According to the inquiry of official website of Shanxi University, Shanxi University is the first batch of enrollment in Shanxi and the whole country. In China's education system, the first batch of enrollment represents the high teaching level and academic reputation of Shanxi University.

Shanxi University, located in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is a national key construction university jointly established by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education, and a national key construction university for the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions.