Expansion: Shanxi Datong University, referred to as "Datong University" or "Datong University", is located in Datong, a famous historical and cultural city. It is a multidisciplinary university in Shanxi Province, the first batch of pilot universities of "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Plan" in China, and the only university in Shanxi Province (Shanxi Provincial Department of Education, Datong Municipal People's Government).
It has been 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, 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 "innovative application demonstration base" project of Phoenix Education. This is a national Universities of Applied Sciences (college).
Major member of Shanxi Teachers' Education Alliance, Shanxi Higher Medical Education Resource Alliance and "Wu Da Zhang" Higher Education Alliance, and 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.