Xinzhou Normal College, founded in 1958, is a full-time ordinary college approved by the Ministry of Education, bachelor's degree-granting units.
The college is one of the first batch of national "experimental zones of talent cultivation mode innovation" identified by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance, and is one of the nine teacher training colleges and universities in China that have been awarded the title of "experimental zones of talent cultivation mode innovation", and is the only higher education institution in Shanxi Province that has been awarded such a title. It is one of the first nine teacher training colleges in China and the only one in Shanxi Province to be awarded this title. The "Comprehensive Reform of Talent Cultivation Mode in Local Teachers' Colleges" has been recognized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance as the "Talent Cultivation Mode Innovation Experimental Zone Construction Project". Three majors, including Chinese Language and Literature, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, and Chemistry, are the first, second, and fourth batches of characteristic specialty construction sites identified by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance respectively. The project "Exploration and Practice of Local Teachers' Colleges for Poverty Alleviation and Teaching Internship" presided over by Mr. Wang Qiusheng, Secretary of the Party Committee, was awarded the Second Prize of the Sixth National Teaching Achievements of Higher Education. The modern drama "The Sound of the Yellow River Pipes" jointly created and performed by the Department of Art and Xinzhou North Road Opera Troupe won the highest prize of Chinese drama "Wenhua Drama Award" and was honored by the Ministry of Culture; "Yangge Love" jointly created and performed by the Publicity Department of Yuanping Municipal Committee won the Chinese Dance "Lotus Award". The "Yangge Love" was honored with the "Lotus Award" of Chinese Dance by the Publicity Department of Yuanping Municipal Party Committee. The square dance "Fengyang Song" jointly created and performed with Yuanping Municipal Bureau of Culture won the "Group Star Award" of the Ninth China Arts Festival and was honored by the Ministry of Culture. Comprehensive Reform of Talent Cultivation Mode in Teachers' Training Colleges--Practical and Theoretical Exploration of Poverty Alleviation Internship and Teaching", "Exploration of Innovative Teaching in Combination of Art Education and Local Culture in Local Teachers' Training Colleges --Three achievements, including "The Practice of "Yellow River Pipes Sound"" and "Construction and Reform of Modern Chinese Language Curriculum", won the First Prize of Teaching Achievements of Shanxi Province. Chemistry, Chinese Language and Literature, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and other three majors are brand majors in Shanxi Province. Seven courses, including Modern Chinese, Organic Chemistry, General Psychology, Instrumental Analysis, Introduction to Literature, Modern Chinese History, and Introduction to Computer, are Shanxi Province Excellence Courses. Physical Chemistry, Ancient Chinese Literature and other two disciplines are provincial key support disciplines. Modern Educational Technology Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center is the Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of General Colleges and Universities in Shanxi Province. The research of Wutai Mountain culture and Yuan Haowen is in the leading position in China. The rate of graduate students and the percentage of graduates who are village officials and teachers are among the highest in the province, and the employment rate during the period of career choice reaches more than 80% every year.
The college is located in the foot of the Wutai Mountain, the holy land of Buddhism, the town of hot springs - Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, with the North Tongpu Railway, Jingyuan Railway, Danyun Expressway, the traffic is very convenient, 35 minutes by highway to the provincial capital of Taiyuan. The college headquarters now has three campuses, covering an area of 220,000 square meters, with a building area of nearly 400,000 square meters, 19 teaching departments, 3 teaching departments, 28 undergraduate majors, 27 specialized majors. There are 19 teaching departments, 3 teaching divisions, 28 undergraduate majors and 27 specialized majors. There are more than 1,200 teaching staff and nearly 800 full-time teachers, among whom there are 13 famous teachers in Shanxi Province, 400 teachers with master's degree or above, and nearly 300 teachers with the title of associate high school or above. The college headquarters in the full-time general undergraduate students more than 15,200 people, adult education undergraduate students nearly 10,000 people.