Capital Normal University, located in Beijing, is a national "double-class" construction university jointly established by the people of China, the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, an excellent school for undergraduate teaching evaluation of the Ministry of Education, a key university in Beijing and a member of the Beijing-Hong Kong University Alliance; Selected for the national public graduate program to build a high-level university, the national "key discipline project with characteristics" to build a university, the demonstration base for studying in China of the Ministry of Education, the training plan for outstanding teachers of the Ministry of Education, the national innovative experiment plan for college students, the scholarship receiving institution of the China government for studying in China, the rural teacher support program, the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases of universities, the Beijing Shuangpei overseas training program, and the Beijing Chinese education base; Subjects and majors cover literature, science, engineering, management, law, education, foreign languages, art and so on.
The school was founded in 1954, formerly known as Beijing Normal University, and its history can be traced back to Tongzhou Normal University, which was established in 1905. After 1960, North China Renmin University, Beijing Workers and Peasants Teachers College, Beijing Art Teachers College and Beijing Teachers College merged one after another. 1992 Beijing Normal University merged and was renamed Capital Normal University in the same year. Since then, Foreign Language Teachers College of Beijing Union University, Beijing No.3 Normal School, Tongzhou Normal School and Beijing Kindergarten Normal School have merged.