Datong Teachers College is not an undergraduate college, but a vocational college. Datong Teachers College, founded in 1905, is the sixth batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. The school covers an area of 487 mu, with 324829 square meters of project construction land and a total construction area of 155436.88 square meters.
Datong Teachers College, located at the bank of the Shili River in the west of the city and at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain, is a century old school with a long history and glorious tradition in northern Shanxi. It was founded in 1913 and moved to the current campus in 1921. In 1978, it began to enroll three-year normal college students. In 2002, it began to enroll five-year normal college students starting from junior high school graduation. In 2006, it was renamed as Datong Normal Branch of Datong University, and in 2018, it was renamed as Datong Normal College.
The campus is divided into five major areas: teaching area, living area, office area, sports area and cultural relics area. The teaching area is composed of 8 single buildings, including arts and science teaching building, arts and foreign language teaching building, audio-visual teaching building, kindergarten teacher teaching building, library, etc. The living area is composed of 8 single buildings, including student apartment, teacher apartment, expert building and comprehensive service center. The sports area consists of a gymnasium and a 400m standard stadium.
