The school was founded in 1998, formerly known as "Shijiazhuang United Institute of Science and Technology". In April, 20001year, the pilot program of diploma education in Hebei Province was launched. On June 5438+ 10, 2003, it was upgraded to Shijiazhuang Vocational College of Foreign Language Translation with the approval of Hebei Provincial Department of Education. On March 20 1 1, it was officially upgraded to an ordinary university at the undergraduate level with the approval of the Ministry of Education and renamed as "Hebei Foreign Studies University". 20 15 was listed as a bachelor's degree awarding unit by the Academic Degrees Committee of Hebei Provincial People's Government in May. 20 16 12 was listed as a master's degree awarding unit by the Academic Degrees Committee of Hebei Provincial People's Government.
By June 2020, 5438+00, the school occupied an area of 1828700 square meters, with a total construction area of 12300 square meters; The total value of teaching instruments and equipment is 1006 13500 yuan, and the library has 2,246,500 books. 16 secondary colleges, 64 tertiary colleges, 134 undergraduate majors, including 56 undergraduate majors; There are 27,093 students and full-time teachers 1646.
By the end of June, 20 18 and 1, the school had formed two professional clusters, namely, foreign trade and cultural exchange industrial cluster and foreign technical service industrial cluster. The school adopts the major setting mode of "foreign language+major". By the end of 2020 10, there were six secondary colleges 16, 64 tertiary colleges and 34 undergraduate majors10, including 56 undergraduate majors.