The university has an estimated student population of 33,000, including 6,100 full-time postgraduates and 26,900 full-time undergraduates.[citation needed]
The university was founded in 1921 as the "Institut des Hautes Études et Commerciales des Tientsin"byFrenchJesuitsinTianjin.The next four decades saw the university significantly changed, during which it was known by the names ofTsin Ku University(Tân cô đại học),Tianjin Normal College,andTianjin Normal University,respectively. In 1960, the university was reformed as a comprehensive University and renamed as Hebei University. In 1970, three years afterTianjinwas designated as an autonomous municipality, which rendered it outside of the jurisdiction of Hebei province, the university was moved toBaoding.
Main campusNew campusMedicine schoolAffiliated Hospital of Hebei University
The University campus covers an area of over 700 acres (2.8 km2). The University library has a collection of 3,900,000 books and 5,000 periodicals. It has one of the largest collections of rare books among Chinese universities. The University museum houses more than 8,000 objects, over 70 of which are designated as national treasures and protected by law. The museum also possesses some rare specimens of animals and plants.
As a comprehensive university, Hebei University offers a variety of courses covering a wide range of fields, includingPhilosophy,Economics,Law,Education,Literature,History,ScienceandTechnology,Engineering,Medicine,andManagement.The 15 colleges offer 85 specialized undergraduate courses leading to bachelor's degrees. The university can also award master's degrees in 140 subjects and doctorates in 12 fields.
Hebei University consistently ranks one of the top two universities in Hebei Province on a variety of criteria and is consistently ranked top 80 in China.
TheChinese University Ranking (Wu Shulian)rankings by year:
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The university has a total of 3,372 teaching and administrative staff, of whom 1,910 are doing teaching and research work, including 417 professors and 722 associate professors.
Hebei University QiYi Road campus A buildingAmong them, professorYin Xiangchu,a member ofChinese Academy of Sciences,takes the lead in the systematic study of thelocustand his work entitled,The Habitat of the Locust Order and a Bibliography of References,is considered the most exclusive and systematic in this field.
Prof.Song Daxiang,is a specialist in the study ofspidersin China and the author ofThe Arachnids of China.He is acclaimed as the chief scholar in his field.
ProfessorWei Chun gian g,a distinguishedmicrobiologist,is considered to be the authority on the study oflichenby his fellow scholars at home and abroad.
In addition, the study of theSong Dynasty,headed by ProfessorQi Xia,is among the best in China. Qi's work, 'The Economic History of the Song Dynasty,lays the cornerstone for the study of economy inancient China.
The study of the internationalhistory of educationis led by ProfessorTeng Dachun,has contributed enormously to works in this field. Teng's book,The History of Education in the United States,is one of the most important achievements in this field.
