North University of China

North University of China

North University of China is a multidisciplinary teaching and research university jointly established by the People's Government of Shanxi Province and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and managed by the People's Government of Shanxi Province. The university traces its origins to the Taihang Industrial School, the first military industrial school founded by our Party and Army in 1941 by the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area. It went through stages as Taiyuan Mechanical Institute and North China Institute of Technology, and was officially renamed North University of China in June 2004 with approval from the Ministry of Education.

Located in Taiyuan, a famous historical and cultural city in Shanxi Province, China, and also having a campus in Shuozhou, the university covers a total area of 2,758 mu, with a building area of nearly 1.01 million square meters. Its total fixed assets are valued at nearly 2.27 billion yuan, teaching and research equipment at 700 million yuan, and it has access to 3.6 million volumes of Chinese and foreign books. The university boasts comprehensive teaching and public service facilities.

The university currently has 16 specialized colleges, as well as academic units such as the Graduate School, the National Defense Education College, and the International Education College. It hosts one national key (cultivation) discipline, 10 key disciplines of Shanxi Province, five advantageous and distinctive key disciplines of Shanxi Province, and five national defense characteristic disciplines (fields) during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. It has six postdoctoral research stations, five first-level disciplines authorized to offer doctoral degrees, 23 doctoral programs, 20 first-level disciplines authorized to offer master's degrees, 63 master's programs, and 80 undergraduate majors, spanning eight major academic disciplines: engineering, science, liberal arts, economics, management, law, education, and art. The university is qualified to recommend students for master's programs without entrance exams, grant master's degrees to working professionals based on equivalent academic qualifications, and offers three categories of professional master's degree programs.

The university has a faculty and staff of 2,426, including eight dual-appointed academicians, one specially appointed professor under the “Changjiang Scholars Program,” four recipients of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, one recipient of the National Excellent Youth Science Fund, one National Teaching Master awardee, one National Model Teacher, two National Outstanding Teachers, eight members of the National “Ten Thousand Talents Program,” two young and middle-aged leading talents in technological innovation, eight recipients of the “New Century Excellent Talents Support Program,” four specially appointed professors under the “Shanxi Scholars” program, five “Young Shanxi Scholars,” six leading talents in emerging industries of Shanxi Province, 13 provincial-level candidates under the “333 Talent Project for Academic and Technological Leaders in the New Century” of Shanxi Province, 36 academic and technological leaders of Shanxi Province, 41 experts enjoying the State Council Special Allowance, eight members of the National Higher Education Teaching Steering Committee, 20 experts from the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the General Armament Department, and 25 senior experts connected with central and provincial authorities.

The university admits students from all 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China, with first-batch undergraduate admissions implemented in 29 provinces, including all first-batch admissions in 26 provinces. It has nearly 38,000 full-time students, including approximately 3,900 doctoral and master's students. The university has been selected for both the “Ministry of Education Excellent Engineers Education and Training Program” and the “Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in Central and Western China.” It possesses high-quality teaching resources such as national-level teaching teams, national-level quality courses, national experimental teaching demonstration centers, national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers, national bases for cultural quality education of college students, and national engineering practice education centers. It received excellent ratings in both the 2002 and 2007 Ministry of Education undergraduate teaching evaluation exercises.

Address: No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province

Postal Code: 030051