Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning organized by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government. Selected as one of the "Hundred Schools Project" of the Ministry of Education, it is an excellent institution for undergraduate teaching evaluation and the first batch of institutions to implement new engineering research and practice projects.
The school's predecessor was Shanxi Machinery Manufacturing Industry School, which was founded in 1952. 1953, renamed Taiyuan Machine Building School of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry; 1960, renamed Taiyuan institute of heavy machinery; In 2004, it was renamed Taiyuan University of Science and Technology.
According to the information of official website in April 2020, the school has three campuses: the main campus, the south campus and the Jincheng campus, with a total area of 773,000 square meters; There are 16 secondary colleges offering 6 1 undergraduate majors; There are 2 post-doctoral research mobile stations, 3 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 1 first-class discipline master degree authorization points 18, and master degree authorization categories 10; Full-time teachers 1266, and nearly 24,000 full-time students.