Shangqiu Teachers College is located in Shangqiu City, Henan Province, a national historical and cultural city, the source of three businesses and the capital of Chinese businessmen. It borders the coast in the east, the Central Plains in the west, Jianghuai in the south and Qilu in the north. Located at the junction of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, it is a golden transportation hub where Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Longhai Railway, Zhengzhou-Xuzhou High-speed Railway and Zhengzhou-Hangzhou High-speed Railway meet. The history of Shangqiu Teachers College can be traced back to "Guide House Middle School" founded by 1905. Full of wind and rain, after Shangqiu Teachers College, Shangqiu Teachers College. In 2000, it was upgraded to Shangqiu Teachers College with the approval of the Ministry of Education.

The school is a national 13th Five-Year Plan for the integration of production and education, a national "Hundred Schools Project" project according to the data of the Ministry of Education, a demonstration applied technology-oriented undergraduate university in Henan Province during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, a key project construction unit authorized by the master's degree in Henan Province, a smart teaching demonstration school in Henan Province, the first batch of demonstration universities in Henan Province to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the leading unit of the East Henan Teachers' Education Joint Development Community, and the construction unit of universities with international characteristics in Henan Province.