Introduction to Henan Normal University Henan Normal University is located in Xinxiang, an important central city in northern Henan Province, with the majestic Taihang Mountain in the north and the surging Yellow River in the south. It is a provincial key university with a long history. Its predecessor was Zhongzhou University (the predecessor of the former National Henan University) founded by 1923, and Pingyuan Normal College founded by 195 1, which was successively called Henan Normal University, Henan Second Normal College and Xinxiang Normal College. 1985 was called Henan Normal University. In 2007, it was identified as an excellent school for undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education. In 20 12, it was selected as a university supported by the National Central and Western Higher Education Revitalization Plan. In 20 15, it was approved by the provincial government and the Ministry of Education, and in 201.
Since its founding 95 years ago, Henan Normal University has taken "educating people as the foundation, strengthening the country through education" as its initial goal, taken the revitalization of education in China as its own responsibility, and made unremitting efforts for self-improvement. It has gradually developed into a discipline category 1 1 covering philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, management and art. At present, the school covers an area of 654.38+006.410,000 square meters, with a construction area of 943,700 square meters. The total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is 612.6 million yuan, with more than 5 million Chinese and foreign books and e-books and more than 6,000 periodicals. There are 25 colleges, 83 undergraduate majors, 27 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees, 7 master's degrees authorized by two disciplines, 15 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees, 10 first-class disciplines authorized by doctor's degrees, 1 first-class disciplines authorized by doctor's degrees, 4 post-doctoral research stations, and nearly 50,000 students of all kinds. It has the only Pavarotti Music and Art Center in the world and the largest and most diverse biological specimen museum in Henan Province, with independent colleges (Xinlian College), affiliated middle schools, affiliated primary schools and kindergartens.
Henan Normal University gives full play to the leading role of discipline construction and constantly improves its comprehensive strength and core competitiveness. At present, there are 28 first-class key disciplines in Henan Province, and "Chemistry" and "Frontier Physics and Clean Energy Materials Characteristic Discipline Group" were selected as the dominant disciplines and characteristic disciplines in the first phase of Henan Province respectively. Chemistry, engineering and materials science are among the top 65,438+0% of ESI in the world, the fifth in the national local normal universities and the second in Henan universities (tied). In the 20 18 global natural index ranking, our school ranks 60th in chemistry, 74th in physics, 70th in Asia-Pacific and126th.
Henan Normal University adheres to the strategy of strengthening the school with talents and strives to build a first-class faculty. Since its establishment, Hao, Sun, Zhao, Zhao, Li, Yao Conggong, Wei Mingchu, Fan Yingchuan, Du Mengmo, Sun Zuoyun, Huang Dunci, Xu, Lu Jinsuo and other well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad have taught in the school successively. In recent years, a large number of influential experts and scholars have emerged at home and abroad, such as Wang Jianji, Lu Gongru, Xu Cunshuan, Guo Zongming and Chang Junbiao. There are nearly 2,500 on-the-job teaching and administrative staff in the school, including 7 double-hired academicians, nearly 100 high-level talents such as national outstanding youth, national youth, national and national *, 2 scientific and technological innovation teams of the Ministry of Education, 2 national teaching teams and 0/2 posts in distinguished professor. 1 person was selected into the list of national excellent doctoral dissertations, achieving a zero breakthrough in this honor in Henan Province. According to the evaluation of China University in recent years, our teachers' academic level, teachers' performance and cost-effective ratio are among the best in colleges and universities in Henan Province, and the comprehensive ranking has always remained in the top three in Henan Province.
Henan Normal University attaches great importance to the construction of school spirit, teaching spirit and study style, and the quality of personnel training has been steadily improved. After several generations' efforts, the school motto of "Virtue is erudite and stops at perfection", the school spirit of "Mingde learns harmony and brings forth new ideas", the teaching spirit of "cultivating knowledge, enlightening wisdom and making profits", and the study style of "respecting sincerity, simplicity, attaching importance to unity and keeping upright" have gradually formed, which has created "Chongwen, Ming Dow, Shang Cheng, keeping morality and keeping upright". The school is a national excellent teacher training institution, with 4 national and 8 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 48 national high-quality engineering construction projects and 7 national teaching achievement awards, which is playing an increasingly important leading and demonstrating role in the teacher education reform in Henan Province. In recent years, the school has continuously strengthened the construction of personnel training ability, promoted the reform of education and teaching, and improved the quality of education and teaching. Students have achieved a lot of success in international and domestic competitions. It has successively won China Golden Bell Award for Music, China Campus Drama Award, China Dance Lotus Award, China Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award, Toshiba Cup China Normal University Teaching Skills Innovation Competition of the Ministry of Education, Taekwondo World Cup Team Championship and more than 1000 provincial and ministerial awards, and 15 innovative and entrepreneurial achievements have been selected for the National College Students' Annual Meeting, which is the university with the most achievements selected for the annual meeting in Henan Province.