The departments of Beijing Normal University are: Education College, China Culture College, Art College, Art and Media College, Chemistry College, Government Management College, Mathematics Science College, Environment College, Foreign Languages and Literature College, Geography and Remote Sensing College, and Nuclear Science and Technology College. School of Law, School of Information Science and Technology, Department of Physics, School of Life Sciences, School of Continuing Education and Teacher Training, Department of Astronomy, School of Resources, School of Philosophy and Sociology, School of Social Development and Public Policy, School of Physical Education and Sport, School of Psychology, School of System Science, School of History, School of Marxism-.

Beijing Normal University, referred to as "Beijing Normal University" for short, is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC), directly under the central government's supervision and compiled by the deputy ministerial level, ranking as "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". He has been selected into the National Everest Plan, 20 1 1 Plan,1/Plan and "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan" successively. With a graduate school, it is a comprehensive national key university with the main characteristics of teacher education, educational science and basic disciplines of arts and sciences.

The predecessor of Beijing Normal University is Teachers College of Shi Jing University, which was founded in 1902. 1908 was renamed as Shi Jing Excellent Normal School, which was established independently. 19 12, 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, Beiping Women's Normal University merged into Beijing Normal University. 1950, Chairman Mao inscribed the name of Beijing Normal University. 65438-0952 Fu Jen Catholic University merged into Beijing Normal University. On the occasion of the centennial celebration in 2002, the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and Beijing decided to jointly establish Beijing Normal University. In May 2002, the Ninth Party Congress of Beijing listed Beijing Normal University as a world-class university to support its construction.