Shanxi Datong University is located in Datong, a famous historical and cultural city in China, and its school-running history can be traced back to 1950s. Approved by the Ministry of Education in 2002, it was formed by the merger of Yanbei Normal University, Datong Medical College, Shanxi Industrial Vocational and Technical College and Datong Vocational and Technical College, and was officially approved in March 2006. The school is a master's degree awarding unit authorized by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, a major member of the National Universities of Applied Sciences League, Shanxi Teachers' Education Alliance, Shanxi Higher Medical Education Resource Alliance and' Wudazhang' College Education Alliance, a founding member of the Institute of New Energy Industry and Technology of Datong General Practitioner Association, the first batch of pilot universities in China, the first batch of grassroots legislative contact points of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress and the municipal local legislative research and consulting base.
The school gives priority to undergraduate education, giving consideration to postgraduate education and continuing education. College 2 1, directly affiliated hospital 3, teaching hospital 3, practice hospital 12. There are 69 undergraduate majors, including 3 national majors, 3 first-class majors in Shanxi Province, 3 brand majors in Shanxi Province, 4 specialty majors in Shanxi Province, 2 dominant specialty majors in Shanxi Province, and specialty majors in Shanxi Service Transformation Comprehensive Reform Experimental Zone 1. The school has a complete range of disciplines, covering literature, history, agriculture, science, engineering and medicine 1 1 disciplines. Shanxi province has three master's degree authorization points and six key construction (support) disciplines.