. It has broad ideas for running schools and advanced education concepts. It is one of the important birthplaces of modern higher education in my country, and it is also an important town of culture, science and education in the land of Sanjin for a century. After 119 years of running a school, Shanxi University has always been rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese civilization. It has its mission to "teach advanced academics, cultivate talents for master's studies, and meet the needs of the country". The glorious tradition of being handsome, self-reliant and serving the country" promotes the excellent school spirit of "diligence, rigor, faithfulness and innovation", has cultivated more than 300,000 outstanding talents, and has made important contributions to the development of my country's higher education.
A hundred years of cultivating talents, the prosperous age continues to be a chapter. In recent years, with the mission of rejuvenating the country through science and education and strengthening the country with talents, Shanxi University has achieved leapfrog development and has become a high-level comprehensive university with equal emphasis on liberal arts and sciences. In 1998, it became a key construction university in Shanxi Province. In 2005, it became a provincial-ministerial university jointly established by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. In 2012, it became one of the 14 universities selected for the “Middle and Western Universities to Enhance Comprehensive Strength Project” in the country, stepping onto a new platform for the country to build a “high-level and distinctive” university. In 2014, Taiyuan Electric Power College, which has a history of running schools for 60 years, was merged into Shanxi University, and the discipline structure was further improved. In 2016, it became a key construction university of "One Province, One School" in the central and western regions of the country. In 2017, Shanxi Province issued opinions to support Shanxi University's in-depth implementation of the "1331 Project" and achieve the first development in the benchmark "Double First Class". In 2018, on the basis of the joint construction of the province and the ministry and the construction of "one province, one school", we will become a joint university built by the Ministry of Education and the Shanxi Provincial Government.
The disciplines are complete and the scientific research strength is strong. The school has a number of important national key disciplines, national key laboratories, key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, key research bases of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of the Ministry of Education, and National and Local Joint Laboratories. Subject platform. There are 86 undergraduate majors covering 12 disciplines including literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, agriculture, economics, management, law, teaching, art, and medicine, as well as 7 undergraduate double-degree enrollment majors. There are 19 first-level discipline authorization points for doctoral degree, 35 first-level discipline authorization points for master's degree, and 24 master degree types; independent establishment of 2 interdisciplinary Ph.D. and master programs; Ph.D. and master programs for second-level disciplines outside the catalog 4 each. Four disciplines, chemistry, engineering, materials, and environment-ecology, were selected into the top 1% of ESI's global ranking. In recent years, the national key research and development projects hosted by the school and various projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation and the Social Science Fund have steadily increased. They have successively won the National Natural Science Second Prize, the Second Prize of Technological Invention, the Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress, and the Ministry of Education. 16 national scientific research awards including the first prize for outstanding achievements in humanities and social science research in colleges and universities. In 2019, it became the only university in Shanxi Province to be selected as the "First Batch of Higher Educational Technology Achievements Transformation and Technology Transfer Base" by the Ministry of Education.
Famous teachers and celebrities gather together, and the teaching results are remarkable. There are 2141 full-time teachers and 1169 teachers with senior professional titles, including nearly 100 national-level talents. It has 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China's innovative research group, 3 national-level teaching teams, and 2 Ministry of Education innovation teams. 5 courses were selected as national quality courses, 3 courses were selected as national quality video open courses, and 1 course was selected as national quality resource sharing courses. Nine textbooks have become national-level planning textbooks, and a total of 10 people have won the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award or Nomination Award.
The practical activities are abundant and the educating achievements are remarkable. The school currently has 31,528 full-time students, including 24,096 undergraduates and 7,432 postgraduates. The establishment of the "Emergency Pilot Class", introduced research teaching concepts, strengthened practical teaching links, and significantly improved students' academic quality and innovation capabilities. In recent years, in the National College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition, "Challenge Cup" extracurricular scientific and technological work competition, electronic design competition, advertising art competition and English competition, our school students have won more than 40 national special prizes and first prizes; In the Olympics, Asian Games, National Games and other events, he has won more than ten gold, silver and bronze medals.
Extensive international exchanges and smooth channels for studying abroad. The school continues to expand foreign exchanges, establishes cooperative relations with more than 60 universities and research institutes in the United States, Japan, South Korea, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and other countries and regions, and cooperates with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Confucius Institute. The school actively expands international communication channels for undergraduates, and has established cooperative training mechanisms with many foreign universities, creating good conditions for students to go abroad for further studies.
The campus environment is elegant and the conditions for running schools are excellent. At present, it has three campuses: Wucheng Campus, Dadongguan Campus, and Dongshan Campus (under construction), covering a total area of 3,008 acres and a building area of 1.1 million square meters. The school is shaded by trees and surrounded by flowers and grass, and exudes a humanistic atmosphere that is suitable for learning and living. It was named "gardening unit" and "green school" by the provincial government. The library has a collection of 3.05 million documents, more than 1.14 million e-books, and a total value of 1.19 billion yuan in teaching and research equipment. The new Dongshan campus under construction will provide a broad development space for the school’s talent training and scientific research innovation.
Inheritance for a hundred years, one after another. Shanxi University, which has experienced 119 years of glorious history, faces a rare opportunity to comprehensively enhance its comprehensive strength. Standing at a new historical starting point, the school will firmly seize the historical opportunities of national "double first-class" construction, joint construction of ministries and provinces, construction of the "1331 Project" of Shanxi Province, and pioneering development. Toward the path of “constructing a high-level comprehensive research university, one of China’s outstanding and well-known universities”, we will move forward firmly and firmly, and strive to build a more satisfactory talent highland for society and an innovation base with more outstanding contributions. , Radiate more extensive educational sites, and provide more powerful talent support and intellectual support for national and local economic and social development.