The predecessor of Jinzhong University Teachers College is Taigu Teachers College, which was founded in 1949 and Taihang Teachers College in 1985. In February, 2004, with the approval of Shanxi Provincial Department of Education, Teachers College of Jinzhong University merged with the former Taigu Teachers College of Jinzhong University and Taihang Teachers College of Jinzhong University to form a new normal college for basic education. The college is located in Jinzhong City, the hinterland of Shanxi Province and the hometown of Shanxi merchants.

The college now covers an area of 300 mu, and the planned land is 100 mu, with a total construction area of1280,000 square meters. The whole college is a basic layout mode of "teaching experiment area-public resources area-student living area-sports area-art education area". It has facilities such as library, teaching and experimental building, music and art building, art teaching building, gymnasium, training center, multimedia electronic classroom, computer studio, electronic lesson preparation room, electronic reading room and language lab. Teaching instruments and equipment 10.99 million yuan, library collection180,000 volumes, 265 periodicals and magazines, and 80,000 electronic books. The college has advanced campus network, fully functional multimedia teaching system and 620 networked computers, which provides a good platform for distance teaching, online office and online service.