The geographical environment of the school is relatively remote, in the suburbs, but there are many scenic spots nearby. Datong is rich in ancient buildings, such as Yungang Grottoes, Huayan Temple, Shanhua Temple and the city that never sleeps. They are all good, and the tickets are not expensive, which is suitable for students to travel.
School profile
Shanxi Datong University, referred to as "Datong University" or "Datong University", is located in the famous historical and cultural city of Datong. It is a multi-disciplinary university in Shanxi Province, the first batch of pilot universities of "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Program" in China, and the only university in Shanxi Province (Shanxi Provincial Department of Education, Datong Municipal People's Government).
It was selected into the School Planning and Construction Development Center of the Ministry of Education, the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program, the "133 1 Project" in Shanxi Province, the first batch of application-oriented transformation pilot universities in Shanxi Province, and the first batch of high-level application-oriented undergraduate universities in Shanxi Province.
The first batch of grassroots legislative contact points of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, the municipal local legislative research and consultation base, and the cooperative institutions of Phoenix Education's "Demonstration Base for Innovative Application of Digital Media Integration between Production and Education in Colleges and Universities" project.
He is a major member of National Universities of Applied Sciences (College) Alliance, Shanxi Teachers' Education Alliance, Shanxi Higher Medical Education Resource Alliance and "Wu Da Zhang" Higher Education Alliance, and a founding member of Datong Quanke Alliance New Energy Industry Technology Research Institute.
The history of Datong University in Shanxi can be traced back to 1950s. Approved by the Ministry of Education in March 2006, it was formed by the merger of the former Yanbei Normal College, Datong Medical College, Datong Vocational and Technical College and Shanxi Industrial Vocational and Technical College. In May, 20 18, with the approval of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, the school became a master's degree awarding unit.
By the end of 2022 10, the school consisted of Yudong Campus and Wang Xinping Campus, covering an area of 2 12 1.3 mu, with a building area of 903,400 square meters, teaching and research instruments and equipment worth 434 million yuan, and a collection of 2,875110,000 copies of paper books. There are 24 colleges.
Set up 72 undergraduate majors; There are 3 master's authorization points and 7 master's authorization points in the first-level discipline; There are 32,045 full-time undergraduates, 297 graduate students and 2,998 continuing education students. There are 2328 faculty members (excluding affiliated hospitals), and there are full-time teachers 1585.