The major of Chinese language and literature is characterized by China ancient literature and Chinese language and philology, with a strong atmosphere of Chinese studies, modern and contemporary literature and literature and art, general comparative literature linguistics;

Philosophy is the absolute top major in Shanxi University, and the discipline of philosophy of science and technology ranks first in China, featuring philosophy of philosophy and philosophy of philosophy, while China's philosophy is generally aesthetics.

History major, in the top 30, features the history of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the modern history of China, the social history of China, and the world history of Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Archaeology major is one of the earliest archaeological majors in China, with first-class doctoral programs, but now the teachers are a little green and yellow;

Foreign language majors, with less historical accumulation, are better than those schools that follow the trend of opening foreign language majors, but their characteristics are not distinct and there are not many languages and teachers;

Law major is the national training base for outstanding legal talents. Economic law, criminal law and administrative law are good, but the passing rate of departmental examinations is not too high.

Education major is not bad, but its professional orientation is biased towards theoretical employment, and most of them rely on postgraduate entrance examination.

Preschool education is the best major in the College of Educational Sciences.

Administration, one of the brand majors of Shanxi University,

Majoring in international politics, labor and social security, Chinese, international education, tourism management, hotel management advertising, etc.