social sciences

Shijiazhuang Railway University is a university with a focus on engineering and coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as humanities, science, economics, and management. It is under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, jointly built by the central and local governments, and mainly managed by Hebei Province. The college was founded in 1950, formerly known as the Railway Corps Engineering College of the People's Liberation Army of China. It was a national key higher education institution at that time, and was one of the first batch of newly admitted units and the first batch of engineering bachelor's degree awarding units in military academies. In 1984, it was merged into the Ministry of Railways and renamed Shijiazhuang Railway College. In 2000, it was transferred to Hebei Province and listed as a key backbone university in Hebei Province.

Hebei Institute of Architecture and Engineering was founded in August 1950, initially named Zhangjiakou Technical School, renamed as Chahar Institute of Technology in 1951, renamed as North China Institute of Technology under the leadership of the North China Administrative Committee in February 1952, and became Zhangjiakou Institute of Architecture and Engineering under the Ministry of Architecture and Engineering of the Central People's Government in May 1954. In July 1958, it was transferred to Hebei Province and renamed as Zhangjiakou Institute of Technology Zhangjiakou Construction Engineering College and Zhangjiakou Construction Engineering School. In 1978, with the approval of the State Council, it was upgraded to a regular higher education institution and named Hebei Institute of Architecture and Engineering. It is the only regular higher education institution in Hebei Province that specializes in cultivating senior technical talents in architectural engineering.

Baoding College is a school with a history of over a hundred years. It was founded in 1904 and was initially known as the "Baoding Junior Normal School". Its founder was the famous modern educator Yan Xiu. In 1909, it was renamed as "Zhili Second Junior Normal School", and in 1928, it was renamed as "Hebei Provincial Second Normal School" along with the province. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, it was named "Baoding Normal School". In 1978, with the approval of the State Council, Baoding Normal College was renovated. On March 16, 2007, the Ministry of Education officially issued a document approving the upgrading of Baoding Normal College to a regular university at the undergraduate level and renaming it as Baoding College.

Hebei University of Finance, founded in 1952 by the Baoding Bank School, is a secondary professional school directly established by the head office of the People's Bank of China, specializing in cultivating talents for banks. It later went through development stages such as Hebei Finance School and Hebei Bank School. In 1984, it was upgraded to a junior college, namely Baoding Financial College. In 1991, it was renamed Baoding Financial College. In 2000, it was transferred to the People's Government of Hebei Province and implemented a management system of "central and local co construction, with local management as the main focus". In March 2007, it was upgraded to a undergraduate institution and renamed Hebei University of Finance. It is the only central and local co built institution with distinct financial characteristics in North China and Northwest China.

Xingtai College, formerly known as the Fourth Junior Normal School of Zhili, was founded in 1910 (the second year of Xuantong) and is one of the four normal schools established at that time. Currently, it is the only university in Hebei Province that has been continuously built, inherited, and developed on its original site through a single lineage transmission. After the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, it was renamed Zhili Fourth Junior Normal School, formerly known as Hebei Province Fourth Normal School, Xingtai Normal School, etc. It was upgraded to Xingtai Normal College in 1984. In March 1996, it merged with the original Xingtai Education College and Xingtai Economic Management Cadre School to establish Xingtai Normal College. In 2002, it was upgraded to a undergraduate institution with the approval of the Ministry of Education.

Hebei Institute of Physical Education is the only independent undergraduate physical education institution in Hebei Province, and is the provincial center for physical education teaching and research. After more than 20 years of hard work and hard work, a college that used to have very basic educational conditions has grown into a new type of higher sports institution full of vitality, vigorous development, and a bright future.

Hebei University of Engineering is located in the central city of Handan, at the junction of the four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan. It is a general higher education institution under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, jointly built by the central and local governments and mainly managed by local authorities.

North China Coal Medical College is located in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. Tangshan is located in the Greater Beijing Economic Circle, bordering Yanshan in the north and Bohai Sea in the south. Tangshan, a century old coastal heavy industrial city, forms the "Golden Triangle" of economic development in the Bohai Sea Rim region with Beijing and Tianjin, 150 kilometers away from Beijing and 120 kilometers away from Tianjin. The Caofeidian Industrial Zone is located in the most economically active Bohai Rim region in northern China and has been included in the national "11th Five Year Plan" outline. The development and construction of Caofeidian Industrial Zone is a strategic support for the future development of Tangshan and a new economic growth point. Tangshan people are "rewriting the history of the coal capital with blue ideas" and making every effort to create a coastal economic uplift zone.

Hebei University of Science and Technology is a key university in Hebei Province, located in Tangshan City, the heavy industrial base of North China. It is a multidisciplinary university with a focus on engineering and coordinated development of engineering, science, economics, management, literature, and law.

Hebei Agricultural University was founded in 1902 and is one of the earliest higher agricultural universities in China. It is a key backbone university in Hebei Province and has gone through historical periods such as Zhili Agricultural Affairs School, Zhili Higher Agricultural School, Hebei Provincial Agricultural College, and Hebei Agricultural University. In the 1950s, during the institutional restructuring, the Forestry Department was reorganized to Beijing and participated in the establishment of Beijing Forestry University (now Beijing Forestry University); The establishment of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department was adjusted to Inner Mongolia and participated in the establishment of Inner Mongolia Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College (now Inner Mongolia Agricultural University); The Water Resources Department was restructured to Wuhan and participated in the establishment of Wuhan University of Water Resources and Electric Power (predecessor of Wuhan University of Water Resources and Electric Power, now incorporated into Wuhan University).

Hebei Medical University is located in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province. It was established in May 1995 by the merger of the former Hebei Medical College, Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Shijiazhuang Medical College. Among them, the original Hebei Medical College was the earliest established, with its predecessor being the Beiyang Medical School approved by the Qing government in 1894.

North China University of Electric Power is a key national university under the "211 Project" directly under the Ministry of Education. It is a national key university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the school council composed of seven large power enterprise groups, including State Grid Corporation of China. The school was founded in 1958 and was originally named Beijing Electric Power College. In 1969, it moved to Hebei and later renamed North China Electric Power College. In 1978, it was approved by the State Council as a national key university. In May 1995, with the approval of the former National Education Commission, North China Electric Power University and Beijing Institute of Power Economics merged to form North China Electric Power University. The school headquarters is located in Beijing, with separate Baoding campuses and integrated management in both locations.