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
FOE is a premier education school to nurture future academic talents. She enjoys a strong and reputable team of faculty members. At present, FOE has 217 professorial and teaching staffs, 95% of whom are qualified at doctoral levels, including 105 full-rank professors, 77 associate professors and 35 lecturers. As an integral part of FOE, our student body is made up of 563 undergraduates, 1219 master students, 233 full-time doctoral students, 143 international students, with a total enrollment of 2158 students. To help our students become effective teachers, FOE provides rigorous academic training and professional mentoring to help our students become effective teachers, educators or leaders, making sure that our students achieve maximum benefits from the educational experience and can leave FOE with knowledge, creativity, competence and skills when they graduate.
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 13 doctoral programs (National Key Disciplines), 13 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 13 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. Institute of Education Theories
2. Institute of International and Comparative Education
3. Institute of Education History and Culture
4. School of Educational Technology
5. College of Education Administration
6. Institute of Curriculum and Pedagogy
7. Institute of Teacher Education
8. Institute of Education Economics
9. Institute (Department) of Early Childhood Education
10. Institute (Department) of Special Education
11. Institute of Vocational and Adult Education
12. Institute of Higher Education
13. and 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, 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
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
Since 2009, FOE has undertaken more than 421 projects of provincial level or above, and has participated in more than 60 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 103 important scientific awards above provincial level. Our faculty has published 395 books, including 51 books written in English. FOE and Springer signed an agreement in 2011 to jointly publish books, journals, and digital databases. Since then, 25 books in foreign languages have been published.
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.