Henan University

Henan University (simplified Chinese: 河南大学; traditional Chinese: 河南大學; ) is one of the oldest public and key universities in China. It was founded in 1912. In the beginning, its name was the Preparatory School for Further Study in Europe and America. In 1942, its name was changed to National Henan University. After the People's republic of China was founded, the name Henan University was restored in 1984. Henan University is a comprehensive university with 12 branches of learning: agriculture, economics, education, engineering, history, law, liberal arts, management, medicine, philosophy and science. In 2016,the University was selected in the Plan 111. In 2017, The Chinese Ministry of Education has granted it Double First Class status in certain disciplines. By the end of 2018, Henan University has 3 campuses. Two campuses(Minglun and JinMing campus) are located in Kaifeng, a famous historic city which was the capital of China during seven different dynasties. The other(Longzi Lake campus) is located in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province and one of the National Central Cities in China. All the campus covering a total area of 2,200,000 square meters with a room space of 1,470,000 square meters. More than 50,000 students receiving a full-time education here, including 10,000 postgraduates and nearly 500 overseas students. Henan University is one of the biggest public universities in the People's republic of China.