The school's predecessor was Shi Jing University Hall, which was founded in 1902. 1908 was renamed as Shi Jing Excellent Normal School, with independent organizational system. 19 12 was renamed Beijing Normal University. 1923, the school was renamed as Beijing Normal University, becoming the first normal university in the history of China. 193 1 year, 1952 Beiping Women's Normal University and Fu Jen Catholic University were successively merged into Beijing Normal University.

Beijing Normal University is a university featuring teacher education, educational science and basic disciplines of arts and sciences. As of May, 20021,the school is composed of two campuses (including four campuses), namely, Beijing Campus and Zhuhai Campus, with three departments, 27 colleges, two departments, 1 1 Institute and four academies.

Teachers of Beijing Normal University:

As of May, 20021year, there were 3,437 teaching and administrative staff, including 23 full-time teachers, 93% full-time teachers have doctoral degrees, and 19% full-time teachers have overseas academic qualifications. At present, there are 22 academicians of the two academies (including double employment), 6 senior professors, 54 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 27 leading talents in the 10,000-person plan, 5 famous teachers from national universities, and 8 innovative research groups of the National Natural Science Foundation.

Ten thousand people plan to top-notch young talents 19, 42 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 42 high-level young talents from overseas. Wang, Zheng, Wang Kunyang, Zhang Binxian, Ouyang Jin.