About the university
Hebei University (HBU), a key comprehensive university, is co-constructed by Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Hebei Province. It is one of the first-level universities participating in China’s Double First-class Plan, with strong support from Hebei Provincial Government.
HBU was originally founded as Tianjin Industrial and Commercial University in —, located at No.141, Machang Road, Tianjin City. At the very beginning, it was established as a university offering undergraduate education. It adhered to the mission of “cultivating promising young people in China, establishing a university with moral and intellectual education, and promoting China’s modernization”. It was committed to cultivating industrial and business talents. In —, it was renamed Tianjin Industrial and Commercial College. The tradition of “seeking truth from facts” was established during this period. During the Anti-Japanese War, it remained in Tianjin, gathered famous teachers, and enjoyed a great reputation. Since then, it has taken different names, such as Private Jingu University, National Jingu University, Tianjin Normal College, and Tianjin Normal University. In —, the People’s Government of Hebei Province decided to build a comprehensive university with a provincial name, thus, Tianjin Normal University was rebuilt into Hebei University. In —, it was relocated to Baoding City, Hebei Province. Hebei Medical Staff College as well as its affiliated hospital were incorporated into Hebei University in —. Although it has changed its name several times and has undergone several changes, its history has never been interrupted. Now, it has developed into influential comprehensive university.
The construction and development of the school has received strong support from the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education and other national ministries and commissions. In —, it became one of the five universities in the country supported by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education. In —, it became one co-constructed by Ministry of Education, the People's Government of Hebei Province. In —, it ranked among the national project of “Middle and Western Higher Education Revitalization Plan”, and became one of the 14 universities in the “Middle and Western Universities to Enhance Comprehensive Strength Project” across the country. In —, it became a key construction university of “One province, One university” in the central and western regions of the country. In the same year, it was listed as a double first-class university with key support by Hebei Province. In —, the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Hebei Province signed "the Agreement on the Joint Construction of Hebei University by Ministries and Provinces". In —, Hebei Province formulated an implementation plan to support the joint construction of Hebei University with the Ministry of Education. Taking this as an opportunity, HBU has made great efforts to promote the cultural tourism industry, pharmaceutical industry and modern green industry in Hebei Province, to construct the Yanzhao cultural discipline group, the life science and green development discipline group, and has made significant progresses in the protection and development of the Yanzhao culture, the ecological management of the Baiyangdian River Basin and other fields.
It embraces 12 major specialties including philosophy, economics, law, pedagogy, literature, history, science, engineering, agronomy, medicine, management and art. It has 95 undergraduate programs, 1 national key (cultivation) discipline, 17 first-level disciplines authorized to offer doctor degree, 47 first-level disciplines authorized to offer master’s degrees, 33 professional master's degree programs, 11 post-doctoral research mobile stations, 1 post-doctoral scientific research workstation. Its chemistry, materials science and engineering have entered the top 1% of ESI’s world rankings.
HBU has established a complete education system offering bachelor’s , master’s and doctoral programs. Currently there are more than — registered undergraduate students, — doctoral candidates and postgraduates. HBU has a national teaching team, 2 national teaching masters, 24 national first-class undergraduate programs, 13 national first-class undergraduate courses, 3 national ideological and political demonstration courses, 4 national "new engineering", 5 "new liberal arts" projects, 1 national experimental teaching center, 14 national "Quality Project" projects, 1 national comprehensive reform pilot major, 12 national "undergraduate teaching projects”, and 2 national crowd-creation spaces. 3 disciplines has passed the professional certification of the Ministry of Education. The university also boasts the National Cultural Quality Education Base, Further Educational Base for professional and technical personnel, China Yan’an Spirit Educational Base, national language promotion base, national model university for graduate employment, national model university for innovation and entrepreneurship, national demonstration university for innovation and entrepreneurship education reform and a national pilot university of “one-stop” student community comprehensive management construction.
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