Today
SXNU has initiated a comprehensive plan to broaden its mission beyond teacher training, including: striving to adhere to the principles of education in order to develop a quality citizenry and encourage further research; a strategy of targeted development, department-by-department; and a plan to strengthen the overall teacher education guidelines of the school. The University takes serving the social and economic development of Shanxi Province and China as its mission, to date having prepared more than 100,000 professionals.
The current full-time registration of graduate and undergraduate students totals nearly 20,000. The school employs 2,000 staff including more than 1,000 full-time teachers. SXNU has 20 departments including the Colleges of Chinese Language and Literature; Political Science; History, Tourism & Culture; Mathematics & Computer Science; Physics & Information Engineering; Chemistry & Material Sciences; and Teacher Education. There are also 27 other research institutes including: Chemistry Materials Research, Chinese Opera Heritage, Jin Culture Studies, Yellow River Culture Studies; Chinese Painting/Calligraphy; and Educational Science. The University’s degree programs include, 47 undergraduate majors, and 62 master's degree programs, and two doctoral programs (Inorganic Chemistry and Drama).
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