OUR HISTORY
Established in 2009, the Faculty of Education (FOE) at Beijing Normal University is a renowned national leader in advancing knowledge and learning through teaching practices, research projects and public services in education and related fields. Her origins can be traced back to the 1902 founding of the Normal College of the Imperial University of Peking, later renamed Beijing Normal University (BNU). FOE came into being when BNU decided to elevate her subject of education to a world-class discipline and recreate the landscape of education in China by merging all the education schools and institutes into a single entity. Therefore, FOE was grounded on the exceptional success of the specialty of education at BNU, which was the first in China to award master’s and doctoral degrees in education, found post-doctoral scientific research mobile stations, and get the authority to award doctoral degrees in education as a first-level discipline. The missions of FOE are to improve the quality of educational innovation nationwide, to educate and prepare professional teachers and future educators, to house the think tank in education, to offer opportunities for International educational exchange and to facilitate the building of the educational and cultural industry in China.
FACULTY AND STUDENTS
At present, FOE has 209 professorial and teaching staffs, 97% of whom are qualified at doctoral levels, including 104 full-rank professors and 72associate professors and 33 leturers. As an integral part of FOE, our student body is made up of 514 undergraduates, 1308 master students, 527 full-time doctoral students and 139 international students, with a total enrollment of 2488 students.
(data by February, 2025)
DEGREE PROGRAMS
From its founding, FOE continues to play a dominant role in the field of education in China. She offers a vibrant array of high-quality degree programs in education research and practice, including 49 Chinese-taught courses and 6 English-taught degree programs. At presents, FoE has 19 doctoral programs , 32 master’s programs and 4 undergraduate programs, among which Special Education and Educational Technology are highlighted by the Ministry of Education.
LEADING ACADEMICS
The Faculty of Education is composed of 13 academic institutes focusing on teaching and research as well as 23 key institutes for research and social service relying on joint effort in research with various organizations. All the academic institutes and key institutes for research and social service work together to create a vibrant environment for learning and research.
1. School of Foundations in Education
2. School of Educational Technology
3. School of Education Administration
4. Institute of International and Comparative Education
5. Institute of Education History and Culture
6. Institute of Curriculum and Pedagogy
7. Institute of Teacher Education Research
8. Institute of Economics of Education
9. Institute of Early Childhood Education
10. Institute of Special Education
11. Institute of Vocational and Adult Education
12. Institute of Higher Education
13. Institute of Educational Psychology and School Counseling
1. National Research Center for Sign Language and Braille
2. International and Comparative Education Research Institute, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities, Ministry of Education
3. Center for Teacher Education Research of Beijing Normal University, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities, Ministry of Education
4. National Engineering Laboratory for Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology
5. Capital Key Laboratory of Educational Information Technology
6. MOE Research Center for E-learning and Educational Public Service
7. The Joint Laboratory for Mobile Learning, Ministry of Education-China Mobile Communications Corporation
8. Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education, Beijing Normal University
9. Beijing Normal University Center of International Education
10. Institute of Education Legislation Research, Beijing Normal University
11. Educational Informatization Strategy Research Base, Ministry of Education
12. Beijing Artificial Intelligence and Education Integration Application Innovation Research Base
13. Educational Informatization Development Strategy Research Base, Beijing
14. National Comprehensive Research Institute for Basic Education Teaching Materials
15. Science Education Strategic Research Base, Science and Technology Commission of Ministry of Education
16. Capital Education High-Quality Development Policy Research Base
17. Guangdong Education-Science Engineering Technology Base
18. Zhuhai Education-Science Engineering Technology Base
19. Institute of China Education Policy Research, Beijing Normal University
20. National Institute of Vocational Education, Beijing Normal University
21. Institute of Capital Learning Community Research, Beijing Normal University
22. Science Education Research Center, Beijing Normal University
23. APEC Higher Education Research Center
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
Since 2009, FOE has undertaken more than 460 projects of provincial level or above, and has participated in more than 70 international joint research projects with our overseas partners, including the World Bank, UNICEF, Ford Foundation, Michigan State University, University of Sydney, Singapore Education Bureau, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and Indiana University, etc. FOE managed to produce a wide range of high-level research outputs and has received 120 important scientific awards above provincial level.
In recent three years, Our faculty has achieved a breakthrough in the publication of a series of important journals and academic monographs. We has published more than 370 articles in English in Q1 and Q2 journals, and more than 100 books written in Chinese and English .
GLOBAL PRESENCE
FOE is a high-end hub for international academic exchange. Up to now, FOE has signed bilateral or multilateral agreements with 38 countries, over 120 renowned universities and institutes worldwide. It has established the International Network of Educational Institution (INEI) along with other 10 top education schools in the world as one of the organizers. Each year, FOE sponsors numerous high-level international conferences and invites more than 200 distinguished scholars to lecture. Moreover, FOE is the first school at BNU to offer the international master’s programs (courses taught in English), which have attracted a large number of international students and have served as a source of inspiration and global outlook for students.