Henan University is located in Kaifeng, a famous historical and cultural city and the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties. It used to be the seat of Henan Gongyuan. The last two national examinations were held in 1903 and 1904, and the imperial examination system for thousands of years came to an end. 19 12, a group of Henan benevolent sages, represented by Lin, founded the Henan Preparatory School for Studying in Europe and America at the dawn of Europe and America and the victory of the Revolution of 1911, which became one of the three training bases for studying abroad in China at that time. After the stages of Zhongzhou University, the fifth National Sun Yat-sen University and the provincial Henan University, it was changed to the National Henan University on 1942 and became a comprehensive university with six colleges, including arts, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and law. It was one of the national universities with strong academic strength and reputation at home and abroad. After the founding of New China, the Agricultural College, Medical College and Administrative College of Henan University were independently established as Henan Agricultural College, Henan Medical College and Henan Administrative College. The Department of Water Resources and Finance were placed under Wuhan University and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, and the headquarters was renamed Henan Normal College. Later, after passing through Kaifeng Normal University and Henan Normal University, the name of Henan University was restored on 1984. June 65438+1October 65438+July 2008, Henan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education signed a * * * construction agreement, and Henan University officially entered the ranks of provincial universities. From 2065438 to September 2006, the school was selected as the national "11plan". 2065438+In September 2007, it was selected into the list of "Double First-class" universities.