Beijing Normal University
北京师范大学

General information
基本概况
Beijing Normal University(BNU)is the earliest established teacher-training university in China，which grew out of the Faculty of Education of the Metropolitan University founded in 1902.It was named Beijing Normal University in 1923.BNU is a well-known key university with a history of a hundred years，setting up a curriculum system for characteristics of teacher training，educational science，pure science and humanities.
北京师范大学是中国历史上第一所师范大学，其前身是1902年在京师大学堂设立的师范馆，I923年更名为北京师范大学。北京师范大学是-所以教师教育、教育科学和文理基础科学为主要特色的著名百年学府，是首批国家"211工程”以及教育部“教育振兴行动”院校。

BNU is located in Beijing city with a total area of 70 hectares.BNU comprises 23 full-time schools plus 3 departments，17 research institutes(centers)，55 bachelor's degree programs，155 master degree programs，91 doc-torote degree programs，16 post-doctorate stations，16master or doctorate programs in first-level disciplines. BNU ranks first in the number of postgraduate degree programs among nationwide universities.
学校位于北京市，现有校园总面积70公顷。北京师范大学设23个学院，3个系，17个研究院(中心)。现有本科专业55个，155个硕士学位授权点，91个博士学位授权点，16个博士后流动站，16个硕士、博士学位一级学科授权点。硕士、博士点数在全国高校居于前列。
It has 16 state key disciplines and 6 Beijing key disciplines. Apart from that，BNU has one state key laboratory，8 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education，3 engineering centers(research institutes or on-line cooperation center)，5 Beijing key laboratories，2 Beijing researcher centers of engineering and technology 7 key research bases of the Ministry of Education for liberal arts and social sciences and 1 Beijing research base for sciences
有16个国家重点学科、6个北京市重点学科。有一个国家重点实验室，8个教育部重点实验室，3个教育部工程中心(研究院、网上合作中心),5个北京市重点实验室，2个北京市工程技术研究中心，7个教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地，，一个北京市文科研究基地。
The total faculty fulltime members of BNU are 1400，68 percent of whom own doctorate degrees. It has 19 academicians of either the Chinese Academy of sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering，17 middle-age experts with outstanding contributions at the national level，11 special professors of “Cheungkong Scholars Program”，3 resident professors and 14 recipients of State Outstanding Youth Foundation.
北京师范大学现有专任教师1400余人具有博士学位的教师占教师总数的68。两院院士19人，国家批准有突出贡献的中青年专家17人，“长江学者奖励计划”特聘教授11人、讲座教授3人，国家杰出青年基金获得者14人。

BNU enrolls over 19000 full-time students including 8500 undergraduates，over 8700 master's degrees candidates and doctoral candidates，and 1 800 over-seas students. Besides，there are nearly 30 000 students in continuing and online education.
在校全日制学生总数达19000人，其中本科生8 500余人，研究生8 T00余人，长期留学生1800余人。网络与继续教育各类学生近30000人。
The library ofi Beijing Normal University was formally established in 1917.Now the library has two buildings with a construction area of 22300 square meters. At present，the library has more than 3 million volumes of books.Beijing Normal University lays great emphasis upon discipline construction.in the new century，
学校图书馆建于1917年，目前图书馆两栋楼建筑面积达22 300平方米。一书刊藏量300余万册。
the University has set a goal to reshape itself to be comprehensive in curriculums and research-oriented with distinctive feature，aiming to be a well-known and first-class university in the world.
北京师范大学注重专业建设，决心在新的世纪里实现战略转型，为建设成综合性、有特色、研究型世界知名高水平大学而奋斗。

Glorious History
历史变迁

1902 The Faculty of Education of the Metropolitan University，the predecessor of Beijing Normal University，was founded.
1902年北京师范大学的前身京师大学堂师范馆创立。
1908 The Fatuity of Education of fihe Metropolitan University was renamed the School of Education of First-Rate and was run independently.
1908年京师大学堂师范馆改称京师优级师范学堂，独立设校。
1912 It was renamed Beijing Advanced Normal College.
1912年京师优级师范学堂改名北京高等师范学校。
1923 Beijing Advanced Normal College was renamed Beijing Normal University.
1923年北京高等师范学校更名为北京师范大学。
1931 Beijing Women Normal university and Beijing Normal University merged to form Beiping Public Normal University.
1931年北京女子师范大学与北京师范大学合并，定名国立北平师范大学。
1937 Beiping Public Normal University was forced to move to Xi'an.
1937年北平师范大学被迫迁往西安。
1946 Beiping Pubfic Normal University moved back to Beiping(Beijing).
1946年北平师范大学迁回北平。
1949 Beiping Public Normal University was renamed Beijing Normal University.
1949年北平师范大学学校改名为北京师范大学。
1952 Furen University merged into Beijing Normal University.
1952年辅仁大学与北京师范大学合并。