The strongest major of Henan University is literature and history. It is best for students to be teachers in some schools after graduation. Many Shanghai schools like to hire graduates from the history department of Henan University.

School of History and Culture of Henan University, founded in 1923, is one of the earliest departments of Henan University. The college has a long history of running a school and a strong faculty, which has long formed a situation of blending Chinese and Western cultures and linking ancient and modern times.