山西大学附属中学是山西省首批省重点中学，正式成立于1955年。她的前身是太行军区和太岳军区干部子弟学校迁到太原合并而成的山西省干部子弟学校，1963年被确定为省重点中学。
学校现有面积8万平米，位处山西省高校、科研单位最集中的太原市坞城地区，人文地理环境优越。充满绿色和人文关怀的校园，优美宜人；网络和多媒体环境下的数字化校园，现代开放。
在长期的办学实践中，山西大学附中逐步形成了“以人为本、持续发展”的办学思想和“科学与人文交融、厚德与博学并举”的育人理念，构建了富有特色的校本课程，形成了极具个性的学校文化及办学特色，创建了学生“自主发展、全面发展、个性发展、特长发展”的育人模式，为师生全面、和谐、持续发展提供了优良的环境和广阔的空间，为社会提供了优质教育，培养了一批批国家级和省级拔尖学生。在一年一度的全国学科竞赛和高考中，山大附中每年有40余人被北大清华录取，80%以上的学生升入全国重点大学，高考一本、二本达线率稳居全省最前列。
山大附中以其先进的办学理念、一流的办学业绩、鲜明的办学特色、独特的学校文化，成为享誉三晋、闻名全国的大学附中，山西省对外交流的窗口学校，先后被授予“全国教育系统先进集体”、“全国民族团结进步模范集体”、“国家级体育传统项目学校”、“全国贯彻《学校体育工作条例》优秀学校”、“全国中小学民族团结教育先进集体”、“山西省五一劳动奖状”、“山西省具有特色的优秀学校”、“山西省德育示范学校”、“山西省文明学校”、“太原市教育教学质量综合优胜奖”、“优秀领导班子奖”、“太原市培养优秀学生突出贡献奖”等荣誉称号，先后被确定为“中国科技创新人才培养基地”、“山西省基础教育课程改革实验基地”、“山西省中学教师培训中心教学观摩基地”和全国著名高校的“生源基地”。
少年强则国强，少年兴则国兴。面对世纪的挑战，山大附中正在努力实践“现代化创新型示范性高中”建设方案，积极构建具有山大附中特色的现代教育育人模式，将继续遵循教育必须“面向现代化，面向世界，面向未来”的方针，不断进行教育教学改革，着力提高教育教学质量，为把山大附中办成“具有国际水平、全国一流、省内领先的大学附中，国家级示范高中”继续奋斗，与时俱进，开创未来！
【英文介绍】
Overview of the Affiliated High School of Shanxi University
The Affiliated High School of Shanxi University (abbreviated to SDFZ ), among the first batch of key high schools in Shanxi Province, was founded in 1955. It started as The School for Cadres’Children in Taihang Military Region and Taiyue Military Region, which moved to Taiyuan later. In 1963, the school was accredited as one of the provincial key high schools. In 1985, it undertook the Program of Supporting Tibetan Education assigned to Shanxi Province and set up The Inland Tibetan Class. Later in 1999, SDFZ established Shanxi Zhida Experimental School. From 2000 onwards,with the ratification of the provincial and municipal educational administrative departments, the school started Hongzhi Class for impoverished but diligent students,Experimental Class for Minorities,and Science Experimental Class enrolled throughout the province. To date, SDFZ has approximately 4,200 registered students, including 6 grades,with the staff and faculty of 271 people among whom are 223 full-time as well as part-time teachers and 74 senior teachers.
Situated in Wucheng District of Taiyuan, the location of dozens of colleges and scientific research institutes of the capital of Shanxi Province, SDFZ covers an area of 80,000 square meters with the favourable humanist environment. The campus, an elegant-design and user-friendly, is digitalized with the aid of such teaching facilities as internet and multimedia.
In the long period of schooling practice, SDFZ has gradually formed the principles of people-centered and sustained development, advocated the combination of science and humanity and held esteem for both social commitment and erudition. By developing the school--owned courses with distinguishing features, the school has a creative educational mode to cultivate students to develop on their own initiative, to explore personal potentialities and to give scope to everyone''''s special skills. And a favorable surrounding is thus provided for both teachers and students to have an allround, harmonious and sustained development. Every year approximate 1,000 students win prizes of the National Olympic Competitions in the natural sciences and liberal arts. In the Annual National College Entrance Examinations, both in Taiyuan and in Shanxi Province, SDFZ has ranked top in the proportion of students entering the most renowned top 10 universities in China. There are a large number of talented students revealing themselves on campus annually.
Nowadays SDFZ has developed into one of the nation-renowned high schools affiliated to universities, with its remarkable accomplishments and its unique school culture. It has been conferred the titles : National Model Group for the Unity and Advancement of Nationalities, National Advanced Institution in Physical Education ,May Day Labors''''Model of Shanxi Province, Provincial Beacon School with Distinctive Characteristics, Provincial Pilot School for Moral Education, Civilized School of Shanxi Province, Superior Institution for Teaching Quality of Taiyuan, Exemplary Leading Group, and Outstanding Contributor to the Cultivation of Distinguished Students. SDFZ is also named National Experimental School in Science and Technology among Youth, Shanxi Provincial Experimental Base for the Fundamental Education Research, the Teaching Demo-Base of High School Teachers'''' Training Center in Shanxi Province and the "Talents Pool" by many national key colleges and universities.
Just as the saying goes:" it takes 10 years to grow trees, but 100 to cultivate people". The new millennium brings us the historic mission of reform. Faced with the new challenges, SDFZ will continue to strive for the new objective to become a national pilot high school, keeping abreast of the times and opening up new prospects for the scientific development.