Taiyuan University of Science and Technology (TYUST) established in 1952 is one of the earliest universities in the People’s Republic of China for both education and research. It is situated on the west side of Fen River in Taiyuan, a historical cultural city of China. Having belonged to the National Mechanical Industry Department, the University is now under the administration of the Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province. After fifty years of development, it has become a multidisciplinary comprehensive university of Science, Engineering, Art, Administration, Law and Education.
History
The University, under the direct administration of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, was set up in 1952 and began to recruit undergraduates in 1953.
In 1981, it began to recruit master degree students and was one of the second batch of universities in China accredited to grant master degree.
In 1998, during the Management System Reform of Higher Education, the University became a higher education institution that was administrated by both the Central Ministries and Shanxi Province, and mainly by Shanxi Province.
In 2004, with the approval of Ministry of Education, the University changed its name into Taiyuan University of Science and Technology.
Faculty
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology has 826 teachers among whom there are 110 Professors, 115 Associate Professors, and 3 academicians (specially invited) from Chinese Academy of Engineering. 22 professors are entitled as experts with Government Allowances, 6 are honored as China Machinery Industry Sci-tech Experts, 10 teachers are selected as Cross-century Academic Leaders by the Machinery Industry Ministry. There are 15 Doctoral Degree tutors and 153 Master Degree tutors.
Students
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology recruits students from thirty provinces of the country, and has sent its graduates to work nation wide in the past fifty years. At present, there are 13770 students in the University, among which there are 9864 undergraduate students, 419 postgraduate students, 632 polytechnic students, 2862 adult education students.
The school has always been abiding school motto of "rigorous, united, realistic, advance courageously” to improve the quality of education. Stepping into the 21st century, Personnel training has kept pace with the situation of economic development and the trend of education reform. According to “widen knowledge, thicken base, strengthen ability, improve quality”, we have deepened teaching reform, strengthened practice, updated teaching method, improved quality education gradually and have made substantial improvement in talent training. The graduates have been welcomed by the society and the employment rate at graduation has maintained above ninety-five percent in the last five years.
Students are supported and encouraged to join in all kinds of competitions in the country and society and got excellent achievements in The National University Student Electronic Design Competition, The National University Student Mathematics Modeling Match, The National University Student Foreign Language Contest, Philip's National University Student League Football Match etc.
