Established in 1912 as “the Preparatory School for Further Study in Europe and America”,Henan University was then one of the three training bases for studying abroad in China. In 2008, it became a co-construct university by Henan Province and Ministry of Education of China, and “Double First-Class” initiative university in 2017. At present, as a comprehensive university with 12 academic fields of study covering Humanities, History, Philosophy, Economy, Management, Law, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Agriculture, Education and Arts. Henan University has 36 schools and departments, 48 First-Level Disciplines for Master's Degree Granting and 21 First-Level Disciplines for Doctoral Degree Granting. HENU has a number of advantageous disciplines, among which Biology is selected as a “Double First-Class” initiative discipline in China, and 9 first-level disciplines, including Chemistry, Materials Science, Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Plant & Animal Science, Pharmacology, Environment/Ecology, Biology & Biochemistry, Agricultural Sciences, have entered the top 1% of ESI world ranking. HENU has a strong faculty of over 4600, including 22 academicians working full time and part time, as well as over 1700 professors and associate professors. 50,000 full-time students, including 12,000 graduate students and over 1200 international students, are being on their academic journey with us. HENU has 6 national key scientific research platforms, 2 national key social science research platforms and 4 key scientific research platforms of the Ministry of Education. Actively participating in internationalized education, HENU keeps to broaden international cooperation, and has established partnership with more than 190 universities from 37 countries and regions.

河南大学是一所办学历史悠久、学科门类齐全、专业特色鲜明、文化底蕴深厚的国家“双一流”建设高校。河南大学创立于1912年,2008年10月,学校进入省部共建高校行列。2017年9月,学校入选首批国家“双一流”建设高校。2022年2月,学校再次入选国家“双一流”建设高校。河南大学是一所拥有文、史、哲、经、管、法、理、工、医、农、教育、艺术、交叉等13个学科门类的综合性、研究型大学,有36个学院(教研部)、99个本科专业、48个硕士学位授权一级学科、30种硕士专业学位授权类别、21个博士学位授权一级学科、19个博士后科研流动站,9个学科进入ESI世界排名前1%,82个本科专业进入一流本科专业建设“双万计划”。学校有全日制在校生近5万人、教职工4600多人,教师中有专兼职院士、学部委员22人,长江学者、国家杰青、“万人计划”等领军人才59人;拥有2个国家重点实验室,1个国家野外科学观测研究站,2个国家重点社科研究平台,3个国家地方联合工程研究中心(工程实验室),5个教育部和农业部重点实验室(中心),以及一批国家级教育、研究、培训基地;办有河南大学出版社和9种学术期刊,馆藏文献信息资源总量近1300万册卷件;先后与37个国家和地区的192所高校建立了友好合作关系。