Beijing Normal University
北京师范大学

Beijing Normal University (BNU) grew out of the Education Department of Imperial University of Peking established in 1902, which initiated teacher training in China’s higher education. After the development for over a century, BNU has become a comprehensive and research-intensive university with its main characteristics of basic disciplines in sciences and humanities, teacher education and educational science.

According to 2020 QS World University Rankings, BNU is ranked the 277th among the world universities, and the 10th among Chinese mainland universities. The School of Environment is one of the first batch of bases which engage in environmental scientific research and education in colleges and universities approved by the Ministry of Education. Environmental science is a key state discipline, and environmental engineering is considered to be a key discipline in Beijing. Both environmental sciences and engineering disciplines are national doctorate first-rate disciplines. According to the 2017 Evaluation of Chinese Universities, our environmental sciences undergraduate program is Level A++, ranking number one nationwide, and the environmental engineering undergraduate program is Level A++, ranking second.

At present, the university has established cooperative ties with about 500 universities and international organizations from more than 30 countries and regions. Each year, above 900 international professors and scholars are invited to lecture and research at the University. And BNU has around 2000 long-term international students, the scale of which ranks among top in China’s universities.

Courses open to international students