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Taiyuan University of Technology
China

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Official website: https://www.tyut.edu.cn/
Tel：0351-6018616,0351-3176460
Address：No. 79, Yingze West Street, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province
Taiyuan University of Technology is a century-old institution of higher learning with a long history, profound heritage and distinctive characteristics. It is located in Taiyuan, a national historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,500 years. Its predecessor was the Western Learning Hall of Shanxi University, founded in 1902, which is one of the three earliest national universities founded in China. In 1953, the school was established independently and named Taiyuan Institute of Technology, directly under the Ministry of Higher Education; in 1962, it was transferred to the management of Shanxi Province; in 1984, it was renamed Taiyuan University of Technology. In 1997, Taiyuan University of Technology merged with Shanxi Mining College (founded in 1958), which was directly under the Ministry of Coal Industry, to form Taiyuan University of Technology. In the same year, it became one of the key universities in the national "211 Project", opening a new chapter of reform and development. In 2017, the school was selected as a key university in the national "Double First-Class" construction, ushering in a new period of development. For more than 120 years, the school has always adhered to the school motto of "seeking truth and innovation", adhered to the school-running tradition of "people-oriented, culture and sports as the boat, carrying moral and intellectual, and comprehensive development", and demonstrated the spirit of "daring to be the first, daring to compete, and daring to innovate". A group of academic masters, industry leaders and moral role models have emerged, such as the famous educator Zhao Zongfu, "Father of China's Petroleum" Sun Jianchu, China's "Precambrian Geology Pioneer and Founder" Wang Yuelun, arc gear expert Zhu Jingzi, "One of the pioneers in the field of coal chemical technology" Xie Kechang, "Intellectual Model" Luan Fu, "Grassland Public Servant" Yun Bulong, etc., deeply interpreting the lofty pursuit of the 120-year-old school of "getting talents from all over the world to educate them and educating a new generation to serve the country". The school is mainly based on engineering, combines science and engineering, and develops in a coordinated manner among multiple disciplines, covering 9 categories including science, engineering, economics, law, education, literature, management, art, and history. It has 26 professional colleges and 1 Sino-foreign cooperative school (preparatory). There are four campuses, namely Mingxiang, Yingxi, Huyu and Berlin, covering an area of 2.13 million square meters and a total building area of 1.69 million square meters. As of now, the school has 43,161 students, 399 international students and 3,999 faculty and staff. There are 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 10 dual-appointed academicians, 8 specially appointed (lecture) professors of the "Changjiang Scholars Award Program" of the Ministry of Education, 11 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, 9 winners of the National Excellent Youth Fund, and 17 national candidates for the "New Century Hundred Thousand Talents Project". The school was selected as a national pilot university for the comprehensive reform of "three-dimensional education" and one of the top 50 universities for innovation and entrepreneurship. It was approved as a national innovation and entrepreneurship college construction unit and won the title of the first batch of "National Civilized Campus". The school closely focuses on the "student-centered" school-running philosophy, adheres to the fundamental task of moral education and the goal of building a first-class university, and is committed to cultivating socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor. At present, 26 majors of the school have passed the international engineering education professional certification, 41 national first-class majors, 15 provincial first-class majors, and 31 national first-class courses; various innovation teams have repeatedly achieved good results in domestic and international competitions, and the results of college students' subject competitions have remained among the top 50 universities in the country; in 2021, the China International "Internet +" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition won 4 golds and 1 silver, ranking 9th in the national university gold medal rankings, and won 2 golds and 7 silvers in 2022, and the overall strength was further enhanced. The "Qingze Xinyu" ideological and political platform was approved as a high-quality project for ideological and political work in colleges and universities by the Ministry of Education, and the "Screw Home" was selected as a national demonstration site for learning from Lei Feng activities. The school attaches great importance to and strives to build an all-round, multi-level sports work pattern and a positive and healthy campus cultural atmosphere. It has achieved remarkable results in competitive sports and is the only university in China that has won the national championships in men's basketball and men's football so far. The university has strong scientific research strength and outstanding achievements. It has been the chief scientist unit for two consecutive times to undertake the National Key Basic Research and Development Program (973 Program) projects, and has undertaken a total of 1,818 national-level projects such as the "863" Program and the "National Key R&D Program"; and has won 43 national science and technology awards. The university has one provincial and ministerial national key laboratory, five key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, two innovation teams of the Ministry of Education, and one innovation team in key areas of the Ministry of Science and Technology. In recent years, the university has worked hard to create a talent engine to serve the national and regional economic and social development. The transformation of achievements and technology transfer have accumulated economic benefits of more than 10 billion yuan for local and industry enterprises. On the banks of the Fen River, there is a magnificent school. The university will be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, keep its original aspirations in mind, bear in mind its mission, take it as its own responsibility to promote social progress, realize national prosperity, and seek human welfare, and unswervingly move forward towards the goal of building a comprehensive research-oriented, high-level, first-class university.