In Kaifeng, Henan Province, Kaifeng was once the capital of Henan Province. 1952, Henan provincial government moved to Zhengzhou, but Henan University did not move to Zhengzhou. Historical Evolution 19 12 Henan Preparatory School for Studying in Europe and America, the predecessor of Henan University, was born in the former site of Gong Yuan in the Qing Dynasty in the ancient city of Kaifeng. The first headmaster was Mr. Lin, a famous educator. In the early 1920s, at the request of educators, General Feng Yuxiang, the governor of Henan Province, decided to set aside special funds from the property of warlord Zhao Ya as the preparatory fund for the university to establish a university in Henan. On March 3rd, 1923, Zhongzhou University, established on the basis of pre-school, held the opening ceremony, with two departments of arts and sciences, with Feng Youlan and Cao Liqing as directors respectively.

1In June, 927, with the support of General Feng Yuxiang, it was decided to merge Henan Public Law School and Henan Provincial Agricultural College into Zhongzhou University, set up National Kaifeng Sun Yat-sen University (National Fifth Sun Yat-sen University), and add agricultural science and law. 1928 added the medical department in September.

1930 In August, the school was renamed as the provincial Henan University, and the five departments of literature, science, law, agriculture and medicine were changed to the Fifth Hospital, with Zhong Zhang as the dean and Henan University officially named.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Henan University moved to Xinyang, Nanyang, Luoyang, Xi, Baoji and other places in Henan. Although books, materials and instruments suffered heavy losses, they continued to run schools. 1942, Henan university was changed from a provincial university to a national university, and the running funds were guaranteed. After 1946, the Institute of Technology was established and later merged with the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Engineering.

1948, Zhongyuan Bureau of the Central Committee decided to establish Zhongyuan University in Baofeng with Fan Wenlan as the president on the basis of a group of progressive teachers and students of Henan University. 165438+ 10 Zhongyuan University moved to the campus of Kaifeng Henan University. From 65438 to 0949, Chung Yuan Christian University moved to Wuhan, and its main departments became the predecessor of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and the main foundation of Huazhong Normal University. At the same time, the people's Government of Henan Province, based on more than 500 teacher training courses in Zhongyuan University's Medical College and Education Department and more than 400 teacher training courses in Henan Administration College, relocated more than 200 teachers and students from Henan University/KLOC-0 in Suzhou, reorganized Henan University, and set up four colleges, namely, Culture and Education College, Agricultural College, Medical College and Administrative College, with the president of the provincial government Wu Zhipu as the principal. The history of Henan University has turned a new page.

1952, national faculty adjustment, the Agricultural College of Henan University became independent and developed into Henan Agricultural University. The Medical College of Henan University became independent and developed into Henan Medical University. The School of Administration of Henan University is independent, and now it is the Henan Institute of Political Science and Law Cadre Management, and the Department of Water Conservancy of Henan University is merged into Wuhan University. Department of Finance and Economics merged into Zhongnan College of Finance and Economics; Plant diseases and insect pests were merged into Huazhong Agricultural College ... The original college-level organizational system was changed to department-level organizational system. 1953 On August 6th, the Ministry of Education and the the State Council Municipal Commission of Culture and Education decided to merge Henan University and Pingyuan Teachers College, collectively known as Henan Teachers College, and run schools in Kaifeng and Xinxiang, respectively known as one hospital and two hospitals. 1955 On August 6th, Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China adjusted Henan Normal University, and decided to concentrate liberal arts in Kaifeng and science in Xinxiang. 1956165438+10 In October, the first and second colleges of Henan Normal University were Kaifeng Normal University and Xinxiang Normal University respectively. Kaifeng Normal University has four departments: Chinese, History, Geography and Foreign Languages. From 65438 to 0959, Kaifeng Teachers College was merged into our school, adding four departments of physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology, and then adding the departments of politics and education and physical education. In July, 1962, Henan Art College merged to form the Art Department; Henan Institute of Physical Education merged into the Department of Physical Education; The Department of Geography of Zhengzhou University was merged into the Department of Geography. So far, the school has Chinese, history, politics and religion, geography, foreign languages, mathematics, physics, chemistry, physical education, art and other departments 10.

1979 changed its name to Henan Normal University and added the Department of Education. 1984 resumed as Henan University in May. The school has also gradually developed from a normal college into a comprehensive university with key construction in Henan Province.

On June 65438+1October 65438+July 2008, the People's Government of Henan Province and the Ministry of Education signed an agreement in the People's Hall of Henan Province to jointly build Henan University, and Henan University officially entered the ranks of universities jointly built by the Ministry of Education.

At present, Henan University is a comprehensive university with 12 disciplines, such as literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, science, engineering, medicine, agriculture, teaching and art, with 33 colleges (departments), 83 undergraduate majors, 42 first-class master degree awarding points and 18 master degrees. The school has established key research bases of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, national sports art teacher training base, key research bases of sports and social sciences of the State Sports General Administration, provincial key laboratories, key research bases of humanities and social sciences, and nano-material engineering technology center of Henan Province. With publishing houses and various academic journals, the library has more than 3 million books. The campus covers a total area of more than 3,600 mu, with a construction area of nearly 1 10,000 square meters. Among them, the modern buildings in Minglun Campus are national key cultural relics protection units, and the new campus (Jin Ming Campus) was completed and put into use in 2006.

Over the past 90 years, more than 400,000 professionals have been trained, and a large number of well-known professors and scholars such as Feng Youlan, Dong Zuobin, Meng, Luo Tingguang, Luo, Mao have emerged. Many students, such as Deng Tuo, Bai Shouyi, Yuan, Wang, Gao Jining, Yao, Wu Qiang, Kyle, Wang Mingqi, Li Bingde and Liang Guanglie, have become world-renowned experts, scholars and social activists. Recently, the ranking result of China University 20 1 1 released by the evaluation team of China University is among the people. The comprehensive ranking of Henan University has been promoted to the 67th place among universities in China. This is the latest progress that our school has been among the top 100 universities in China for many years since 2003, and it also marks that the development of Henan University has entered a new stage.

As a comprehensive, liberal arts, scientific research and teaching I-type university, Henan University ranks 67th among universities in China with a score of 14.26, a score of 7.8 for scientific research and a total score of 22.06. Since the establishment of Henan University, the scientific research ability and level have been continuously improved, and new progress has been made in the construction of state key laboratories, scientific research, disciplines and degree programs, which is reflected in the comprehensive data analysis of university rankings. Compared with last year's ranking, the total scores of natural science and humanities and social science research have been significantly improved. In terms of personnel training, due to the development of graduate education scale, the score of graduate level training has increased, while the score of undergraduate level training has decreased slightly, reflecting that the school-running structure of Henan University is more reasonable.

According to People's Daily Online, the Evaluation of China University, which is independently published once a year by the ranking research group of China University, uses all public data, and its index system, index weight, data source and evaluation formula have been published. Anyone and institution can repeat the test according to the same mathematical model, making it the only open university ranking. The Scientific Citation Database (SCD) developed by the research group in six years covers many disciplines, such as natural science, engineering technology, agriculture and forestry science, medicine, humanities and social sciences, and has become a data source for universities to evaluate domestic academic papers.