Capital Normal University

{{Short description|Public university in Beijing, China}}

{{Distinguish|Beijing Normal University}}

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| name = Capital Normal University

| native_name = {{native name|zh-hans|paren=no|首都师范大学}}

| image_name = Capital Normal University logo.png

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| motto = 为学为师、求实求新

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| established = {{start date and age|1954}}

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| type = Public

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| president = Fang Fuquan{{cite web |title=北京市委、市政府任命方复全同志为首都师范大学校长 |url=https://www.cnu.edu.cn/jdxw/jdxw/195447.htm}}

| head_label = Party Secretary

| head = Meng Fanhua

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| city = Haidian, Beijing

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| faculty = 1,675 (Oct 2021)

| total_staff = 2,946 (Oct 2021)

| students = 27,672 (Oct 2021)

| undergrad = 11,901 (Oct 2021)

| postgrad = 8,202 (Oct 2021)

| other = 1,098 (Foreign students)
5,921 (Adult education student)
(Oct 2021)

| country = China

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| campus = Urban, 88 ha (217.5 acres)

| former_names = Beijing Normal College

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| affiliations = BHUA

| website = [http://www.cnu.edu.cn/ www.cnu.edu.cn]

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| s = 首都师范大学

| t = 首都師範大學

| p = Shǒudū Shīfàn Dàxué

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File:CNU Main Campus (20220624092409).jpg

Capital Normal University (CNU; 首都师范大学) is a municipal public university in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the City of Beijing and co-funded by the Beijing Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Education. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction.{{Cite web |url=http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A22/moe_843/201709/t20170921_314942.html |title=教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委 关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设 学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)}}

The "Normal" in the university's name means it

is an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.

The school was founded in 1954, formerly known as Beijing Normal College (北京师范学院), and its history of teaching could be traced back to Tongzhou Teachers School (通州师范学校), which was established in 1905. After 1960, some departments of North China Renmin University (华北人民大学), Beijing Workers and Peasants Normal College (北京工农师范学院), Beijing Art Normal College (北京艺术师范学院), and Beijing Normal Vocational School (北京师范专科学校) were successively merged into the school. In 1992, the Branch Campus of Beijing Normal University was merged into the school, which was then renamed Capital Normal University in the same year. After that, Beijing Union University Foreign Languages Normal School, Beijing Third Normal School, Tongzhou Normal School, and Beijing Preschool Normal School were successively merged into the university.{{Cite web |title=首都师范大学章程 - 首都师范大学发展规划办公室 |url=https://fzghbgs.cnu.edu.cn/dxzc/sdsfdxzc/133968.htm |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=首都师范大学发展规划办公室 Capital Normal University Development Planning Office}}