Shanxi Institute of Science and Technology is a provincial-level public undergraduate-level ordinary institution of higher learning, which was established independently by relying on China Academy of Taiyuan University of Science and Technology and Jincheng Campus of Taiyuan University of Science and Technology during the transformation of Shanxi Independent College in 20021year.

The school covers an area of 1200 mu, with 230,000 square meters of built school buildings, 360,000 square meters of projects under construction, more than 40 experimental and training places 140, more than 33 million yuan worth of teaching and research instruments and equipment, 2 1000 books, 225 teaching and administrative staff, and 2 13 secondary colleges.