The predecessor of the current institution was initially established in 1952 as the Shanxi Provincial School of Mechanical Manufacturing Industry. In 1953, it was renamed as the Taiyuan Machinery Manufacturing School under the First Ministry of Machinery Industry. Subsequently, in 1960, it underwent a further name change to become the Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Institute. Finally, in 2004, it was rebranded as Taiyuan University of Science and Technology.
The university is structured into the following schools.12
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Department of Law, Humanities and Social Science, Foreign Languages, Arts and Physical Education are now officially elevated to schools. Based on information on http://www.tyust.edu.cn. http://www.tyust.edu.cn ↩