There are seven departments: Power Engineering Department, Power Engineering Department, Electronic Information Engineering Department, Engineering Management Department, Civil Engineering Department, Automation Department and Software College.

In order to make up for the shortage of engineering in Shanxi University, improve the comprehensive strength of the university and build a research-oriented university, Qin Liangyu, then secretary of the Party Committee of Shanxi University, publicly proposed for the first time in his work report that "on the basis of early union and comprehensive integration with Taiyuan Electric Power Institute, accelerate the pace of substantive merger".

On February 20 14, the Ministry of Education issued the Letter of the Ministry of Education on Agreeing to the Incorporation of Taiyuan Electric Power Institute into Shanxi University, and agreed to the incorporation of Taiyuan Electric Power Institute into Shanxi University. [2] [3] On June, 2065 1 1, Taiyuan University of Electric Power merged into Shanxi University and held a conference in Dadongguan Campus (formerly Taiyuan University of Electric Power Campus).