Heze College is located in the northern suburb of Heze City, Shandong Province, the famous hometown of peony at home and abroad. It is located in the center of a 7000-mu university cultural city under construction, and it is the only comprehensive undergraduate college in southwest Shandong. Heze University is an institution of higher learning with a history of more than half a century. Her predecessor was the Second Normal School of Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and she was born during the war of liberation. 1949 was renamed Heze first normal school at the beginning of the year. 1958 In July, it was renamed Heze Teachers College according to the decision of Shandong Provincial People's Government. 1978 in June, it was approved by the State Council as an ordinary college. June 5438 +2002 10, with the approval of Shandong Provincial People's Government, Heze Teachers College, Heze Education College, Heze Radio and Television University, Heze Agricultural School and Heze Teachers College merged to form a new Heze Teachers College, and on this basis, Heze College was established. On May 17, 2004, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Heze Teachers College was transformed into Heze College. Since its establishment more than 50 years ago, Heze University has trained more than 80,000 qualified graduates, making outstanding contributions to the development of local education and overall economic and social progress. Heze College is divided into three campuses, covering an area of 1.374 mu, with a construction area of 400,000 square meters. With lush flowers and trees, lush green grass, elegant environment and pleasant scenery, each campus is an ideal garden for reading and learning. The school has 46 laboratories, and the total value of instruments and equipment exceeds 60 million yuan. The library has a collection of 6,543,800+books, including 3,300 books in the Four Libraries, Tsinghua Tongfang periodical database and modern electronic reading system, which can basically meet the needs of teachers and students in teaching, research and learning. The college now has 20 departments and 58 majors, including 2 1 for undergraduates and 37 for specialties, involving eight disciplines: literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, law, teaching and management. At present, there are more than 5000 full-time students/kloc-0, and more than 7000 adult education students. The college attaches great importance to the construction of teaching staff. On the basis of self-cultivation and self-improvement, formulate preferential policies and actively introduce high-level talents. The teaching staff is growing day by day. At present, there are more than 53 faculty members 1 100, including 53 senior titles and 345 deputy senior titles, nearly 300 doctors and masters, national outstanding scientific and technological workers 1 person, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in Shandong province 1 person, and famous teachers in Shandong universities 1 person. The college has always regarded teaching as the top priority of all school work, vigorously strengthened the central position of teaching, and the teaching quality has been steadily improved. Previous graduates have been widely praised by the society, and the one-time employment rate has exceeded 80%, which has been praised by the Provincial Department of Education for many times. In the college entrance examination organized by the Education Department of Shandong Province, our school ranked among the best in its kind for 10 years and ranked first in its kind for many years. The college adheres to the road of research-oriented schools. In recent years, our school has undertaken 25 scientific research projects above the provincial level, won 7 national patents, published more than 2,000 papers and published more than 90 monographs. Journal of Heze University (formerly Journal of Heze Normal University), as the scientific research garden of the school, won the first prize of the national journal of colleges and universities and the second prize of the excellent sci-tech periodicals of the Ministry of Education. The Shandong Provincial Party Committee, the provincial government, the Heze Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government attach great importance to the construction and development of Heze College and give preferential policies in terms of capital investment and talent introduction. The introduction of highly educated talents is paid in full by the provincial finance; In the past three years, the college will invest 50 million yuan to purchase teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment, and 6.5438+million yuan to purchase books and materials. Under the guidance of Scientific Outlook on Development, Heze University has established the people-oriented concept, strengthened the three strategies of "invigorating the school through teaching and strengthening the school through talents", adhered to the training goal of "thick foundation, wide caliber and high quality", constantly emancipated the mind, renewed ideas, deepened reform and made comprehensive innovations, expanded the scale and improved the level of running a school, and strived to become a multidisciplinary, local and first-class ordinary undergraduate college. With the strong support of 8.75 million Heze people and the joint efforts of all teachers and students, the future of Heze College will be even better! Historical Name: 1949 Establishment of Heze Normal School in Hebei, Shandong and Henan Provinces 1949 Heze Normal School in Hebei, Shandong and Henan Provinces was renamed Heze Normal School in Plain Province 1952 Heze Normal School in Plain Province was renamed Heze First Normal School in Shandong Province 1958 Heze First Normal School in Shandong Province was upgraded to Heze Normal College. In 2004, Heze Teachers College, Heze Education College, Shandong Radio and TV University (Heze Branch), Heze Teachers College, Heze Agricultural School and Heze Food School (Heze Information Engineering School) merged and upgraded to Heze.