The history major of Nankai University is a national characteristic major and a national first-class undergraduate major.

China history, world history and archaeology in Nankai University include Post-Doctoral Research Center, and history in Nankai University is a national first-class key discipline. The discipline of world history in Nankai University is a world-class discipline construction discipline. History is a traditional dominant discipline of Nankai University, which has existed since its establishment.

The School of History of Nankai University has a strong faculty, with 99 full-time teachers, including 46 professors and 34 associate professors, national famous teachers 1 person, trans-century talents of the Ministry of Education 1 person, and national excellent teachers 1 person. The discipline of China history and the discipline of world history in Nankai University are "A-" disciplines evaluated by the Ministry of Education, and their relative ranking among similar universities in China is 10%. The number of graduate students enrolled in Nankai University in 2023 was 1070, with an average admission rate of 24.49%. The number of undergraduates in the School of History of Nankai University in 2023 was 1 15, among which 33 were recommended as graduate students. In 2023, the guarantee rate of the School of History of Nankai University was 28.7%. The number of "test-free students" admitted by the School of History of Nankai University in 2023 was 50, of which 20 were from Nankai University.

According to the basic rules of Bao Yan, these 20 students should be undergraduates from the School of History of Nankai University. That is to say, of the 33 graduate students recommended by the School of History of Nankai University, 20 stayed in Nankai University to continue their postgraduate studies, and the rest 13 were recommended to other universities for postgraduate studies. Nankai University School of History was admitted to the ranking of universities excluding students, and Nankai University ranked first with 20 students. Zhengzhou University ranks second, and the number of graduate students in the School of History of Nankai University is 3, of whom 2 are admitted to the major of China history, and 1 is admitted to the major of world history.