Shanxi Normal University ( zh, s=山西师范大学) is a
Chinese university in
Linfen
Linfen () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. Linfen City is located in the southern part of Shanxi Province, with the remaining branches of T ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
. It was founded as a teacher training school in 1958; then, promoted and renamed to Shanxi Normal University in 1984.
Shanxi Normal University has 21205 undergraduate and 4128 graduate students on three campuses. With 21 departments, students study in economics, philosophy, the science of law, literature, history, science, engineering and other disciplines.
History
Shanxi Normal University is one of the five oldest universities in Shanxi Province. In 1958 Shanxi Normal University began as a teacher training school, responsible for training teachers throughout the south of Shanxi. After the regulation of the higher education system in 1962, it became the only higher-level teacher training school in the province. In 1964, through collaboration with various departments of Shanxi University it officially became Shanxi Teachers College. In 1984, it upgraded to a university through the endorsement of the State Education Commission of China. The Shanxi Provincial government decided in 1999 to make the Shanxi Normal University Sports College and the Shanxi Vocational Teachers College part of Shanxi Normal University.
Criticism
In 2020, the university was criticized in Chinese media for refusing to provide a
braille
Braille ( , ) is a Tactile alphabet, tactile writing system used by blindness, blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone device ...
entrance exam for a prospective blind student.
Facilities
The university has a
herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant biological specimen, specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sh ...
with 20,000 specimens founded in 1963 and was recognized in the
Global Registry of Scientific Collections.
References
External links
Shanxi Normal University webpageEnglish WebsiteRecent publications - ResearchGate
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Teachers colleges in China
Universities and colleges in Shanxi