Beijing Normal University: Statistics

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#316 of 14,131 In the World
#41 of 5,830 In Asia
#20 of 960 In China
#3 of 59 In Beijing
#1 of 1,009 For Hydrology and Water resources management
Top100 For 12 other topics
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Quick Review

Enrollment
24,000
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Bachelor
Website
www.bnu.edu.cn
Languages
Chinese;English
Acceptance rate
29%*

* Beijing Normal University is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Admissions RequirementsGraduation from high school and entrance examination
Academic CalendarSeptember to July (September - January; February-July)
Enrollment24,000
Full time employee2,064
Student:staff ratio12:1

Research profile

Beijing Normal University is a world-class research university with 69,582 scientific papers published and 1,057,566 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Environmental Science, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biology, Physics, Computer Science, Geography and Cartography, Chemistry, Quantum and Particle physics, and Geology.

Publications
69,582
Citations
1,057,566

Beijing Normal University majors

by publication & citation count

Environmental Science
39,008 / 631,167
Engineering
38,173 / 650,659
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
36,246 / 468,211
Biology
35,227 / 645,859
Physics
34,760 / 550,216
Computer Science
29,574 / 409,436
Geography and Cartography
27,794 / 440,040
Chemistry
27,670 / 524,842
Quantum and Particle physics
24,965 / 394,503
Geology
22,658 / 412,751
Political Science
22,065 / 271,565
Ecology
21,825 / 423,077
Law
21,725 / 270,496
Medicine
19,373 / 335,435
History
18,911 / 276,028
Philosophy
18,133 / 161,363
Archaeology
17,892 / 270,138
Mathematics
17,443 / 201,939
Psychology
17,023 / 214,075
Organic Chemistry
16,816 / 349,587
Materials Science
14,295 / 278,635
Sociology
13,727 / 135,638
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
12,855 / 156,070
Statistics
12,464 / 165,883
Biochemistry
11,678 / 233,685
Economics
11,485 / 128,478
Business
11,181 / 108,798
Paleontology
10,747 / 171,440
Optical Engineering
9,931 / 164,415
Linguistics
9,768 / 86,548
Genetics
9,745 / 170,907
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
8,681 / 179,103
Machine Learning
8,443 / 102,404
Oceanography
7,993 / 165,499
Environmental Management
7,467 / 171,713
Art & Design
7,282 / 58,690
Astrophysics and Astronomy
7,125 / 113,927
Neuroscience
6,799 / 127,872
Pathology
6,420 / 119,394
Psychiatry
6,166 / 116,427

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1990 83 104
1991 96 200
1992 139 175
1993 134 232
1994 126 351
1995 149 357
1996 169 416
1997 201 538
1998 226 659
1999 242 655
2000 394 951
2001 443 1024
2002 579 1485
2003 702 1780
2004 1092 2276
2005 1393 3383
2006 1799 4472
2007 2204 5991
2008 2523 8019
2009 2673 10666
2010 2948 13498
2011 3148 17523
2012 2880 22624
2013 3045 29407
2014 3371 35627
2015 3352 44127
2016 3239 51808
2017 3440 61693
2018 3825 73605
2019 4411 95612
2020 5007 122876
2021 6415 171671
2022 6341 193578
Academic rankings

Tuition

International studetns 24,000-98,000 per annum (CNY)

Beijing Normal University has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Beijing Normal University.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes Yes
Biology Yes Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes Yes
Chemistry Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Economics Yes Yes Yes
Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Environmental Science Yes Yes Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Medicine Yes Yes Yes
Physics Yes Yes Yes
Psychology Yes Yes Yes
Bachelor - Xueshi Xuewei Arts and Humanities, Economics, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, History, Law, Management, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Social Sciences
Master - Shuoshi Xuewei Accountancy, Acting, Administrative Law, Adult Education, Aesthetics, American Studies, Analytical Chemistry, Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Languages, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art Criticism, Art Education, Artificial Intelligence, Asian Religious Studies, Astrophysics, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chinese, Cinema and Television, Civil Law, Clinical Psychology, Commercial Law, Comparative Law, Comparative Literature, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Curriculum, Dance, Data Processing, Design, Developmental Psychology, Distance Education, Ecology, Economics, Education of the Gifted, Education of the Handicapped, Educational Administration, Educational and Student Counselling, English, English Studies, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Family Studies, Finance, Fine Arts, Fiscal Law, Folklore, Foreigners Education, Higher Education, History, Human Resources, Hydraulic Engineering, Information Sciences, Inorganic Chemistry, Institutional Administration, International and Comparative Education, International Law, International Relations and Diplomacy, Japanese, Library Science, Linguistics, Literature, Logic, Mass Communication, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Modern History, Music, Music Theory and Composition, Musical Instruments, Pedagogy, Philology, Philosophy, Phonetics, Physical Education, Political Sciences, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Psychology, Psychometrics, Publishing and Book Trade, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Religious Studies, Russian, Science Education, Singing, Social Psychology, Software Engineering, Special Education, Sports, Sports Management, Teacher Training, Technology Education, Vocational Education, Waste Management, Water Science
PhD - Boshi Administration, Aesthetics, Ancient Civilizations, Anthropology, Applied Chemistry, Applied Linguistics, Archaeology, Art Criticism, Astronomy and Space Science, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Chemistry, Chinese, Civil Law, Classical Languages, Cognitive Sciences, Commercial Law, Communication Arts, Computer Science, Criminal Law, Curriculum, Distance Education, Ecology, Economics, Education of the Gifted, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Educational Research, Educational Technology, English Studies, Environmental Management, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Folklore, Foreign Languages Education, Foreigners Education, Higher Education, History, Human Resources, Inorganic Chemistry, International and Comparative Education, International Business, International Law, Japanese, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Logic, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Medieval Studies, Modern History, Natives Education, Neurosciences, Optics, Philosophical Schools, Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Physical Education, Physics, Preschool Education, Religious Studies, Russian, Sociology, Solid State Physics, Sports, Sports Management, Teacher Training, Vocational Education, Waste Management, Water Science

