The school was founded in 1956, formerly known as Qinghai Normal University. 1958 was upgraded to Qinghai Normal University, and 1984 was renamed Qinghai Normal University. After 1997, Qinghai Institute of Education, Qinghai Teachers College for Nationalities, bank of qinghai School and Qinghai Water Conservancy School merged one after another to form the new Qinghai Normal University.

Postgraduate is a kind of higher education and the highest stage of academic education at present. Such courses are generally offered by institutions of higher learning with master's and doctoral degrees and other institutions of higher education. A graduate student can also be called a graduate student with a graduation certificate, which means a person with a graduate degree.