The school's predecessor was Tangshan crash normal college, which was founded in 1956. 1988 was rated as "National Excellent Normal College" by the former State Education Commission, and was transformed into an undergraduate college with the approval of the Ministry of Education in 2000. The school is divided into University Road Campus, Xueyuan Road Campus and Jianshe Road Campus, covering an area of 793,370 square meters and a building area of 477,470 square meters.
Since its establishment more than 60 years ago, the school has always adhered to the tradition of "being diligent in thinking, studying and being strict with self-discipline", formed the school spirit of "integrating knowledge with practice and loving people", the teaching spirit of "being a teacher and friend, carrying forward the past and opening up the future" and the study style of "calming down and opening your eyes", and trained and transported more than 6,543,800 talents of all kinds for local economic and social development.