Colleges and universities include xinzhou teachers university and Xinzhou Vocational and Technical College. Yuanping has Yuanping Agricultural College. Xinzhou teachers university, founded in 1958, is a full-time undergraduate college approved by the Ministry of Education. It is a bachelor's degree awarding unit. It is located in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, the hometown of hot springs at the foot of Wutai Mountain, a Buddhist holy place. North Tongpu Railway, Jingyuan Railway and Universiade expressway pass through the territory, and the traffic is very convenient. It takes one and a half hours to reach Taiyuan, the provincial capital. In 2008, the comprehensive ranking of universities in China was 5 16, which was the same as the following universities: Beijing University of Information Science, Yan 'an University, Xi 'an University of Arts and Sciences and Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. Xinzhou Vocational and Technical College is a college-level vocational and technical college established in 2004 to meet the urgent needs of social and economic development for skilled and practical talents under the strategic planning requirements of the country to vigorously develop vocational education. It was established on the basis of Xinzhou Business School, Health School, Agricultural Machinery School, Art School and Technical School, aiming at cultivating a large number of skilled talents and high-quality workers in finance, medical care, engineering and art that are urgently needed by society. Xinzhou teachers university is a normal college that trains basic education teachers. Its predecessor was xinzhou teachers university, which was founded in 1950. He has made outstanding contributions to the education in Xinzhou. In June, 2000, with the approval of Shanxi Provincial People's Government, it was upgraded to xinzhou teachers university Professional Department, which is an independent school-running entity and legal entity. The school is located in the center of Xinzhou (Wutaishan South Road 10), with an area of 166.3 mu and a building area of 54,575 square meters.