Shanxi University:
Shanxi University, located in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is one of the first three national universities in China. Originally known as Shanxi University Hall, it was founded by Timothy Richard, an Englishman, and Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Shanxi Province.
Its predecessor can be traced back to Jinyang Academy and Lingdetang Academy in Ming and Qing Dynasties at the latest. The original school site was in Houjia Lane, Taiyuan (now taiyuan normal College). In the early Republic of China, it was renamed Shanxi University, and 19 18 was confirmed as the national Shanxi University, and 193 1 was renamed Shanxi University.
Shanxi University is a comprehensive research university jointly established by the People's Government of Shanxi Province and the Ministry of Education. , one of the first batch of universities jointly established by provinces in China, one of the five universities supported by the central region, one of the universities (one province, one school) in the comprehensive strength improvement project of universities in central and western China, one of the universities in the basic capacity building project of universities in central and western China, the first batch of excellent legal talents education and training plan in China, and the sponsors and member units of nine local comprehensive university cooperative associations in China. "Scholarship Institution for Overseas Students of China Government" is affiliated to the Work Research Center established by the Ministry of Education, and has the qualification of graduate school, "recommended graduate students without examination" and "professor evaluation".
The school has two campuses, Dock City and Dadongguan, and Dongshan Campus covering an area of 2,000 mu is currently under construction. It covers an area of nearly 2,600 mu, with a building area of 6,543,800+2,000 square meters. Shanxi University Library is one of the largest libraries in North China with the most advanced facilities in the province, with a collection of 3610.7 million volumes, and the total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is nearly 600 million yuan.
Taiyuan University of Technology:
Taiyuan University of Technology (TUT for short), located in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is a national "2 1 1 project" key construction university and was selected as the first batch of 6 1 "excellent engineer education and training plan" by the Ministry of Education. The school has obvious advantages in science and engineering, and it is the implementation school of the national "Innovative Experiment Plan for College Students". China government scholarships China students to accept universities, and the disciplines of materials science and engineering rank in the top of ESI global rankings 1%. In 20 15 years, it was rated as one of the top 400 universities in QS BRIC countries.
Formerly known as the National School of Western Studies of Shanxi University, it was founded in 1902, and it is one of the first three national universities established in China. After engineering college of shanxi university and engineering college of shanxi university, it was independently established on 1953 and named Taiyuan University of Technology, directly under the Ministry of Higher Education. 1962 belongs to Shanxi province. 1984 was renamed Taiyuan University of Technology. 1997 Taiyuan University of Technology and Shanxi Mining Institute directly under the Ministry of Coal founded by 1958 merged to form Taiyuan University of Technology.
The school has four campuses in Mingxiang, Yingxi, Huyu and Berlin, and enrolls students from 365,438+0 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. There are nearly 27,000 full-time undergraduates, more than 700 doctoral students, and nearly 5,000 master students and international students from five continents. It has played a very important role in serving the development of national economy and promoting social transformation and progress.