North University of China (NUC; simplified Chinese: 中北大学; traditional Chinese: 中北大學; pinyin: zhōngběidà xué) is a university based in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China，which was once called North China Institute of Technology (1993–2004). It was formerly known as Taihang Industrial School,which was founded in September 8, 1941, and renamed Taiyuan Institute of Machinery in 1958. School played an important role in the improvement of the quality of our manpower and weaponry of PLA during the War of Resistance against Japan and the War of Liberation.