The school is a comprehensive staff university composed of technical schools, technical secondary schools and higher vocational colleges approved by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and filed by the Ministry of Education. It has successively won the honors of provincial-level high-skilled personnel training base and national excellent demonstration site for employee education and training.

Lu 'an Vocational and Technical College is a college-level full-time ordinary college approved by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and filed by the Ministry of Education, and undertakes the task of enrolling students within the national plan. The college was founded in 1975, formerly known as Lu' an Mining Bureau Staff University, and belongs to the world's top 500 enterprises Lu' an Group. The college focuses on full-time general higher vocational education and has secondary technical schools. With the strong support of society and Lu 'an Group, the college has now developed into a comprehensive higher vocational college integrating Lu 'an Vocational and Technical College, Taiyuan University of Technology Correspondence Station, Lu 'an Group Technical School and Lu 'an Safety Technology Training Center.