According to the query of college students' essential network, Shanxi Agricultural University is not a 985 university, nor a 2 1 1 university. Shanxi Agricultural University (SXAU), referred to as "Shanxi Agricultural University" for short, is a national key university jointly established by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China, and has been selected into the "Education and Training Plan for Outstanding Agricultural and Forestry Talents" and the "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Central and Western Regions". It is the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, excellent universities in undergraduate teaching evaluation of the Ministry of Education, universities that implement the innovation and entrepreneurship training plan for college students nationwide, national agricultural and rural informatization demonstration bases, pilot universities for comprehensive reform of higher education in Shanxi Province, "133 1 project" universities in Shanxi Province, and provincial mass entrepreneurship innovation demonstration bases. It is a member of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.