The predecessor of College of Literature, Henan Normal University was Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Pingyuan Teachers' College founded in 1951. There are two postgraduate programs: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Theory of Curriculum and Teaching. Besides, there are 3 undergraduate programs: Chinese Language and Literature, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Broadcast and TV News. There are also different education levels such as Master Education Programs and Master’s Course Class for Advanced Studies. At present, the college has 105 Master’s degree candidates, 1,171 undergraduates and over 2500 correspondence students. Modern and Contemporary Literature is one of the excellent courses of Henan Province, while Ancient Literature, Ancient Chinese and Modern Chinese are appraised as the excellent courses of Henan Normal University.
Nowadays there are over 50 teaching and administrative staff, including 7 professors, 11 associate professors and 9 doctors or would-be doctors.
In recent years, the college teachers have made prominent achievements in teaching and scientific research, among which they have undertaken or carried out 34 scientific research projects above or of the provincial level, and published over 50 textbooks or monographs and over 500 academic theses. 15 teachers have been awarded the teaching results prizes above or the provincial level and Zeng Xianzi Education Fund.
The college boasts favorable conditions for schooling. The reference room, which covers 255 square meters, houses over 40,000 books and 310 sorts of periodicals both at home and abroad. The multi-media classrooms with a series of modern teaching equipment and sets of video resources are provided to teachers and students.
The college ranked the second place in Chinese Language and Literature Major in Provincial-prescribed Standard and won the first prize of literary creation in Henan College Students’ Art Festival for three terms on end. The average production in all kinds of genres per year amounts to 132. Quite a few students took part in the scientific research items hosted by the college teachers, and some even published the academic theses in periodicals. Among all the graduating students 5% were chosen as provincial excellent graduates; 16% were enrolled as Master’s degree candidates by Peking University, Beijing Normal University etc; 10% worked at the college and scientific research units; 8% were engaged in news or administrative management, and most of the graduates became middle-school Chinese teachers. According to the follow-up surveys, 82% have been the backbone of the working units and 30% have been excellent teachers in the county and city, who have made positive contributions to the development of Henan education.
Length of study
Undergraduate students: 4 years
Postgraduate students: 3 years
Entry requirements
For Bachelor’s degree: Applicants must be under the age of 35 years, and in good physical condition, holding a non-China passport and having graduated from high school, academic records, have an HSK test score of grade 3 or above.
For Master’s degree: Applicants must be under 40 of age and in good physical condition, holding a non-China passport and a Bachelor’s degree, have 2 letters of recommendation from full professors or associate professors, have an HSK test score of level 5 or above.