Beijing Normal University alumni

  1. Liu Xiaobo

    Liu Xiaobo
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1955-2017 (aged 62)
    Enrolled in Beijing Normal University
    1982-1984 graduated with Master of Arts
    1986-1988 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in literary studies
    Occupations
    literary criticwriterhuman rights activistpoet
    Biography

    Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end communist one-party rule in China. He was arrested numerous times, and was described as China's most prominent dissident and the country's most famous political prisoner. On 26 June 2017, he was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with liver cancer; he died a few weeks later on 13 July 2017.

  2. Chai Ling

    Chai Ling
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1966-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    businesspersonhuman rights activist
    Biography

    Chai Ling is a Chinese psychologist who was one of the student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. She is the founder of All Girls Allowed, an organization dedicated to ending China's one-child policy, and the founder and president of Jenzabar, an enterprise resource planning software firm for educational institutions.

  3. Mo Yan

    Mo Yan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1955-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    novelistteacherscreenwriterwriter
    Biography

    Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers", and Jim Leach called him the Chinese answer to Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".

  4. Timothy Geithner

    Timothy Geithner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    economistpoliticianbanker
    Biography

    Timothy Franz Geithner is a former American central banker who served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. He was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2003 to 2009, following service in the Clinton administration. Since March 2014, he has served as president and managing director of Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm headquartered in New York City.

All 41 notable alumni

Beijing Normal University faculties and divisions

Academy : Beijing Cultural Development Cultural Studies
Academy : Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management Safety Engineering
Centre : Analytical and Testing Social Sciences
Centre : Literary Theory and Criticism Social Sciences
Centre : Study of Folk Custom, Ancient Codes and Records and Characters Folklore
College : Chemistry Analytical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
College : Chinese Language and Culture Chinese, Linguistics
College : Global Change and Earth System Science Geography, Geography (Human), Regional Planning, Town Planning
College : Information Science and Technology Computer Science, Information Management, Information Technology, Software Engineering
College : Nuclear Science and Technology Nuclear Engineering
College : Philosophy and Sociology Philosophy, Sociology
College : Physical Education and Sports Science Physical Education, Sports
College : Resource Sciences and Technology Geography, Geography (Human), Natural Resources, Safety Engineering, Surveying and Mapping
College : Water Sciences Water Science
Department/Division : Astronomy Astronomy and Space Science
Department/Division : Physics Physics
Faculty : Education Adult Education, Curriculum, Educational Research, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Pedagogy, Preschool Education, Special Education, Vocational Education
Institute : Agricultural Education and Development Agricultural Education
Institute : Basic Education Research Education
Institute : Chinese Information Processing Information Management
Institute : Cultural and Creative Industry Cultural Studies
Institute : Economics of Education Economics, Education
Institute : Educational Policy Educational Administration
Institute : Higher Education Higher Education
Institute : Mathematics and Mathematics Education Mathematics, Mathematics Education
Institute : Medicine Medicine
Institute : National Educational Testing and Evaluation Educational Testing and Evaluation
Institute : Publishing Science Publishing and Book Trade
Laboratory : Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Cognitive Sciences, Neurosciences
Research Division : Basic Education Curriculum Curriculum
School : Arts and Communication Cinema and Television, Dance, Design, Film, Fine Arts, Musicology, Radio and Television Broadcasting
School : Chinese Ancient Books and Traditional Culture Ancient Books
School : Chinese Language and Literature Chinese, Literature
School : Continuing Education and Teacher Training Continuing Education, Teacher Training
School : Economics and Business Administration Business Administration, Economics
School : Economics and Resource Management Economics
School : Environment Environmental Management, Environmental Studies
School : Foreign Languages and Literatures English, Japanese, Modern Languages, Russian
School : Geography Geography
School : History Archaeology, History, Museum Studies
School : Law Criminal Law, International Law, Law
School : Life Sciences Biochemistry, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Soil Conservation, Water Management, Wildlife, Zoology
School : Management Administration, Human Resources, Information Management, Management, Public Administration
School : Marxism Studies Political Sciences
School : Mathematical Sciences Applied Mathematics, Electronics and Automation, Mathematics, Statistics
School : Psychology Psychology
School : Social Development and Public Policy Public Administration, Social Sciences

General information

Alternative names BNU
北京师范大学
Founded 1902
Accreditation Ministry of Education
Motto Learn to teach, behave to guide

Location and contacts

Address 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street Xicheng District
Beijing, 100875
China
City population 21,893,000

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