Zhengzhou Normal University (ZZNU for short) is located in the city of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, a city with a long history and splendid culture in central China. Zhengzhou Normal University was established in March, 2010 on the basis of the former Zhengzhou Teachers' Collage and is a public institution of higher accredited by the Ministry of Education of PRC. Over 60 years' development, Zhengzhou Normal University has become a comprehensive university for the undergraduate.
Zhengzhou Normal University has sound infrastructure and favorable school-running conditions. It covers a total area of 1,060 mu, and a total construction area of 627,800 square meters. There are 221 laboratories and training workshops in ZZNU and the total value of the teaching and scientific research equipment is over 263 million RMB. Zhengzhou Normal University established 6 affiliated primary and secondary schools and boasts 275 off-campus training bases. Its library contains a collection of 1.78 million volumes of books, 2.52 million electronic books and 57 electronic databases. ZZNU also builds Gigabit fiber access and 10 trillion dual core campus network.
Zhengzhou Normal University has an excellent teaching staff with more than 1200 faculty members, including 358 professors and senior technical personnel and 976 teachers with PhD or master degrees. Zhengzhou Normal University is a powerful new type of modern university which focuses on normal education and coordinated development of multidiscipline. It now covers 9 fields of study, including Economics, Law, Education, Literature, History, Science, Engineering, Management, and Art. There are 44 undergraduate programs and 14 college graduate programs, with 16, 697 full-time students, and 2,402 adult education students in ZZNU.
Zhengzhou Normal University insists on scientific and fast development and strengthens innovation system. ZZNU develops 2 state-level high-quality resource sharing courses, 1 demonstration project for the construction of teachers of the Ministry of Education, 1 excellent teacher training program reform project of the Ministry of Education, 3 provincial-level key disciplines, 1 provincial teacher education reform and innovation pilot zone, 1 provincial-level engineering laboratory, 1 provincial-level demonstration training base, 3 provincial-level teaching team construction projects, 5 provincial-level discipline comprehensive reform pilots, 4 provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 4 provincial-level specialty construction site, 5 provincial excellent grassroots teaching organizations, and 2 provincial excellent courses. It also undertakes 10 national natural science fund projects and 7 national social science fund projects and builds 1 national e-commerce demonstration base. Zhengzhou Normal University has jointly developed postgraduate programs with universities such as Zhengzhou University, Henan University and Henan Agricultural University.
Zhengzhou Normal University lays emphasis on broadening teachers' and students' international horizon and continuously enhances its internationalization level. It has established intercollegiate cooperative relationship with 20 colleges and universities from 9 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and India etc.. The International Joint Laboratory of Behavioral and Cognitive Science was jointly established with three institutions, namely, University of California Davis, Hildesheim University of Germany and Hanbit Mental Rehabilitation Hospital of South Korea, and was recognized as the international science and technology cooperation base of Zhengzhou city. Zhengzhou Normal University has established the Chinese Language and Culture Exchange Center with Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, Royal Roads University and Sharda University. Besides, the university has independently afforded projects in the Joinville of Brazil.
