Shanxi Medical University, located in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is a medical university, A medical university with multi-disciplinary coordinated development has a multi-level talent training system based on undergraduate and graduate medical higher education, a pilot University of "excellent doctor education and training plan", the first batch of members of Sino Russian Medical University Alliance, a state-owned high-level university, a public postgraduate project university, a state-owned "characteristic key discipline project" construction university, and a Ministry of education data of China's "100" universities It is a pilot institution of "university project".Shanxi Medical University was founded in 1919 by Yan Xishan, then governor of Shanxi Province in the period of the Republic of China. In January 1932, it became a private Shanxi Chuanzhi medical college. In March 1940, he became a medical major in Shanxi University. In August 1946, it was upgraded to the Medical College of national Shanxi University. After the founding of new China, the school has entered a new period of development. In September 1953, it was established independently and renamed as Shanxi Medical College. In 1955, when the departments of health of the four medical colleges of Shanxi, Jiangsu, Shandong and Zhejiang were adjusted, the Department of health of Shanxi Medical College was merged to form one of the six medical colleges with health departments in China. Shao Xiangyi, a famous national health expert, national first-class professor and former president of Jiangsu Medical College, was the president. In April 1996, it was renamed Shanxi Medical University with the approval of the Ministry of education.As of April 2018, the school has three campuses, covering an area of 1422 Mu and a construction area of 550000 square meters. There are more than 1600 teachers and 1300 graduate tutors. The school has more than 19200 full-time students from all provinces, cities and autonomous regions, including 15300 ordinary undergraduates, 3600 master's students, 280 doctoral students and 70 international students.