Over the years, the school has always adhered to the school-running philosophy of "based on Shanxi, facing the whole country, serving the grassroots and running schools with characteristics", and has formed a school-running characteristic dominated by nursing education. Undergraduate nursing specialty is the construction point of national characteristic specialty; Undergraduate medical laboratory technology and nursing are the dominant majors in Shanxi Province. Undergraduate nursing, medical laboratory technology and optometry are characteristic majors in colleges and universities in Shanxi Province. Clinical nursing experimental teaching center, medical laboratory experimental teaching center and basic medical experimental teaching center are experimental teaching demonstration centers in colleges and universities in Shanxi Province. Specialized nursing specialty is a characteristic specialty of higher vocational education in Shanxi Province. From 1997 to 20 18, it won the full scholarship program of Singapore nursing diploma for 22 consecutive years, and has sent 626 international students, which is the only university in China that has won the program for 22 consecutive years.