Shanxi Datong University, referred to as "Datong University" or "Datong University" for short, is a multidisciplinary university in Shanxi Province, located in Datong, a famous historical and cultural city. It is the first batch of pilot universities of "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Plan" in China, the only university built in Shanxi Province (Shanxi Provincial Department of Education and Datong Municipal People's Government), the selected university of "133 1 project" in Shanxi Province, the first batch of pilot universities of application-oriented transformation in Shanxi Province, the first batch of grassroots legislative contact points of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, and the municipal local legislative research and consulting base. The master's degree awarding units approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, the core member of the New Energy Industry and Technology Research Unit of Datong General Practitioner Alliance, are the main members of the National Universities of Applied Sciences Alliance, China Education Think Tank Alliance, Shanxi Teacher Education Alliance, Shanxi Higher Medical Education Resource Alliance and "Wu Da Zhang" Higher Education Alliance. It is also a cooperative institution between the School Planning and Construction Development Center of the Ministry of Education and Phoenix Education's "Digital Media Integration and Innovative Application Demonstration Base in Colleges and Universities" project.
The school is divided into two campuses, Yudong Campus is located at Wenying Lake in Yudong New District of Datong City, and Wang Xinping Campus is located in Yungang District of Datong City. As of June 20 19, the school has a total area of 2 12 1.6 mu, a building area of 93 1000 square meters, teaching and research equipment with a total value of 440 million yuan, and the library has 2.58 million books. There are 23 colleges, 3 affiliated hospitals and 4 non-affiliated hospitals. 2 academician workstations; 65 undergraduate majors (including 3 professional directions); 2 180 faculty members, including full-time teachers 15 12; There are 27506 full-time students. In 20 18, Wu Shulian University ranked 6th in comprehensive strength.