19 12, a group of Henan benevolent sages, represented by Lin, founded the Henan Preparatory School for Studying in Europe and America here, which became one of the three major training bases for studying abroad in China at that time. After the stages of Zhongzhou University, the fifth National Sun Yat-sen University and the provincial Henan University, it was changed to the National Henan University on 1942 and became a comprehensive university with six colleges, including arts, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and law. It was one of the national universities with strong academic strength and reputation at home and abroad. After the founding of New China, the Agricultural College, Medical College and Administrative College of Henan University were independently established as Henan Agricultural College, Henan Medical College and Henan College of Political Science and Law Management. The Department of Water Resources and Finance were successively placed under Wuhan University and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, and the headquarters was renamed as Henan Normal University. Later, after passing through Kaifeng Normal University and Henan Normal University, the name of Henan University was restored on 1984. In 2000, Kaifeng Normal College and Kaifeng Medical College merged to form the new Henan University. June 5438+1October 65438+July 2008, the People's Government of Henan Province and the Ministry of Education signed a co-construction agreement, and Henan University officially entered the ranks of universities jointly established by provinces and departments.