Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) has its history traced all the way back to the Western Learning School of Shanxi Grand Academy (1902), which was one of the three earliest national universities in China. Taiyuan University of Technology links itself to the local development and has achieved a lot scientifically in research. The promotion in research and development in technology has been put into application for further study in Taiyuan University of Technology. Taiyuan University of Technology has been the chief scientist unit twice to undertake the national key fundamental research projects (973 Project). Also, it has undertaken 945 projects of various kinds, such as “863 Project”, national new high-tech development project, national sci-tech key project, and national outstanding youth foundation project. TYUT has now four campuses of Yingxi, Huyu, Bailing and Mingxiang, with the total area of 3,201 mu
(1) History
Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) traces its origin back to the Western Learning School of Shanxi Grand Academy established in 1902, which is one of the three earliest national universities in China. It has gone through a series of names, as Engineering Faculty of Shanxi Grand Academy, Institute of Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan Institute of Technology. In 1953, it became an independent institution under the direct administration of Higher Education Ministry with the new name of Taiyuan Institute of Technology before it returned to Shanxi Province in 1962, another name of Taiyuan University of Technology was adopted in 1984. In 1997, then Taiyuan University of Technology merged with Shanxi Mining Institute established in 1958 and administered by the Ministry of Coal, and the new Taiyuan University of Technology was founded. In the same year, Taiyuan University of Technology was nominated a university for the National “211 Project” (a national promotion project for higher education in the 21st century).
(2) Discipline and programs
Currently, Taiyuan University of Technology has 22 colleges and departments, and offers 76 undergraduate programs, 126 graduate programs, and 49 doctoral programs. Taiyuan University of Technology advocates scientific research and technological development and activates the basic applied research. In July 2014, there were 2700 undergraduates, 5000 postgraduates and 700 doctoral candidates. There were also on campus approximately 100 long-term international students from 34 countries. Among them, there was 42 degree-seeking students. Taiyuan University of Technology has a faculty of 3,682, among whom 2595 are teaching and researching staff. 1,087 of them have PhD and 1,152 have senior academic titles. At present, Taiyuan University of Technology has 3 national authorized disciplines, 13 provincial key disciplines and 12 provincial supported disciplines play a leading role in the scientific research in the university.
(3) Academic facilities and Scientific research
Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) advocates scientific research and technological development and activates the basic applied research. Taiyuan University of Technology is famous for outstanding research facilities with 11 state key laboratories, 11 provincial engineering research centers. Taiyuan University of Technology library is the only university library collecting famous retrieval systems(SCI/EI/ISTP/CA) in Shanxi Province, with a collection of 1.87 million books, and Chinese and foreign journals and newspapers. The library leads the province in the development of Digital Libraries.
(4) Taiyuan University of Technology Achievement
Taiyuan University of Technology has won 434 prizes of both national and provincial levels, among which there are 41 of National Natural Science Awards, Technological Invention Awards, and Sci-tech Advancement Awards. And 132 awards for teaching achievement have been won by TYUT, 6 of which are national first- and second-class teaching awards. The output and transformation of sci-tech achievement have promoted the development of the university high-tech enterprises, and highlighted the leading role of Taiyuan University of Technology in the re-inventive high-tech production, and offered the technological and personnel supports to the regional and industrial economy construction in the realization of prospering the nation by science and education. Especially in the process of speeding up the unification of learning, research and production, Taiyuan University of Technology’s researching advantage and innovating capacity have successively materialized into real productivity to serve the regional and industrial development, and prominent contributions have been made to the national economy construction and social development. This university has won many titles in variety of artistic performances and sports competitions: many champions were won in the National Robot Competition, Challenge Cup, and mathematical modeling. Known as “Northwest King”, Taiyuan University of Technology man basketball team has won 15 champions in northwest division, and is the only team that has come to the top eight in every single CUBA season, with 2 titles of CUBA final champion. In 2014, this team won the runner-up when it played in Chinese Univesity Basketball Super League for the first time, a rare team with double runner-ups in both competitions. On top of that, Taiyuan University of Technology women basketball team, women volleyball team, men soccer team, athletic team, martial arts team have all fought into the finals in many national competitions and won honors for Taiyuan University of Technology as well as for Shanxi Province.
(5) Communication and international cooperation
In the last decade, Taiyuan University of Technology has never stopped making efforts to turn itself into an internationalized university by enrolling students from all over the world, exchanging its students with the universities in other countries and running joint-education programs with the colleges and universities from overseas. Taiyuan University of Technology is in cooperation with countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Japan and others. With more frequent exchange at the international academic stage, Taiyuan University of Technology is now winning more and more reputation worldwide. At the present, Taiyuan University of Technology has approximately 100 long-term international students from34 countries .
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