Renmin University of China ★

The predecessor of Renmin University of China was Shaanbei Public School, which was born in 1937 during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and later North China United University and North China University; It was officially established on October 3, 1950, and was named Renmin University of China.

Renmin University of China is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university with a focus on humanities and social sciences. It was among the first batch of universities to be included in the "Project 985" and "Project 211", and was among the first batch of universities to be included in the list of "World-Class Universities and First-Class Disciplines" in 2017. In the results of the fourth round of discipline evaluation released by the Degree and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education in December 2017, nine disciplines of Renmin University of China, namely theoretical economics, applied economics, law, sociology, Marxist theory, journalism and communication, statistics, business administration and public administration, were rated as A+, ranking fourth in the country in terms of the total number of A+ disciplines.

In the fourth round of discipline evaluation results announced by the Degree and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education in December 2017, nine disciplines of our university, namely theoretical economics, applied economics, law, sociology, Marxist theory, journalism and communication, statistics, business administration and public administration, were rated as A+, ranking fourth in the country in terms of the total number of A+ disciplines.

As of September 2017, the university had 1,883 full-time faculty members, including 659 professors and 773 associate professors. There were 22,749 full-time students, including 9,558 undergraduates, 7,890 postgraduates, 3,810 doctoral students and 1,491 long-term international students.

Renmin University of China is an important platform for academic and cultural exchanges at home and abroad. It has successively collaborated with Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Michigan in the United States, Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, Waseda University in Japan, University of Copenhagen in Denmark, Stockholm University in Sweden, and University of Vienna in Austria It has established academic exchange relations with 252 universities and institutions in 57 countries and regions, including Sorbonne University in Paris, France, and has signed cooperation agreements with 25 universities (research institutions) in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. As a Chinese partner, the university has been involved in the construction of 12 Confucius Institutes overseas, including 6 in Europe, 4 in the Americas, 1 in Africa and 1 in Asia.

All the faculty, staff and students of Renmin University of China have never forgotten the educational mission of "learning for the people, learning for the country" and have been striving to build the university into a "people-satisfying, world-class" institution.