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Beijing Normal University

北京师范大学
Seal of the university
Motto	学为人师、行为世范
Motto in English	Learn, so as to instruct others; Act, to serve as example to all.
Type	Public
Established	1902; 123 years ago (1902)
President	Yu Jihong
Party Secretary	Cheng Jianping
Academic staff	2,606 (2023)
Students	31,896 (2023)
Undergraduates	15,961 (2023)
Postgraduates	15,935 (2023)
Address	19 Xinjiekouwai St, Haidian, Beijing, China
Colours	Dark Blue   Light Blue
Affiliations	BHUA, GHMUA
Website	bnu.edu.cn english.bnu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	北京师范大学
Traditional Chinese	北京師範大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng Shīfàn Dàxué Bopomofo ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕ ㄈㄢˋㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ Wade–Giles Pei-ching Shih-fan Ta-hsüeh Tongyong Pinyin Běi-jing Shih-fàn Dà-syué IPA Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Bākgīng Sīfaahn Daaihhohk Jyutping bak1 ging1 si1 faan6 daai6 hok6 IPA
Abbreviation
Chinese	北师大
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běishīdà Bopomofo ㄅㄟˇ ㄕ ㄉㄚˋ Wade–Giles Pei-shih-ta Tongyong Pinyin Běi-shī-dà IPA

Beijing Normal University (BNU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.

History

In 1959, BNU was designated by the Ministry of Education as one of 20 national key universities of China. In 2009, Michael Wines referred to the university as "one of the most progressive institutions" in a New York Times article.

Beijing Normal University was selected to be a Project 211 institution in 1996. In 2002, BNU signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education and Beijing municipal government to become the 10th university participating in Project 985.

The university has a strong emphasis on increasing educational equity. Its 2009 demographic data shows that 40% of its enrolled students were from western China, one third were from rural areas and a quarter were from low-income families. Ethnic minorities comprised more than 10% of students.

Academics

International Collaboration

Beijing Normal University is part of a university consortium, including the University for Continuing Education Krems, Eötvös Loránd University, Hochschule Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and the University of Tampere, which offers an Erasmus+ joint master's degree and a Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education.

Beijing Normal University was among the first Chinese institutions to accept international students. It is particularly popular for its Mandarin Chinese study programs. Among its most prestigious programs is Princeton in Beijing, a collaboration with Princeton University in the United States.

The university collaborates with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) on SUSS's Master of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature.

Beijing Normal University is the seat of the BRICS Universities League Secretariat with BNU as a leading university in terms of BRICS higher education and academic cooperation.

Rankings and reputation

As of 2023, BNU was ranked 18th by the QS World University Rankings by Subjects, and 19th globally by the Times Higher Education Rankings by Subjects, for "Education and Training", which are historical strengths for the Faculty of Education that originated as a "normal university".

BNU is ranked 36th among the Global Top 100 Innovative Universities according to the World's Universities with Real Impacts (WURI) Ranking 2021.

According to the 2021 QS World University Rankings, BNU was ranked among the top 170 in "Arts and Humanities", "Social Sciences & Management" and "Natural Science" related subjects.

Beijing Normal University consistently features in the top 300th global universities as ranked by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the U.S. News & World Report. Beijing Normal graduates are highly desired in China and worldwide; in 2017, its graduate employability rankings placed in the global top #200+ universities with high-achieving graduates. Internationally, Beijing Normal University was regarded as one of the most reputable Chinese universities by the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings where, it has ranked #126 globally.

• QS World University Ranking: 262nd, 12th in China
• Academic Ranking of World Universities: 151-200th
• Times Higher Education World University Rankings: 146th and 9th in China

Campus

The main campus is in the Haidian District, with other Beijing campuses in the Changping District and Xicheng District as well as a campus in Zhuhai, Guangdong.

The original campus was near Hepingmen and Liulichang in the center of Beijing during the Republic of China period. After Fu Jen University merged with BNU the Fu Jen campus in Shichahai became the Northern Campus of BNU.

Beijing Normal University's current campus was built in 1954. It is located in central northwest Beijing in Haidian district between the second and third ring roads. It is the closest of all Haidian universities to Tiananmen Square.

Its campus hosted the U.S. Olympic Team during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Notable alumni

• Mo Yan, writer, 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate
• Liu Xiaobo, writer and dissident, 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Su Tong, novelist
• Cao Shui, poet, novelist and screenwriter
• Xie Jun, chess grandmaster
• Zhu Jin, astronomer
• Lang Ping, gold medalist in 1984 Summer Olympics women's volleyball, and former head coach of the U.S. women's national volleyball team
• Chen Yibing, gymnast, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalist
• Xu Jialu, professor of Chinese, politician, and former vice chairman of the National People's Congress
• Yuan Guiren, professor of philosophy, and the former Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China
• Yu Dan, professor well known for her popular and controversial lectures about the Analects broadcast on China Central Television
• Wang Dezhao or Ouang Te Tchao, prominent Chinese physicist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, student of French physicist Paul Langevin and founder of underwater acoustics in China, Officier of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour.
• Wang Xiaodong, elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, former biochemist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and currently Director and Investigator at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS, Beijing)
• Liang Jun, teacher and women's rights activist
• Timothy Geithner, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He attended as a language student studying Mandarin in 1982 as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College.
• Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator from New York. She attended as an undergraduate in Dartmouth College's FSP program.
• Connie Britton, actress. She also attended as an language student in Dartmouth College's FSP program and was the roommate of Kirsten Gillibrand.

Affiliated high schools

• Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University
• The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University
• The Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University

See also

• List of universities in China

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External links

• BNU Official Site
• MDJS BBS @BNU ((in Chinese), telnet, ssh)
• BNU Student Forum (in Chinese) Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

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• Teachers colleges in China
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• Project 211
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