Jinzhong University, whose predecessor is Jinzhong Teachers’ College founded in 1958,was officially granted as a provincial comprehensive undergraduate universityby China’s Ministry of Education in May, 2004, after the consolidation ofJinzhong Advanced Teachers’ College, Jinzhong Education College and JinzhongVocational School. Jinzhong University is located in Jinzhong City, which isShanxi merchants’ hometown, right in the hinterland of Shanxi Province. She isone of the nine new Campus of Colleges and Universities in Shanxi College Town.
  Jinzhong University consists of 15 schools, including School of Chinese Language &Literature, School of Political Science & History, School of ForeignLanguages, School of Education Science & Technology, School of Mathematics& Physics, School of Information Technology & Engineering, Schoolof Chemistry & Engineering, School of Biological Science & Technology,School of Physical Education, School of Fine Arts, School of Music, School ofEconomics Management, School of Mechanical Engineering, School of TourismManagement & Public Administration, School of Distance Education and Schoolof Continuing Education. There are 53 undergraduate majors, which fall into 9 categories, including liberal arts, science, engineering, law, economics,managing, education, history, fine arts and music. The enrolled students arefrom 23 provinces, autonomous region and the municipalities directly under thecentral government, such as Shanxi, Tianjin, Chongqing, Liaoning, Ningxia, Hebei,Henan, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Sichuan, Hunan,...