Shanxi's higher education has made great progress, but the overall history of running a school is not long, the quality and level of training are not high, and there are still some problems and deficiencies, especially compared with other provinces in eastern and central China, the development level is relatively backward, the gap is widening, and the development situation is not optimistic. The top three universities in Shanxi Province are basically stable, namely Shanxi University, Taiyuan University of Technology and north university of china. As the top three universities in Shanxi Province, these three universities lead the development of higher education in Shanxi Province.
Shanxi University, located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is a key construction university in Shanxi Province jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanxi Provincial People's Government. It has been selected as the national "Comprehensive Strength Improvement Project of Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China" and the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases of colleges and universities, and it is the national key construction university of "one province, one school" in central and western China. Shanxi University has two national key disciplines, 19 Shanxi provincial key discipline, 16 Shanxi provincial key construction discipline and three Shanxi provincial key support disciplines. There are 19 authorized points for the first-level discipline of doctoral degree, and 2 authorized points in two disciplines; There are 35 authorized points in the first-level discipline of master's degree and 8 authorized points in two disciplines; There are 24 kinds of master's degrees. Four disciplines, including environment/ecology, chemistry, engineering, and materials science, have entered the top of ESI global 1%.
Taiyuan University of Technology, referred to as "Taiyuan Institute of Technology", is located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. It is a national "world-class discipline construction university", a national "2 1 1 project" key construction university, and the first batch of "excellent engineer education and training plan" universities of the Ministry of Education. The school has 1 national key laboratory training base jointly established by the province and the Ministry, 2 national and local joint engineering laboratories, 2 national and local joint research centers, 2 national first-class architectural design and research institutes, 1 national international scientific and technological cooperation base, and 1 innovative talent training demonstration base of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Zheng Qiang, who guided the growth of young students with the unique charm of "Strong Brother" and lit a beacon in the hearts of young people, was appointed as the Party Secretary of Taiyuan University of Technology.
North university of china, referred to as "Zhongbei", is located in Taiyuan. It is a university jointly established by the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the People's Government of Shanxi Province, and it is a key university in Shanxi Province. The school governs the main campus and Shuozhou campus, covering an area of 2,995 mu, with a building area of 1.23 million square meters; There are 20 secondary colleges and 85 undergraduate majors; There are 6 postdoctoral mobile stations, 7 first-class doctoral programs, 23 first-class master programs and 5 professional master programs; 2,727 faculty members; There are nearly 39,000 full-time students, including more than 4,000 doctoral and master students.
Shanxi University of Finance and Economics and Shanxi Normal University are also well-known universities in Shanxi Province.