
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.
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.
On May 7, TYUT President Sun Hongbin met with a delegation led by Marat Rudakov, First Vice-Rector of Saint Petersburg Mining University (Russia), at Yingxi Campus. During the visit, both sides attended the International Forum on Energy Security Technology and Development, held an inter-institutional exchange and cooperation symposium, visited key research platforms, and engaged in in-depth discussions on deepening Sino-Russian higher education cooperation, collaborative scientific research innovation, and joint cultivation of high-level talent.
From April 24 to 25, the 2026 Student Track and Field Meet of Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) was held at the East Track and Field Ground of Mingxiang Campus. A total of 30 delegations and over 1,000 athletes participated in the event.