1965, in order to strengthen the construction of the school, the state merged the majors of lifting and transportation machinery and corresponding teachers and students from Dalian University of Technology and Shenyang University of Technology into Taiyuan Institute of Heavy Machinery, and transferred a number of professional teachers from Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Harbin Institute of Technology, which greatly improved the school's running strength.
Software engineering tuition is 4500 yuan, and there are scholarships.