The school's predecessor was the Science Department of Zhongzhou University (formerly the predecessor of National Henan University) founded by 1923 and Pingyuan Normal University founded by 195 1. After the Second Hospital of Henan Normal University, Henan Second Normal University and Xinxiang Normal University, 1985 was called Henan Normal University.

The school covers an area of 1.3953 million square meters, with a building area of 1.0842 million square meters and nearly 2800 teaching and administrative staff. The school has 25 colleges (departments) and 88 undergraduate majors, 1 1 disciplines, among which chemistry, engineering, environmental ecology and materials science continue to enter the top of ESI1%; There are 32 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, 2 1 master's degree, 1 1 doctoral degree, 7 post-doctoral research stations.

Scientific research achievements of Henan Normal University:

By April 2022, the school had undertaken 2526 scientific research projects, including the national key R&D plan, the major key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, the major key projects of the National Social Science Foundation, the National Outstanding Youth Fund, the National Spark Plan, the National Fund and the provincial and ministerial key projects.

Won 209 scientific research achievement awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level, such as the National Innovation Rushing Award, the China Patent Gold Award, the National Natural Science Award, the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education, and the Henan Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award; Three new brand think tanks in colleges and universities in Henan Province were approved, and 2 16 1 items were authorized. In 20 14, the papers published by Henan Normal University were cited before the global ESI 1%, ranking 63rd among 96 universities in China.