1952 In April, China Renmin University was entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to set up the major of archival science. This marks the birth of the archives higher vocational education in New China. 1955, China Renmin university established the department of historical archives and began to recruit undergraduates. 1978 China Renmin university established archives department. 1979 offers postgraduate education and a master's degree in the history of Chinese political system. 1982 set up a master's degree in archival science, and enrolled the first master's degree in archival science in China in the same year. June 65438+July 0985 The Archives Department of China Renmin University was expanded into Archives College. 1993 set up a doctoral program in archival science, and enrolled the first doctoral program in archival science in China the following year. 1998, Master of Library Science was established. Master's degree in information science was established in 2000. 200 1, the specialty of information management and information system was added at the undergraduate level, and the department of government information management was added. In 2002, the discipline of archival science was recognized as a national key discipline. From June 5 to February 2003, the School of Information Resources Management of Renmin University of China was established on the basis of Archives College. In 2005, the School of Information Resources Management was awarded the first-class doctorate in library, information and archives management. In 2006, the discipline of archival science was once again recognized as a national key discipline. In 2008, information science was recognized as a key discipline in Beijing. In 2009, the doctoral program and master program of information resource management were established.