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Taiyuan University of Technology () (abbreviation: TYUT or TUT) is a university in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, under the authority of the provincial government. In 2012, it celebrated its 110th anniversary. It has been included in major national initiatives seeking to enhance the international competitiveness of the top-tier universities in China such as
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and former
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. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University approved by the Ministry of Education of China.


History

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 other disciplines. Taiyuan University of Technology is the only university in
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that is nominated as one of the top 100 universities by the national higher education program including
Double First Class University Plan The World First Class University and First Class Academic Discipline Construction (), together known as Double First Class (), is a tertiary education development initiative designed by the People's Republic of China central government in 2015 ...
and former
211 Project Project 211 () was an abolished project of developing comprehensive universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of comprehensive universities and cultiva ...
.


Faculty

Taiyuan University of Technology consists of 23 colleges offering 84 undergraduate disciplines, 34 master's degree programs, 15 doctorate programs and 13 post-doctor research centers. At present, there are over 30 thousand undergraduates, 7,779 master's and Ph.D. students studying at the university. Three national key disciplines, 13 provincial key disciplines and 12 provincial supported disciplines play a leading role in the scientific research in the university. TYUT currently has 3549 teaching and administrative staffs including 2178 full-time teachers, 3 academicians of
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, 1 academician of
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, 244 doctoral supervisors and 1254 teachers with senior professional and technical titles.


Publications

The publications of this university include: “Journal of Taiyuan University of Technology”, “Taiyuan University of Technology Paper”, “Coal Conversion”, “Journal of Systematic Dialectics”, “Journal of Social Science” and “Shanxi Coal”. With “Pursue Practicality, Create Originality, Serve Locality” as its policy, this university has contributed to the country and society over 100 thousand qualified graduates. In 2004, the Ministry of Education honored the university “Excellent University for Undergraduate Education”.


Research

Taiyuan University of Technology is both solid in its scientific research and technological development and motivated in basic applied research. This university has continuously twice undertaken the national “
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” Research Project as the first scientist unit and undertook the national “ 863” High-Tech Project. 434 prizes from different ministries or the province were respectively awarded to this university. Dou Yinke, a young teacher from this university was selected to work in the Chinese 21st scientific investigation in the Antarctica. Tiancheng. Scien-tech Cooperation Ltd of Taiyuan University of Technology is the only university company in the province that went public.


International cooperation

Over 30 universities from dozens of countries, such as the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Russia, Germany, France, India and Norway have established partnership with Taiyuan University of Technology. Dozens of universities from Taiwan, Hong Kong and the mainland have well cooperated with this university in the areas of education and research.


External links


Official website

Official website

College of International Education ExchangeFacebook Page


References

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