Hebei University (HBU) is co-constructed by Ministry of Education, the People's Government of Hebei Province, which is located in Baoding, a well known city with rich history and culture. Baoding has a long history and in a predominant location, within one-hour-economic circle of Beijing and Tianjin, 20 kilometers to Xiong’an New Area. HBU was originally founded by French Jesuits in 1921. It is one of the universities with most complete range of disciplines across China. HBU is approved as a Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) test center and also has the qualifications of Chinese Government Scholarship and International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship enrollment. HBU has been approved as a Chinese Language Education Base by overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. Now, HBU has also set up the Hebei Government Scholarship & HBU President scholarship for overseas students. HBU has trained nearly 3,000 graduates from more than 90 countries, including Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Zambia, etc.
河北大学始建于1921年,建校近百年来,已经培养了近40万名优秀毕业生。建有95个本科专业、46个一级学科硕士点、30种硕士专业学位授权类别,15个一级学科博士点、11个博士后科研流动站,学科专业涉及12大学科门类。河北大学拥有良好的国际化传统,1965年开始招收外国留学生,是河北省第一批开展留学生教育的高校。近年来我校在留学生教育方面发展迅速。我校现为汉语水平考试(HSK)考点,并具有中国政府奖学金、教育部中外语言交流合作中心国际中文教师奖学金招生资格,还被国务院侨办批准为华文教育基地,是全国第二批通过来华留学教育质量认证的高校。迄今为止,我校已经为韩国、日本、印度尼西亚、俄罗斯、苏丹、津巴布韦、马来西亚、吉尔吉斯斯坦、蒙古、赞比亚等90多个国家培养了3000余名毕业生,有力地增强了中外交流。