Jinzhong Information College (formerly Shanxi Agricultural University Information College) was established in 2002. It is a full-time general undergraduate university approved by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China and supervised by the Department of Education of Shanxi Province. The school is characterized by information technology, and the coordinated development of arts, sciences, engineering, agriculture, economics, management, art and other multi-disciplinary developments to cultivate information industry management and management talents. It is an applied university that focuses on interdisciplinary integration and an information industry. The business school is one of the most respected universities. On December 23, 2020, the Ministry of Education officially announced that the School of Information of Shanxi Agricultural University was renamed Jinzhong School of Information. It was one of the first universities in Shanxi Province to be successfully transferred.
The school is located in Taigu, Shanxi, the famous cultural city of Shanxi merchants and the hometown of Meng Mu. It has a profound cultural heritage, prominent location advantages, and a network of transportation extending in all directions. It takes 30 minutes by car to the provincial capital Taiyuan, 50 minutes to the capital Beijing by plane, and 3 high-speed rails. For more than a few hours, students can study in a quiet environment and enjoy the modern life of a bustling metropolis.
The school covers an area of nearly 1,000 acres, with a construction area of 330,300 square meters, including 21,200 square meters of teaching and administrative buildings. There are currently more than 15,000 students in school. The school took the lead in implementing the reform of the full-staff academy system in Shanxi Province. It established 7 major academies, including Taihang Academy, Sanda Academy, and Youan Academy, with 10 secondary colleges, 4 teaching departments, and 46 undergraduate majors and colleges. Several international cooperation projects (professionals) have built a discipline layout structure with brand advantages, distinctive features, adapting to social needs, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines.
The school’s vision is to become the most respected private university in China, with "complete people" as the training goal, adhering to the school motto of "Education, Learning, Creation, and Entrepreneurship", and in accordance with the 8 characters of "Connotation Construction, Characteristic Development" Policy, through the "four-in-one two-college system (four = complete education × general education × business education × professional education; one body = information industry business school; two colleges = academies × colleges)" MBA" education ecosystem cultivates information industry management talents.
The school has a team of teachers with both ability and political integrity, advanced concepts, solid professional knowledge and strong educational and teaching capabilities. The school has issued the "Administrative Measures for the In-service Ph.D. Study of Faculty and Staff" and the "Measures for the Introduction and Management of Teaching Doctorate (Trial)". In accordance with the principle of "not all but seeking what you can use", the school has launched celebrity lecture halls and famous teacher classrooms, and implemented the brilliance of stars The plan is to hire academicians of the two academies and other top experts and scholars as part-time professors to come to the school to give lectures, and through the form of internal training and external introduction, unswervingly implement the strategy of strengthening the school with talents, and better serve the cultivation of talents.
The school has cooperated with top international universities in running schools, and has signed cooperation agreements with the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University to launch high-end summer study abroad programs. At present, it has signed school-level exchange and cooperation agreements with foreign universities such as Northern Illinois University in the United States, Northern Hesse University of Applied Sciences in Germany, Essen University of Economics and Management in Germany, and Ham-Lippstadt College in Germany. , Innovative talent training model, so that students can enjoy high-quality international education resources, obtain real learning experience in the world's top universities, and develop students' global leadership skills and effective communication skills with international counterparts.
The quality of personnel training in the school has achieved remarkable results. In the past five years, he has won more than 100 national awards and more than 500 provincial awards in various discipline competitions organized by the education administration department. Students have high entrepreneurial enthusiasm and their entrepreneurial ability has been improved year by year, and they have won more than 50 innovation and entrepreneurship awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level. In recent years, the employment rate of the school has remained above 90%, and the pass-through rate for postgraduate entrance examinations has reached more than 50%. The high employment rate and high research rate are among the forefront of similar universities in the country.
The school has successively won the National Defense Education Characteristic School of the Ministry of Education, the National Comprehensive Strength College, China's Independent College with the Most School-Running Characteristics, China's Top Ten Independent Colleges, China's Top Ten Brand Independent Colleges, China Brand Influential Independent Colleges, and the country's most competitive demonstration of employment With honors such as colleges and universities, Shanxi’s “double-strength and six good” provincial model party organizations, and Shanxi Province’s advanced public security management units, the school’s level of running schools has been continuously improved, its comprehensive strength has increased year by year, and its social recognition has increased significantly.