Huaibei Normal University ( Chinese: 淮北师范大学), formerly Huaibei Coal Industry Teachers College ( Chinese: 淮北煤炭师范学院), is an institution of higher learning in

Huaibei Huaibei () is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui Province, China. It borders Suzhou (Anhui) to the east, Bengbu to the south, Bozhou to the west, and the provinces of Henan to the northwest and Jiangsu to the northeast. The population was ...

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, an energy base of the

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History

The college was founded in 1974, then as Anhui Normal University, Huaibei Campus. Upon approval of the

State Council State Council may refer to: Government * State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President * State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...

in December 1978, it was renamed Huaibei Coal Industry Teachers College, affiliated to then Ministry of Coal Industry. In 1981, it was approved to award bachelor's degrees. Since September 1998, the college has been under the jurisdiction of both central and local governments, and mainly administered by Anhui Province. In 2003, it was approved to award master's degrees. In 2010, it changed its name to Huaibei Normal University.

External links

Official website of HBCITC
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