Hebei University of Geology, founded in 1953, is one of the five universities directly under the former Ministry of Geology. It is a provincial key university jointly established by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the People's Government of Hebei Province. Li Tingdong, a geologist and academician of China Academy of Sciences, is the honorary president of the school.

Dominant disciplines:

Geology, geological resources, geological engineering and business administration are included in the scope of the first-level discipline construction, in which the first-level discipline of geology is listed as the key supporting discipline, and the two first-level disciplines of geological resources and geological engineering and business administration are listed as the key cultivating disciplines, with 9 provincial-level key disciplines and key development disciplines.

Reference: official website-school profile, Hebei Geo University.