19 12, the predecessor of Henan University, Henan Preparatory School for Studying in Europe and America, was born in the former site of Gong Yuan in the Qing Dynasty in the ancient city of Kaifeng. The first headmaster was Mr. Lin, a famous educator. In the early 1920s, at the request of educators, General Feng Yuxiang, the governor of Henan Province, decided to set aside special funds from the property of warlord Zhao Ya as university reserve funds to establish a university in Henan. On March 3rd, 1923, Zhongzhou University, established on the basis of pre-school, held the opening ceremony, with two departments of arts and sciences, with Feng Youlan and Cao Liqing as directors respectively. 1In June, 927, with the support of General Feng Yuxiang, it was decided to merge Henan Public Law School and Henan Provincial Agricultural College into Zhongzhou University, set up National Kaifeng Sun Yat-sen University (National Fifth Sun Yat-sen University), and add agricultural science and law. 1928 added the medical department in September. 1August, 930, the school was renamed as the provincial Henan University, and the five departments of literature, science, law, agriculture and medicine were changed to the Fifth Hospital. The president was Zhang Zhonglu, and Henan University was officially named. During the Anti-Japanese War, Henan University moved to Xinyang, Nanyang, Luoyang, Xi, Baoji and other places in Henan. Although books, materials and instruments suffered heavy losses, they continued to run schools. 1942, Henan university was changed from a provincial university to a national university, and the running funds were guaranteed. After 1946, the Institute of Technology was established and later merged with the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Engineering. On June 7th, 1948, Henan University moved south to Suzhou and lived in Yiyuan Garden, the backyard of Lion Grove and Canglang Pavilion. 1949 in may, the CPC Henan provincial Committee and the provincial people's government formally decided to reorganize Henan university and appointed Wu zhipu, chairman of the Henan provincial people's government, as president. In June, the provincial government sent people to take back the teachers and students who moved south to Kaifeng, and the history of Henan University turned a new page. 1952 adjust departments, separate medical college from agricultural college, and establish Henan Agricultural College (predecessor of Henan Agricultural University) and Henan Medical College (predecessor of Henan Medical University). The Department of Water Resources was transferred to Wuhan University, and the Department of Finance and Economics was transferred to Zhongnan College of Finance and Economics. The original college-level organizational system was changed to department-level organizational system. 1953 On August 6th, the Ministry of Education and the the State Council Municipal Commission of Culture and Education decided to merge Henan University and Pingyuan Teachers College, collectively known as Henan Teachers College, and run schools in Kaifeng and Xinxiang, respectively known as one hospital and two hospitals. 1955 On August 6th, Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China adjusted Henan Normal University, and decided to concentrate liberal arts in Kaifeng and science in Xinxiang. 1956165438+10 In October, the first and second colleges of Henan Normal University were Kaifeng Normal University and Xinxiang Normal University respectively. Kaifeng Normal University has four departments: Chinese, History, Geography and Foreign Languages. 65438-0959 Kaifeng Teachers College was merged into our school, adding four departments of physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology, and then adding the departments of politics and education and physical education. In July, 1962, Henan Art College merged to form the Art Department; Henan Institute of Physical Education merged into the Department of Physical Education; The Department of Geography of Zhengzhou University was merged into the Department of Geography. Up to now, the school has departments of Chinese, history, politics and religion, geography, foreign languages, mathematics, physics, chemistry, sports, art, etc. 1979, renamed as Henan Normal University in 1979, and added the department of education. 1984 resumed as Henan University in May. The school has also gradually changed from a normal college to a comprehensive university with key construction in Henan Province. In July 2000, the CPC Henan Provincial Committee decided to merge Henan University, Kaifeng Medical College and Kaifeng Normal College to form a new Henan University. New Henan University is a comprehensive university with ten disciplines: literature, science, engineering, economics, management, law, philosophy, teaching, history and medicine. The school has 16 colleges, including liberal arts and art colleges, 5 separate departments, 62 majors and 53 master's and doctoral degree programs. At present, there are 2 1 000 full-time students. 200 1, 10 The foundation stone was laid for the new campus of Henan University, which is located in the west of Kaifeng City and covers an area of 122.7 hectares. The new campus is expected to have enrollment conditions in 2003 and be completed in 2005. On June 5438- 10, 2007, Henan University successfully passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education, and 18 of the 19 indicators reached Grade A and was rated as excellent. Today's Henan University is heading for a brilliant future. Over the past 80 years, Henan University has trained more than 65,438+400,000 professionals of all kinds, and a large number of well-known professors and scholars, such as Feng Youlan, Meng, Luo Tingguang, Luo, Mao, have taught at the school. Many students, such as Deng Tuo, Bai Shouyi, Yuan, Wang, Gao Jining, Yao, Wu Qiang, Kyle, Wang Mingqi, Li Bingde and Wang Liqun, have become well-known experts, scholars and social activists at home and abroad.