North University of China
The North University of China is a provincial public university in Jiancaoping, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Shanxi, and co-funded by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and SASTIND.
In the mid-1900s, the school was known as the Taihang Industrial School from 1941 to 1949, the Ordnance Industry Vocational School from 1949 to 1951, the China Northern Ordnance Industrial School from 1951 to 1953, the China Northern Second Industrial School from 1953 to 1955, the Taiyuan First Industrial School from 1955 to 1956, the Taiyuan Machinery Manufacturing Industrial School from 1956 to 1958.
After that, with several reorganization and institutional incorporation, the school was known as the Taiyuan Machinery College from 1958 to 1993 and the North China Industrial School from 1993 to 2004.
The university played an important role in the weaponry development and personnel training for the People's Liberation Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. In 2001, Bo Yibo, a senior leader of the Communist Party and of the country, wrote the inscription "The First School for People's Ordnance Industry" for the 60th anniversary of the school.
Administration
North University of China currently operates 7 postdoctoral research stations, with authorization to grant doctoral degrees in 9 first-level academic disciplines and 4 professional doctoral degree categories. It offers master’s degrees in 26 first-level disciplines and 14 categories of professional master’s programs, alongside 70 undergraduate majors. Twelve of its engineering programs have been accredited through the national engineering education certification system.Faculty and Student
North University of China currently employs 2,927 faculty and staff members, including 2,108 full-time teachers. Among them are 318 professors and 718 associate professors, with 70.87% of the teaching staff holding doctoral degrees. The university is home to 72 high-level experts, including academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Engineering. Additionally, 44 faculty members are recipients of the State Council’s Special Allowance, and 5 serve as members of national teaching advisory committees for higher education.North University of China has a full-time student population of approximately 42,500, including 7,278 doctoral and master's degree candidates.