The school was founded in 2006, when it was named Renai College of Tianjin University, which was an independent college. In February, 20021,with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Renai College of Tianjin University was transformed into an independent private university and renamed as Tianjin Renai College.
In April 2023, official website showed that the school covers an area of 1 1,000 mu, with 9 departments, 28 undergraduate majors and more than 600 full-time teachers. The school has 9 departments and 28 undergraduate majors, forming a discipline layout with industry as the mainstay, economic management, grammar and art supporting each other, infiltrating each other and developing harmoniously.
In April 2023, the official website of the school showed that there were more than 600 full-time teachers in the school. Among them, 48% are full-time teachers with associate senior titles or above, and 455 have obtained master's degrees or above, accounting for 75% of the total number of full-time teachers. In terms of the construction of teaching staff, the college has strengthened policy inclination and guidance, focused on introducing young and middle-aged talents with high academic qualifications and high-level talents and double-qualified talents, continuously increased the intensity of talent introduction and training, and introduced the policy of studying for doctoral degrees on the job and sending them abroad.