Hebei Normal University originated from Shuntianfu School founded by 1902 in Beijing and Beiyang Women's Normal School founded by 1906 in Tianjin. It is a provincial key university with a century-old history and glorious tradition. It is a national first-class university supported by Hebei Province and one of the larger normal colleges established earlier in China.
He has been selected into the excellent teacher training program, the basic capacity-building project of universities in the central and western regions, the national graduate program of high-level university construction, the national key discipline construction university, the new engineering research and practice project, the national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program, the national demonstration university of deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and the Ministry of Education to build a demonstration base for overseas students.
The new campus of Hebei Normal University is located at No.20, East South Second Ring Road, Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, with a planned area of 1.829 mu. With the time tower as the center, the school buildings spread around, occupying a large area and having a beautiful campus environment. The new campus has convenient transportation, with the southern suburb bus station in the east and Shijiazhuang station in the west, making it very convenient for students to travel.
By April 2020, the school had 3.03 million books and 67 databases in Chinese and foreign languages. There are 25 professional colleges, 1 independent colleges (Hua Hui college), 1/first-class disciplines with doctoral degree authorization,1doctoral degree authorization points; There are 29 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, and master's degree authorization points 14;
There are 9 post-doctoral research stations and 95 undergraduate majors; There are 2,598 teaching and administrative staff, 24,303 undergraduates, 4,837 postgraduates, 366 doctoral students and adult students 10592. Chemistry, botany and zoology rank in the top of ESI world 1%.