Shanxi Datong University University, referred to as "Tongda" and "Datong University", is located in Datong, a famous historical and cultural city. It is a multidisciplinary university in Shanxi Province. It is one of the first batch of "excellent doctor education and training plan" Pilot Universities in China, the only University jointly built by Shanxi Provincial Department of education and Datong Municipal People's government, the first batch of universities selected by "1331 project" in Shanxi Province, and the first batch of application universities in Shanxi Province It is the core member unit of Datong new energy industry technology research institute. It is the main member of the National Alliance of applied technology universities, Shanxi Higher Medical Education Resources alliance and "wudazhang" University Education Alliance. It is the school planning, construction and development center of the Ministry of education Phoenix education "university digital media industry and education integration innovative application demonstration base" project cooperation institutions.The history of Shanxi Datong University can be traced back to the 1950s. Approved by the Ministry of education in March 2006, Yanbei Normal University, Datong Medical College, Datong vocational and technical college and Shanxi Industrial Vocational and technical college were merged and formed. In May 2018, with the approval of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, the University officially became a master's degree awarding unit.Yudong campus is located by Wenying Lake in Yudong New District of Datong City, and xinpingwang campus is located in Yungang District of Datong City. As of June 2019, the university has a total area of 2121.6 mu, a building area of 931000 square meters, a total value of 440 million yuan of teaching and scientific research equipment, and a library collection of 2.58 million books. It has 23 colleges, 3 affiliated hospitals and 4 non affiliated hospitals, 2 academician workstations, 65 specialties (including 3 specialties), 2180 teaching staff, including 1512 full-time teachers, and a full-time teaching staff There are 27506 students in the school. In the National University ranking of wushulian in 2018, the comprehensive strength of the University ranked sixth in Shanxi Province.