The school is located in Quanzhou, the first historical and cultural city in China and a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. The school, formerly known as Quanzhou University Teachers College, was founded in 1958. 1998 Quanzhou Teachers College, Quanzhou Education College and Quanzhou Teachers College merged to form a new Quanzhou Teachers College. Approved by the Ministry of Education in 2000, it was officially upgraded to Quanzhou Normal University, which is the first newly-built local provincial undergraduate university in Fujian Province. 20 14 12.5, selected into the excellent teacher training plan.

As of June 20 15, the school has two campuses, Donghai and Shishan. The school covers an area of 1 185 mu, with a building area of 370,000 square meters. The school has 15 secondary colleges, 3 provincial key disciplines and 58 full-time undergraduate majors. Faculty 1 104, full-time students 18703, including students from our department 14787 (40 graduate students and 0 undergraduate students 14396).