Hebei University, located in Baoding, a famous historical and cultural city, is a key comprehensive university listed in the sequence of universities directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the People's Government of Hebei Province. Member of the "one province, one school" national key construction university alliance in the central and western regions, and Hebei Province supports the construction of first-class universities.

It was selected into the comprehensive strength improvement project of central and western universities, the basic capacity building project of central and western universities, the excellent engineer education and training plan, the first batch of excellent legal talents education and training plan, the national college students innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, and the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

It is the first China government scholarship institution in Hebei Province to accept overseas students in China, the national college students' cultural quality education base, the first Yan 'an spiritual education base in colleges and universities in China, and the first batch of social work professional training bases of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Have a graduate school, and recommend graduate qualifications without examination.