Beijing Normal University (BNU) grew out of the Education Department of Imperial University of Peking established in 1902, which initiated teacher training in China's higher education. After the development for over a century, BNU has become a comprehensive and research-intensive university with its main characteristics of basic disciplines in sciences and humanities, teacher education and educational science.

According to 2020 QS World University Rankings, BNU is ranked the 277th among the world universities, and the 10th among Chinese mainland universities. In 2017, BNU has been listed in the "world-class universities", and 11 disciplines have been selected for China's "Double-First Class" Initiative. The discipline of Geography graded A+ in the recent national evaluation.

Established in November 2016, Faculty of Geographical Science (FGS) is the second largest division of BNU. FGS is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching and learning and fostering cutting edge research and discovery as well as contributing to societal services in Geography. FGS and was among the top (Rank No.1, 2016) among Chinese universities and ranked No. 51-100 (QS Ranking, 2020) internationally. While Geographical Science is the core discipline, FGS also covers related disciplines as Surveying and Mapping Science and Engineering, Safety Science and Engineering etc. In carrying forward BNU's fine tradition of unity, and in being pragmatic and progressive, FGS endeavors to foster the development of a first-class discipline and the cultivation of first-class talent through innovation and opening up of academic exchanges.

For detailed information please visit https://english.bnu.edu.cn/ and http://english.geo.bnu.edu.cn/