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 Beijing Normal University. 193 1 year, 1952 Beiping Women's Normal University and Fu Jen Catholic University were successively merged into Beijing Normal University. 1959, identified by the central government as the first batch of national key universities. In 20 17, the school entered the national "Class A list of world-class universities".

In September 2020, the school official website showed that the Beijing Campus of Beijing Normal University covers an area of 1 19 1 mu (Haidian Campus, Xicheng Campus and Changping Campus G Area), and there is also the Zhuhai Campus of Beijing Normal University. There are more than 24,000 full-time students, including undergraduate students10/05, graduate students12,756, and long-term international students 1600. There are 3 departments, 23 colleges, 2 departments, 1 1 research institutes. There are 28 mobile stations for postdoctoral research, 3 1 doctoral programs in first-class disciplines, 38 doctoral programs in two disciplines14, and 38 master programs in first-class disciplines 146 in two disciplines. There are 76 undergraduate majors.