Beijing Normal University
| 北京师范大学 | |
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| Latin: Universitas Normalis Pechinum | |
| Motto | 学为人师，行为世范 |
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Motto in English
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Learn, so as to instruct others; Act, to serve as example to all. |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1902 |
| President | Dong Qi (董奇) |
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Academic staff
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Over 1,680 |
| Students | Over 20,000 |
| Undergraduates | 8,600 |
| Postgraduates | 9,900 |
| Location | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Campus | Urban, 738,779 m2 (7,952,150 sq ft) |
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Beijing Normal University (BNU, simplified Chinese: 北京师范大学; traditional Chinese: 北京師範大學; pinyin: Běijīng Shīfàn Dàxué), colloquially known as 北师大 or Beishida, is a public research university located in Beijing, China, with strong emphasis on basic disciplines of humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China.
A normal school referred to an institution that aimed to train school teachers in the early twentieth century, and this terminology is preserved in the official names of such institutions in China even after such schools gained university status and expanded to offer courses other than education-related fields. The term reflects BNU's heritage as a former unit of the Imperial University of Peking dedicated to training schoolteachers.
Professor Qi Dong (董奇), a well-known scholar in Developmental Psychology was appointed as the President since July, 2012.
The University grew out of the Faculty of Education, Imperial University of Peking that was established as China's first modern university on the initiative of the emperor of Qing Dynasty after the Hundred Days' Reform in 1898. In 1908 the Faculty of Education was named the "Imperial Capital School of Supreme Teacher Training", and was separated from the Imperial University of Peking which then developed to Peking University, another prestigious university in China.
After the Republic of China was established, the Imperial Capital School of Supreme Teacher Training was renamed Peking Normal College in 1912. The college had its first graduate programs in 1920 and began to recruit female students in 1921. In 1923 it was renamed again as Peking Normal University, and became the first normal university in Chinese modern history. The Peking Women’s College of Education merged into Peking Normal University in 1931.
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