Zhengzhou University, referred to as "Zheng Da" for short, is located in Zhengzhou and is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Henan Provincial People's Government. It is a world-class university construction university, and the national "2 1 1 project" and "one province, one school" key construction university. Zhengzhou University, founded in 1956, is the first comprehensive university founded by the state after the founding of New China. The former Zhengzhou Teachers College merged 196 1, and Huanghe University merged 19 1. Medical education in Zhengzhou University originated from the National Fifth Sun Yat-sen University 1928. 1952 established Henan medical college independently, and 1984 changed its name to Henan medical university. Zhengzhou University of Technology, founded in 1963, is a key university directly under the former Ministry of Chemical Industry. In July 2000, the former Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University of Technology and Henan Medical University merged to form the new Zhengzhou University.

As of September, 2020, the four campuses of the school cover an area of more than 5,700 mu, with 5 1 department and17 undergraduate majors. There are 28 post-doctoral research stations, 30 first-class doctoral programs, 3 professional doctoral programs, 59 first-class master programs and 32 professional master programs; More than 5,800 faculty members; There are more than 50,000 full-time undergraduates, more than 22,000 graduate students and more than 2,500 international students.