6,947. According to the inquiry of official website of Beijing Normal University, by June 8, 2023, there were 6,947 people in the first session of Beijing Normal University in 2022. Beijing Normal University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Beijing. It was ranked as one of the first ten universities built during the National 985 Project, 21KLOC-0 Project, the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Eighth Five-Year Plan.