The school enrolls students for the whole country. There are 5 1 000 full-time undergraduates, 0/000 graduate students (including part-time students) and 2,500 international students from 98 countries.
The medical education of Zhengzhou University originated from 1928, the Fifth National Sun Yat-sen University, and 1952, Henan Medical College was established independently, which opened a precedent for medical higher education in Henan. The former Zhengzhou University, founded in 1956, is the first comprehensive university founded in New China. The 1 1 project is listed in the national "2 1996 project". Zhengzhou University of Technology, founded in 1963, is a key university directly under the former Ministry of Chemical Industry. In July 2000, the former Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University of Technology and Henan Medical University merged to form the new Zhengzhou University.