Hebei University is the only key comprehensive and co-established university by the Province and Ministry. It is located in the outskirts of Beijing, which need only 30 minutes to go to Beijing by light rail, 1-1.5 hours by train or car. The predecessor of Hebei University is Tianjin Business University, which is established by the French Society of Jesus, then it experienced several periods, including Tianjin Business Institute, Jinggu University, Tianjin Normal Institute, and Tianjin Normal University. The name of Hebei University is confirmed in 1960, and it moved to national historical
Hebei University is the only key comprehensive and co-established university by the Province and Ministry. It is located in the outskirts of Beijing, which need only 30 minutes to go to Beijing by light rail, 1-1.5 hours by train or car. The predecessor of Hebei University is Tianjin Business University, which is established by the French Society of Jesus, then it experienced several periods, including Tianjin Business Institute, Jinggu University, Tianjin Normal Institute, and Tianjin Normal University. The name of Hebei University is confirmed in 1960, and it moved to national historical and cultural city --- Baoding in 1970.
Hebei University covered 29 colleges and 5 common teaching departments. It also has 87 undergraduate majors, 189 master degree programs, 19 professional master degree programs, 37 doctor degree programs and 6 post-doctoral research stations.
Hebei University is an open university. It has established friendly relations with more than 100 universities around the world. Hebei university established Confucius Institutes in Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro of Brazil and Xavier University of Louisiana of USA. It also has built language centers in Britain, Mongolia, south Korea, Russia and Malaysia, which have become a friendly bridge to develop cooperation and exchange. Hundreds of teachers and professors were sent to study overseas, and international eminent experts were invited to give lectures, established extensive connections overseas.
Hebei University is one of the first batch of Universities that enroll international students in china since 1965. More than 3,000 Doctors, Masters, Bachelors and short-term international students from more than 50 different countries have studied in Hebei University in different majors. Hebei University is qualified to accept the Chinese Government Scholarship students, and is the new HSK test center.
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