Pingdingshan University (PDSU), ratified by the Ministry of Education of China and run by the Government of Henan Province, is a full-time and comprehensive university. Standing on the Guoding Hill and overlooking the Baigui Lake in Xinhua District of Pingdingshan, PDSU takes pride in its beautiful natural environment and rich humanistic atmosphere. Actively responding to the national and provincial requirements concerning the classification and development of higher education, PDSU has been carrying out the in-depth transformational development with various supporting programs, including “Construction Unit for Master’s Degree Conferment Project,” “the Pilot University in Transformational Development of Henan Province” and “Exemplary Undergraduate College of Applied Technology in Henan Province.” PDSU adheres to open education and has established cooperative relationships with universities in more than 30 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain. The Spanish Center of PDSU was approved as the first Chinese-foreign cooperative education institution featuring Spanish in Henan Province. With the approval of the Ministry of Education, Malaga School of Engineering, Pingdingshan University is established in 2022, which is the first academic institution of non separate legal entity at the undergraduate level in China jointly organized with Spanish university, and it will recruit students in 2023.
平顶山学院是一所经教育部批准、由河南省人民政府主办的综合性全日制普通本科院校。学校坐落在平顶山市新华区白龟湖畔、国鼎山上,依山傍水,自然环境优美,人文底蕴深厚。学校积极贯彻落实国家、河南省关于高等教育分类发展的部署要求,坚定应用型办学定位,深入推进转型发展,是硕士学位授予立项建设单位、河南省转型发展试点高校、河南省示范性应用技术类型本科院校。学校坚持开放办学,先后与英国、美国、西班牙等 30 余个国家的高等院校建立了合作关系,获批河南省第一家以西班牙语为特色的中外合作办学机构“平顶山学院西班牙语中心”。经教育部批准,2022 年设立平顶山学院马拉加工程学院。这是国内首个与西班牙高校共同举办的中外合作办学本科层次非独立法人学历机构,2023 年招生。