曲阜师范大学于1955年创建，坐落于圣人孔子的家乡——山东省曲阜市。现有曲阜、日照两个校区。自2012年以来，曲阜师范大学先后入选山东省应用型人才培养特色名校、全国第二批创新创业教育示范高校、教育部实施卓越中学教师培养高校、全国创新创业教育典型经验高校50强。建校66年来，积淀形成了“学而不厌、诲人不倦”的校训精神，目前已经发展成为一所基础文理优势突出、文理工管等多学科协调发展、以弘扬优秀传统文化和培养卓越教师为鲜明特色的省属重点综合性师范大学。

学校注重依托孔子故里独特历史文化资源优势，坚持立德树人，注重文化育人。学校是教育部首批外国留学生定点招生高校，在加拿大、韩国建有2所孔子学院。多年来，学校坚持兼容并包，兼收并蓄的学术方针，广泛吸纳多元文明成果，先后与美国、俄罗斯、澳大利亚等近20个国家87所高校建立了校际友好关系，在联合办学、教师和学生互派、文化学术交流等领域建立了广泛而深入的合作。

Founded in 1955, Qufu Normal University(QNU) has two campuses in Qufu, hometown of sage Confucius, and Rizhao, a coastal city, Shandong province. Since 2012, QNU has been selected into Application-oriented Prestigeous Universities in Shandong Province, the second batch of National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Model Universities, Outstanding Middle-School-Teacher-training Experimental Universities by the Ministry of Education, and the top 50 universities with typical experience in National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education. QNU has formulated its spirit bestowed in its school motto during the 66 years—"Never be contented with your study; never be impatient with your teaching". At present, it has developed into a key and comprehensive provincial Normal University with prominent advantages in basic arts and sciences, coordinated development of arts, science, engineering, management and other disciplines, and distinctive features of carrying forward excellent traditional culture and training putstanding teachers.

Being the hometown of Confucius, it has unique historical and cultural resources of and adheres to the principle of moral and cultural education. It is one of the first designated universities by the Ministry of Education to recruit overseas students and it has two Confucius Institutes in Canada and South Korea. For many years, it sticks to the doctrine of absorbing, all-embracing and incorporating diverse culture and has established inter-school cordial relationship with America, Russia, Australia and other 87 universities in nearly 20 countries. It has built a broad and deep cooperation in the union education, teacher and student exchanges, cultural and academic exchanges and other areas.