The school originated from Shuntianfu School founded by 1902 in Beijing and Beiyang Normal School founded by 1906 in Tianjin. From June 65438 to June 0996, the former Hebei Normal University and Hebei Normal College merged with Hebei Education College and Hebei Vocational and Technical Teachers College to form Hebei Normal University.

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As of July 2022, the new campus of Hebei Normal University covers an area of 1829 mu, with 2,699 on-the-job faculty members. There are 25 professional colleges and 1 independent colleges (Hua Hui College). The disciplines include philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management and art, among which cell biology is a national key discipline. Doctor's degree is authorized to be a first-level discipline 1 1, and doctor's professional degree is authorized to be 1.

Teaching construction of Hebei Normal University;

As of March, 2002 1 year, the school has 1 national innovative talents training model experimental zone,1national teaching team, 6 national specialty construction sites, 2 1 national first-class specialty construction sites and1national first-class undergraduate majors. There are 4 national professional comprehensive reform pilot projects, 6 national fine resources * * * courses, 4 national fine video open courses 1, 4 national fine online open courses, 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, and the national virtual simulation experimental teaching project 1.

There are 7 innovation points of undergraduate education in Hebei province, 9 provincial teaching teams, 8 provincial brands, 24 provincial first-class professional construction points, 5 provincial comprehensive professional reform pilots, 35 provincial first-class undergraduate courses, 5 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching centers, provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching projects 10, and social practice of quality education.