Xinyang Normal University was founded in 1975, and was accredited by the State Council of China in 1978 to enroll students in four year degree courses. In 1979 it became one of the first academic institutions in China to enjoy the right to confer BA degrees. It was authorized by the State Council of China to award MA degrees in 1998.

The university is located in Henan province within the city of Xinyang. There is easy access to train and bus services and major airports are within 3 hours. Xinyang is two hundred kilometers north of Wuhan ( China’s third largest city). There are many tourist attractions within the surrounding area.

Situated to the west is Nanwan Lake, so called, “Pearl between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers,” with Rooster Mountain a National Park, known as, “Park in the Clouds,” to its south.

The campus is landscaped with a variety of trees and flowers and several feature fountains. This picturesque setting is an ideal learning environment. The university has a new library (opening May 2007) comprising some 1,600,000 volumes of books, and more than 3,800 journals and magazines from all over the world.

There is an experimental center with 68 laboratories, an information center with 98 micro teaching classrooms as well as multi media classrooms.

The campus has many newly completed facilities further underlining Xinyang Normal University’s commitment to provides a modern, progressive learning facility.

After some thirty years of joint efforts between faculty, staff and students, the university has evolved into a modern learning institution consisting of 18 schools and 3 teaching and research sections. There are four year degree specialties in Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering Technology, Economics, Arts, Physical Education and Educational Management.

The university has a committed professional and highly qualified staff. There are four hundred and forty-four professors, associate professors and four hundred and twenty-four teachers with MA or PhD degrees. Student numbers currently exceed 13,000 and a further six thousand students studying by distance education or on a part time basis.