北师大英文介绍

Chronological Review 1902

The Faculty of Education （师范馆）of the Capital Metropolitan University （京师大学堂）was founded on the initiative of the Emperor of Qing Dynasty. It was the first university in Chinese history with the main mission of training excellent teachers and specialists.

1908

The Faculty of Education was named as the Capital Metropolitan School of Supreme Teacher Training（京师优级师范学堂）, and was separated from the Capital Metropolitan University.

1912

The Capital Metropolitan School of Supreme Teacher Training was named as Peking Normal College （北平高等师范学校）, establishing her own affiliated primary school and secondary school.

1920

Establishment of graduate programs

1921Recruitment for female students

1923

Peking Normal College was renamed as Peking Normal

University （北平师范大学）which was the first normal

university in Chinese modern education history.

1931

The Peking Women’s College of Education（北平女子师范

大学）merged into Peking Normal University.

1937

Peking Normal University had to move to Xi’an since

Peking was occupied by Japanese invaders. Together

with National Peking University, National Beiyang College

of Engineering, the three institutions formed Xi’an

Temporary University.

1938

Xi’an Temporary University moved to Han Zhong and was

renamed as National Northwest Union University and

Peking Normal University was renamed as Faculty of

Education, National Northwest Union University.

1946

Faculties and students gradually moved back to Peking.

Those faculties remaining in Xi’an became teaching staff

in Northwest University and Northwest Normal College,

supporting the development of Higher Education in

Northwest China. In November 1946, Peking Normal

University reopened in Peking.

1949

The city was renamed as Beijing in February. In

September, the university was renamed as Beijing Normal

University.

1952

Fu Jen Catholic University merged into Beijing Normal

University.

1954

The new campus established at BeiTaiPingZhuang.

1956

The university sent 76 professors to 15 provinces,

supporting to establish local normal schools.

1967

Culture Revolution broke out and the university had to

close.

1973

The university restarted to recruit undergraduate students.

1984

The University reopened the graduate programs.

1991

Post doctoral workstation established.

1996

Became member of Project 211

1999

Became member of Project 985 Phase I

2002

Signing an agreement with Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Normal University became the 10th university on the list to get special support from the Chinese Government, aiming to be a world prestigious university.

2002

Celebration of Centennial Anniversary

2004

Became member of Project 985 Phase II

2006On May 4 2006, Premier WEN Jiabao took a special visit

to Beijing Normal University, enjoying the Youth Day

together with BNU students.

2007

In 2007, the Chinese government implemented the

Fee-Waiver Policy for teacher training programs in six

normal universities which are supervised by the Ministry of

Education. On September 9, Premier WEN Jiabao took a

special visit to Beijing Normal University in order to meet

the freshmen enrolled in the Fee-Waiver Program for

teacher training. Premier WEN delivered an important

speech on education reformation and improving the

education for students enrolled in teacher-training

programs, which recognized the educational

achievements at Beijing Normal University and directed

the future reformation in teacher training programs.

2007

In 2007, Beijing Normal University had 16 national key

disciplines, including 5 general disciplines and 11

specialized disciplines. Beijing Normal University became

a comprehensive university, covering almost all the

disciplines except military science.

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Project 211: The Chinese government's new endeavor

aimed at strengthening about 100 institutions of higher

education and key disciplinary areas as a national priority

for the 21st century.

Project 985: In 1998 the central government, prompte d by

the former President Jiang Zemin's decis ion that China

should develop world-class universities, announced the

985 Project, designed to channel millions of dollars into a

handful of elite universities in an effort to bring them to

international prominence.