Among the universities in Shanxi Province ranked as the best universities in China, Taiyuan University of Technology has the strongest educational strength and competitiveness, and the highest educational level. From 2003 to 2022, 15 ranked among the top 100 universities in China, and ranked 7 1 in 2022, ranking first among the top 100 universities in Shanxi Province.

Shanxi University, a century-old prestigious university, is a comprehensive research university, one of the key construction universities in central and western China 14, which is equivalent to the universities directly under the Ministry of Education. It was one of the three earliest national universities in China (Qing Dynasty). Chemistry and engineering account for 1% of the world, and majors such as optical engineering, philosophy of science and technology, mathematics, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physics, management science and computer are at the forefront in China.

Taiyuan University of Technology, the only institution in the original 2 1 1 project in Shanxi Province. The nature of engineering is obvious, so when there was only one place in Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology was chosen. Materials science, engineering and chemistry have reached the world 1%, and chemical engineering, mining, safety engineering, material engineering, mechanical engineering, computer and other majors are the trump cards of the school.

North university of china, a well-established school, ranks third among domestic weapons colleges (one of the seven sons of ordnance engineers), second only to Beijing Institute of Technology and Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Moreover, it was established early. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, it made great contributions to the country and became the first school of people's ordnance. In the fields of weapon system and engineering, ammunition engineering, military chemistry, material forming and control engineering, electronics and communication engineering, information and signal processing, microelectronics, precision instruments, safety engineering, etc.

Shanxi University of Finance and Economics is a well-known financial institution in China with an old brand. Like most financial colleges, the main advantages are applied economics, accounting, statistics, finance, business administration, management science and engineering, international trade and other majors.

Shanxi Normal University (Linfen City, Shanxi Province) is located in the south of Shanxi Province. Linfen City is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. It is said that Yao Zeng built its capital here. Typical normal universities, Chinese language and literature, history, ideology and politics, physics, chemistry, biology and other majors belong to ethnic majors. Moreover, Learning English and Language, which are popular in middle schools all over the country, are the newspapers in charge of Shanxi Normal University and can be called the most normal universities.

However, the school's engineering major is also very unique, that is, materials science, mainly in the research of magnetic materials, magnetic information materials and battery materials.