General Information 基本概况

Taiyuan University of Technology can have its history traced all the way back
to Western Learning School of National Shanxi Grand Academy.which was
established in 1902 as one of the earliest universities in China.With the
history of 100 years，it is now a modern general university，which is majored in
engineering，conjoined by engineering and sciences，and harmonized with many
disciplines such as sciences，engineering，liberal arts，administration，
economics,law, physical education，arts and military affairs. Taiyuan University
of Technology is the only university in Shanxi Province that is nominated as one
of the top 100 universities in“Project 211”and also one of the five state key
universities in Central China.

太原理工大学前身是创立于1902年的国立山西大学堂西学专斋，是我国最早成立的三所国立大学之一。经过百余年的传承与发展，学校已建设成为一所以工为主，理工结合，理、工、文、管、经、法、体、美、军等多学科协调发展的高等学府，是山西省唯一一所国家“211工程”重点建设大学，也是国家中部地区重点建设的五所高校之一。

The university is of Shanxi Province.situated by the beautiful Fenhe River in
Taiyuan，the capital city It has the total area of 105 hectares with constructed
area of Ran thousand square meters.

太原理工大学位于山西省会太原市美丽的汾河畔，占地面积105公顷，建筑面积87万平方米。

This university consists of 20 colleges offering 353 undergraduate
disciplines，78 master s degree programs，25 second-grade doctorate programs，4
first-grade doctorate programs，5 post-doctor research centers，2 national key
disciplines,9 provincial key disciplines and 8 provincial supported disciplines
al) of which are playing a leading role in the scientific research in the
university.

学校有20个专业学院，设有353个本科专业，78个硕士点，25个二级学科博士学位授权点，4个一级学科博士学位授权点，5个博士后科研流动站，2个国家级重点学科，9个省市级重点学科，以及8个省支持学科，在学校科研中发挥引导作用。

The university pays great emphasis on scientific research. It has 1 state key
laboratory，14 key laboratories at the provincial-ministry level，1 state
engineering center，8 state bases of basic disciplines for talent cultivation and
scientific research，1 education base of cultural quality and 6 key research
bases of the Ministry of Education for humanities and social sciences.

学校非常重视科学研究，一个国家重点实验室，14个省部级重点实验室，一个国家工程中心，8个国家基础学科人才培养和科学研究基地，一个文化素质教育基地，6个教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地。

Taiyuan University of Technology has a strong faculty of more than 1 800
fulltime teaching staff, including over 1 000 full and associate professors，59
doctoral supervisors，7 middle-age experts with outstanding contributions at the
national leve1，2 recipients of the State Outstanding Youth Foundation，over 100
recipients of special subsidies from the central government, 4 scientific heroes
of Shanxi Province，10 Excellent Experts at the provincial level，12 Outstanding
College Lecturers at the provincial level and nearly 100 well-known scholars
both at home and abroad are nominated honorary or guest professors.

学校师资力量雄厚，现有专任教师1 800余名，其中教授、副教授等高级专业技术人员1
000余名，博士生导师59名，国家级有突出贡献的中青年专家7名，国家杰出青年基金获得者2名，100余名教授享受政府特殊津贴，山西省科技功臣4名，省级优秀专家10名，省级教学名师12名，近100名国内外著名学者被聘为名誉教授或客座教授。

At present，there are over20 000 undergraduates，4 511 master's degree and Ph.
D. students studying at the university.

太原理工大学目前共有本科生2万余人，其中4 511名全职硕士、博士生。

With“Pursue Practicality，Create Originality，Serve Locality”as its
policy，Taiyuan University of Technology has contributed to the country and
society over 100 thousand qualified graduates. In 2004，the Ministry of Education
honored the universify“Excellent University for Undergraduate Education".

一个世纪以来，太原理工大学始终致力于培养“思考人类、适应时代、服务社会”的高素质人才，已为国家和社会培养了10万余名栋梁之材。2004年被教育部评为“本科教学工作优秀学校”。

With the motto of“Pursue Practicality，Create Originality"，this university
will go all out to upgrade its teaching and researching level，to communicate
with all walks of life and to turn itself into a researching and teaching
oriented university athigh level.

太原理工大学“十一五”发展规划中，将认真落实科学的发展观，深人推进各项改革，进一步提高办学水平和人才培养质量，为创建中国特色的高水平研究教学型大学而努力奋斗!

Glorious History 历史变迁

1901 Shanxi Chinese-Western Grand Academy，the predecessor of Taiyuan
University of Technology，was founded

1901年太原工业大学的前身山西中西大学堂创建。

1912 It was renamed National Industry Faculty，Shanxi Grand Academy.

1912年更名为国立山西大学校工科。

1914 Shanxi Province School of Industry merged into the Academy.

1914年山西工业学校并人。

1931 It was renamed College of Technology，Shanxi University.

1931年更名为山西大学工学院。

1953 It was renamed Taiyuan Institute of Technology

1953年更名为太原工学院:

t959 Datong Mining Institute merged into it

1959年大同矿业学院并人，

1961 Datong College of Coal Mines merged into it

1961年大同煤炭专科学校并人。

1961 Shanxi Province Coal Management Personnel School merged into it.

1961年山西煤炭干部管理学校并入。

1962 Shanxi Institute of Hydrology merged into it.

1962年山西水力学院并入。

1962 Shanxi Institute of Chemistry merged into it.

1962年山西化工学院并人。

1981 Shanxi University of Coal Chemical Technology merged into it

1981年山西煤炭化工大学并人。

1984 It was renamed Taiyuan University of Technology under the administration
of Shanxi Province.

1984年更名为太原工业大学，为陕西省直属院校。

1997 Taiyuan University of Technology was under the co-administration of
Shanxi Province and the Ministry of Coal.

1997年更名为太原理工大学，由陕西省和煤炭部共建。

2000 Shanxi Textile Industry School merged into Taiyuan University of
Technology.

2000年山西省纺织工业学校并人。