Shanxi University, located in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is an ancient cultural capital with a history of 2,500 years. It is a national key construction university jointly established by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. Ranked among the top 100 universities in China, the vanguard of local universities in China, and the leader of higher education in Shanxi. The comprehensive strength ranks around 60 in the country, ranking first in Shanxi universities, and has a leading and exemplary position in Shanxi higher education. The school's predecessor was Shanxi University Hall, which was founded in 1902. Its long history can be traced back to Lisan Academy in Ming Dynasty, Jinyang Academy and Lingde Academy in Qing Dynasty. The early Shanxi University is one of the important birthplaces of higher education in China, and it is also a century-old cultural and scientific center of Sanjin. In April 2002, Shanxi University became one of the five universities supported by central China. In May 2005, Shanxi University became the only university jointly established by the provincial government and the Ministry of Education. In 20 12, Shanxi university was selected as the national "comprehensive strength improvement project of colleges and universities in the central and western regions" (one province and one school) and entered a new platform for the country to build a "distinctive and high-level" university. In addition, the school is one of the first selected universities in the "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan" of the Ministry of Education, and the member units of the "Midwest University Alliance" and the "Demonstration Base for Studying in China" of the Ministry of Education are under construction. Graduate school was formally established 20 1 1.

Taiyuan University of Electric Power is a public full-time provincial institution of higher learning, founded in 1955. Starting from 1978, students at junior college level will be recruited through the college entrance examination. 198 1 to 199 1, transformed into electric power branch of Taiyuan University of Technology (now Taiyuan University of Technology), and held undergraduate education 1 1 year. 1997 was identified by the former State Education Commission as a national key construction school of a model higher engineering college. In 2000, the management system of Taiyuan Electric Power College was managed by the former Ministry of Electric Power, placed under the management of Shanxi Provincial People's Government, jointly established by the central and local governments, and jointly run with Shanxi University with the approval of Shanxi Provincial People's Government. 2065438+In February, 2004, the Ministry of Education sent a letter agreeing that Taiyuan University of Electric Power was merged into Shanxi University, marking the formal merger of Taiyuan University of Electric Power into Shanxi University.

There are 20 majors in the campus, including undergraduate major 1 1 and master major (power system and its automation, control theory and control engineering). 20 12, the campus and Shuozhou coal gangue power plant established the first postgraduate workstation. It covers an area of 243 mu, with a planned construction area of 6.5438+0.8 million square meters, and the total value of teaching instruments and equipment is more than 90 million yuan. The library has more than 320,000 paper books and 250,000 electronic books. The campus has established a modern e-book system and computer network service system. The school has 9200 students, including 4430 undergraduates, 40 graduate students and more than 3000 adult students. The campus has 536 employees and 355 full-time and part-time teachers, including 25 professors, 89 associate professors and 7 lecturers1/kloc-0. At present, there are doctor 10, master's degree 239, master's tutor 19, provincial teachers 3, double-qualified teachers 2, Shanxi "333 talent project" 1 person, Shanxi academic and technical leader 1 person, 2 national excellent courses and 5 provincial excellent courses. In 2006, the Ministry of Education engaged in higher vocational education.