Hebei Province Government Scholarship

About the university

Hebei University, abbreviated as Hebei University, is located in Baoding City, Hebei Province. It is under the administration of the Hebei Provincial Department of Education and is a co-established university by the Ministry of Education and the Hebei Provincial People's Government. It is a first-tier university under the national first-class university construction plan supported by Hebei Province, a pilot university for the 'Training and Research Center for Overseas Study Personnel' of the Ministry of Education, and has been selected into the National Project for Enhancing the Comprehensive Strength of Universities in Central and Western China, becoming a key construction university under the 'One Province, One University' initiative for central and western regions. It is also recognized as a national model university for innovation and entrepreneurship. The university was founded in 1921, originally named Tianjin University of Commerce and Industry; in 1933, it was renamed Tianjin Institute of Commerce and Industry; it went through various periods such as Private Jingu University, National Jingu University, Tianjin Normal College, and Tianjin Normal University; in 1960, it was restructured into Hebei University; in 1970, it moved to Baoding City, Hebei Province. In 2005, Hebei Provincial Staff Medical College and its affiliated hospital were merged into Hebei University; in 2012, it became one of the 14 universities selected for the 'Project to Enhance Comprehensive Strength of Universities in Central and Western China'; in 2016, it became a key construction university under the national 'One Province, One University' initiative for central and western regions, and was listed by Hebei Province as a key supported university for first-class university and first-class discipline construction; in 2017, it was selected as one of the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. As of September 2025, the university has three campuses: Wusi Road Campus, Qiyi Road Campus, and Yuhua Road Campus, with 30 teaching units, 87 undergraduate programs, 18 first-level doctoral degree authorization disciplines, 2 professional doctoral degree authorization points, 44 first-level master's degree authorization disciplines, 38 types of professional master's degree authorization categories, 13 postdoctoral research stations, and 1 postdoctoral research workstation. Eight disciplines rank among the top 1% in ESI worldwide. The university has 3,409 faculty and staff, including 2,265 full-time teachers, and 28,556 undergraduate students, 12,945 doctoral and master's students. Hebei University is a comprehensive university originally established in Tianjin and relocated to Baoding, Hebei Province in 1970. Its names have included Tianjin University of Commerce and Industry, Tianjin Institute of Commerce and Industry, Jingu University, Tianjin Normal College, and Tianjin Normal University, and it was officially named Hebei University in 1960. Founded in 1921 as Tianjin University of Commerce and Industry, it was established by French Jesuits of the Catholic Diocese of Zhili Southeast at Qingming Terrace on Machang Road in Tianjin, initially named 'Tianjin Agricultural, Industrial and Commercial University' and later renamed 'Tianjin University of Commerce and Industry'. The university initially had two faculties: Commerce and Industry, dedicated to cultivating technical and business talents. On July 21, Father Yu Puze was declared the acting dean for the establishment of the university in Tianjin, responsible for preparatory work; on July 25, Father Yu Puze went to Tianjin to survey the site at Qingming Terrace on Machang Road, supervise construction, purchase equipment, and recruit professors. In August 1933, the Ministry of Education of the National Government approved the registration via Order No. 7923, but because the departments did not meet the standard of three colleges and nine departments for a university, the school was renamed Hebei Private 'Tianjin Institute of Commerce and Industry'. In 1937, the institute established the College of Engineering and the College of Commerce. In 1943, the Women's College of Arts was added. In 1944, the institute approved a plan to upgrade to a university. In August 1945, the Women's College of Arts was renamed the College of Arts, with departments of Literature, History and Geography, and Home Economics; that same year, it met the standard of three colleges and nine departments, fully preparing for the upgrade to a university. In August 1952, during the nationwide adjustment of higher education institutions, the three departments of the College of Engineering of Jingu University were merged into the former Peiyang University (now Tianjin University); the College of Finance and Economics of Jingu University was merged into Nankai University. The remaining Normal College of Jingu University, along with the former Tianjin Teachers College, was merged to establish 'Tianjin Normal College' on the original site of National Jingu University.