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TYUT Leadership Meets with Professor Xi Jiangtao, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong, Australia

On the morning of May 26, Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) held a symposium on cooperation and exchange with the University of Wollongong (UOW). The UOW delegation included Professor Xi Jiangtao, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Growth and Global); Ms. An Huimin (Lily An), Senior Advisor for Greater China; Distinguished Professor Jiang Zhengyi, Director of the Australian Research Council within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences; and Professor Ren Tingxiang from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. Professor Yang Xiaowei, the Academic Vice President of TYUT, met with Professor Xi and attended the symposium. Also present were representatives from the International Cooperation Department, the Academic Affairs Office, the Finance Office, the College of Mechanical Engineering, the College of Materials Science and Engineering, and the College of Mining Engineering.

TYUT Appoints Two Internationally Renowned Professors as Honorary Professors

On the morning of May 15, TYUT held a grand honorary professorship appointment ceremony at the Conference Center, Yingxi Campus. Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and Director of the Transport Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney, and Professor Torsten Wichtmann, Chair Professor of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Environmental Geotechnics at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, were appointed as Honorary Professors of TYUT. Party Secretary Shen Xingquan attended the ceremony, along with Party and administrative leaders and faculty and student representatives from the College of Civil Engineering. The ceremony was presided over by the head of the College of Civil Engineering.

​TYUT’s Chemistry Enters ESI Global Top 1‰ for the First Time

On May 14, Clarivate Analytics released the latest “Essential Science Indicators” (ESI) data, revealing that Taiyuan University of Technology’s Chemistry has officially entered the global top 1‰, driven by its outstanding academic influence and research output. This marks TYUT’s third discipline to join the world’s top tier, following Engineering and Materials Science, and represents another landmark achievement in TYUT’s journey to establish itself as a world-class, open, and research-oriented university with distinct characteristics.

Member of Academia Europaea Johannes A. Lercher Delivers a Lecture at TYUT’s “Qiushi Lecture Series”

On the morning of May 9th, Professor Johannes A. Lercher from the Technical University of Munich, who is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (USA), a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (USA), a Member of Academia Europaea, a Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and a Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, was invited to TYUT’s “Qiushi Lecture Series.” He delivered an academic lecture titled “Enhancing Catalytic Reactivity via the Environment at Active Sites” in the first-floor conference room of the Yingxi Campus Conference Center. The lecture was chaired by Professor Li Ruifeng from the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

  • President Sun Hongbin Attended the “Towards Science” International Scientific and Practical Dialogue

    At 15:00 Beijing time (10:00 Moscow time) on March 24, the “Towards Science” International Scientific and Practical Dialogue, co-organized by TYUT and Saint Petersburg Mining University, commenced. The conference was held in a hybrid format, with the main venue at SPMU and an online sub-venue at TYUT’s Yingxi Campus. Attendees included SPMU Rector Vladimir Litvinenko, Luo Zhanhui, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in St. Petersburg, Sun Hongbin, TYUT President and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Yang Xiaowei, TYUT Academic Vice President, along with representatives from relevant administrative and academic departments, as well as faculty and students from both sides.

  • TYUT’s Materials Science Ranks in ESI Global Top 1‰, Computer Science Newly Listed in ESI Global Top 1%

    On March 12, Clarivate Analytics, a global provider of authoritative professional information, released the latest statistical results of the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for March 2026. TYUT achieved a milestone breakthrough in disciplinary development: Materials Science has ranked in the ESI global top 1‰ for the first time, officially joining the ranks of world-leading disciplines. This brings the number of TYUT’s ESI global top 1‰ disciplines to two. Additionally, Computer Science has newly entered the ESI global top 1%, adding a significant new growth pole to TYUT’s disciplinary landscape. The achievements mark a leap forward in TYUT’s international academic influence and core competitiveness.

  • TYUT Holding Special Meeting on Cooperative Education with Saint Petersburg Mining University

    On the afternoon of February 4th, TYUT held a special meeting on cooperative education with Saint Petersburg Mining University. The meeting was conducted in an online-plus-offline format. Yang Xiaowei, TYUT Academic Vice President, and Lyubin, SPMU Vice Rector, attended the meeting.

  • Board Meeting of the Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica Held at TYUT

    On January 8th, the Board Meeting of the Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Jamaica (hereinafter referred to as “the Confucius Institute”) was held in a hybrid format at TYUT’s Yingxi Campus Conference Center. Academic Vice President Yang Xiaowei and UWI Mona Principal Prof. Densil Williams attended the meeting. UWI Mona Deputy Principal Prof. Marvin Reid participated in the meeting via video link.