HENU has a number of advantageous disciplines, among which Biology is selected as a “Double First-Class” initiative discipline in China, and 15 first-level disciplines, including Chemistry, Materials Science, Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Plant & Animal Science, Pharmacology, Environment/Ecology, Biology & Biochemistry, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences (General), Computer Science, Geosciences, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Physics and Psychiatry & Psychology have entered the top 1% of ESI world ranking.

HENU has a strong faculty of over 4,800, including 9 academicians, 45 national leading talents with the titles of Yangtze River Scholar, National Distinguished Young Scholar, or “Ten Thousand Talent Program” Leading Personnel, and 39 national young talents. 50,000 full-time students are being on their academic journey with us. 

HENU has 5 state key laboratories, 1 national observation and research station, 4 research institutes of humanities and social sciences under the Ministry of Education, 3 national local joint engineering research centers, 4 Henan provincial laboratories, 5 key laboratories under the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture, and a number of national bases for education, research, and training.

Actively participating in internationalized education, HENU keeps to broaden international cooperation, and has established partnership with more than 224 universities from 47 countries and regions.