Shanxi University, located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China. It is a national "double first-class" construction university, a provincial joint university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanxi Provincial People's Government, and a key construction university in Shanxi Province. The school has been selected into the "Everest Plan", "11plan", the national "comprehensive strength improvement project of central and western universities" and "basic capacity building project of central and western universities", and it is the first batch of national cultural quality education bases for college students.
As of September 23rd, 2022, the official website of the school shows that the school has three campuses: Wucheng Campus, Dongshan Campus and Dadongguan Campus, with a total area of 3,008 mu and a building area of1166,400 square meters. The school has 6 colleges; There are 19 doctoral degree authorization points for first-level disciplines, 35 master degree authorization points for first-level disciplines, 24 master degree categories, 4 postdoctoral mobile stations 14, 6 doctoral and master degree points for second-level disciplines outside the catalogue, and 2 interdisciplinary doctoral and master degree points.
Discipline construction:
In February, 2022, official website showed that the school has 19 authorized points for doctoral degrees in first-class disciplines, 35 authorized points for master's degrees in first-class disciplines, 24 authorized points for various master's degrees, 4 mobile postdoctoral stations 14, 6 doctoral and master's degrees in second-class disciplines outside the catalogue, and 2 interdisciplinary doctoral and master's degrees. Philosophy and physics were selected as national "double first-class" construction disciplines. Philosophy of science and technology and optics were selected as national key disciplines.
The school carries out the construction idea of "aiming at the direction, building heavy artillery and supporting industries" of the Ministry of Education, comprehensively coordinates the key construction funds such as joint construction by the Ministry and the province, Shanxi Province's support for the first development, and Shanxi Province's "133 1 project", and takes philosophy and physics as the leader to set up multi-disciplines in Shanxi's two advantageous industrial fields of "cultural tourism" and "photoelectric information technology".