Located in Beijing, Capital Normal University is a national "double-class" construction university jointly established by the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. He is an excellent school for undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education, a key university in Beijing and a member of the Beijing-Hong Kong University Alliance. Selected for the national public graduate program to build a high-level university, the national "key discipline project with characteristics" to build a university, the demonstration base for studying in China of the Ministry of Education, the training plan for outstanding teachers of the Ministry of Education, the national innovative experiment plan for college students, the scholarship receiving institution of the China government for studying in China, the rural teacher support program, the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases of universities, the Beijing Shuangpei overseas training program, and the Beijing Chinese education base; Subjects and majors cover literature, science, engineering, management, law, education, foreign languages, art and so on.

The school was founded in 1954, formerly known as Beijing Normal University, and its history can be traced back to Tongzhou Normal University, which was established in 1905. After 1960, North China Renmin University, Beijing Workers and Peasants Teachers College, Beijing Art Teachers College and Beijing Teachers College merged one after another. 1992 Beijing Normal University merged and was renamed Capital Normal University in the same year. Since then, Foreign Language Teachers College of Beijing Union University, Beijing No.3 Normal School, Tongzhou Normal School and Beijing Kindergarten Normal School have merged. ?

As of September 2022, the school covers an area of about 880,000 square meters, with a total construction area of about 757,000 square meters. There are 30 departments (centers) and 2 teaching and research sections, offering 1 specialty and 59 undergraduate majors; There are 18 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 14 postdoctoral mobile stations, 25 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees, 1 doctoral degree categories, and 16 master's degree categories; 2,484 faculty members, full-time teachers 1672; The total number of all kinds of students is 28 19 1, including 44 full-time students, 225 junior college students and 265438 undergraduate students.