Zhengzhou University was established on July 10, 2000 on the basis of the amalgamation of the three former individual universities, namely the former Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University of Technology and Henan Medical University. The former Zhengzhou University was the first comprehensive university established by the state in 1956. The former Zhengzhou University of Technology established in 1963 was the national key university under the direct administration of the former Ministry of Chemical Engineering in China. The former Henan Medical University founded in 1928 was the key medical college under the direct administration of Henan Province.Zhengzhou University covers 12 fields of study, including science, engineering, medicine, literature, history, philosophy, law, economics, management science, pedagogy, agriculture and arts. It is among the group admitted into Project 211, the sole university in Henan supported by the Midwest Universities Comprehensive Strength Promotion Project and co-sponsored by Henan Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education.Zhengzhou University has 46 faculties and 9 affiliated hospitals, offering 107 undergraduate programs, 55 master’s degree programs of the first-level discipline, 237 master’s degree programs of the second-level discipline, 21 doctorate programs of the first-level discipline, 124 doctorate programs of the second-level discipline and at the same time 1 professional doctorate, 19 professional master’s degrees as well as 23 postdoctoral research stations.
