首都师范大学建于1954年，办学历史可追溯至1905年成立的通州师范，是国家“双一流”建设高校、北京市与教育部“省部共建”高校。学校现有学科专业涵盖文、理、工、管、法、教育、外语、艺术等，六十多年来已培养各类高级专门人才二十余万名，是北京市人才培养的重要基地。
CNU was founded in 1954. Its predecessor was the Tongzhou Normal University that was established in 1905. Being a national “Double-First Class” university and “Province-Ministry Co-sponsored” (Beijing and the Education Ministry) university, CNU provides various disciplines including literature, science, engineering, management, law, education, foreign language and art. For over 60 years, CNU has cultivated more than 200 thousand talents specialized in different fields and has been a significant talent-training base of Beijing.

学校现有博士学位授权一级学科17个，博士点100个，博士后流动站16个，硕士学位授权一级学科26个，硕士点141个，专业学位类别14个。国家重点学科4个，国家重点培育学科1个，北京市一级重点学科8个，北京市二级重点学科12个，北京市一级重点建设学科2个，北京市二级重点建设学科13个，北京市一级重点培育学科4个，交叉学科北京市重点学科2个；1个省部共建国家重点实验室培育基地，2个教育部重点实验室，1个教育部省属高校人文社会科学重点研究基地，1个教育部工程研究中心，1个民政部重点实验室，1个国家级实验教学示范中心，1个国家虚拟仿真实验教学中心，1个国家国际科技合作基地，1个国家语委科研基地，1个北京市高校高精尖创新中心，1个北京实验室，11个北京市重点实验室，2个北京市高等学校工程研究中心，1个北京市工程技术研究中心，1个北京市工程实验室，1个北京市社会科学与自然科学协同创新研究基地，4个北京高等学校市级校外人才培养基地，7个北京市实验教学示范中心，10个省、部级设置的研究（院、所、中心）、实验室。
Presently, the CNU runs 17 primary disciplines which confer doctoral degrees, 101 doctoral programs, 16 postdoctoral research centers, 26 primary disciplines which confer master degrees and 141 masters programs, 14 professional degrees. The CNU also has 4 National Key Disciplines, 1 National Support for Key Disciplines, 8 Beijing Municipal Primary Key Disciplines, 12 Beijing Municipal Secondary Key Disciplines, 2 Beijing Municipal Primary Discipline (in process), 13 Beijing Municipal Secondary Disciplines (under construction), 4 Beijing Municipal Supported Primary Disciplines and 2 Beijing Municipal Interdisciplinary Disciplines. As for the research level, CNU has 1 cultivation base for National Key Laboratory co-sponsored by Province and Ministry of Education, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 1 Humanities and Social Science Key College Research Base supervised by the Ministry of Education, 1 Science Research Center of the Ministry of Education, 1 Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, 1 National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, 1 Teaching Center for Virtual Simulation Experiment (National-level) , 1 National and International Technological Cooperation Base,1 National Language Research Base, 1 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology, 1 Beijing Municipal laboratory, 11 Beijing Municipal Key laboratories, 2 Beijing University Science Research Center, 1 research center for engineering technologies of Beijing Municipality, 1 engineering lab of Beijing Municipality, 1 Beijing Social Science and Natural Science Collaborative Innovation and Research Base，4 cultivation bases for Beijing University municipal-level out-school talents, and 7 Beijing Municipal Experimental Teaching Demonstrating Centers, 10 provincial and ministry-level research (college, institution, center) and labs.

学校现有教职工2,527人，在1,650名专任教师中正高职称人数366人，副高职称人数671人，博士1,024人，硕士518人，拥有硕士及以上学位教师占专任教师总数的93%。目前学校已拥有一批在国内外有一定影响的专家、学者。在校工作的中国科学院、工程院院士7人，俄罗斯工程院院士1人，俄罗斯自然科学院院士1人，国务院学位委员会学科评议组成员4人，国家教育部学科教学指导委员会委员13人，“万人计划”领军人才10人，“万人计划”青年拔尖2人，国家杰出青年基金资助者11人，入选全国文化名家暨“四个一批”人才6人，入选北京市文化名家暨“四个一批”人才12人，国家级百千万人才13人，入选“北京学者计划”5人，首都科技领军人才培养工程2人，入选北京市特聘教授支持计划26人，入选北京市高层次人才引进资助计划15人，北京市创新团队建设计划19人，北京市科技新星39人，入选青年拔尖人才培养计划96人，入选长城学者培养计划15人，教育部创新团队3个。学校另有64名教师荣获曾宪梓高师教师奖、霍英东青年教师教学奖和科研奖。
There is a total teaching staff of 2,527 at CNU. Among the 1,650 full-time teachers, there are 366 professors, 671 associate professors, 1,024 Ph.D. holders, and 518 master’s degree holders; those with master’s degree or above account for 93% of all teachers. A number of influential and famous scholars also lend their expertise to CNU. There are 7 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, 1 academician of Russian Academy of Natural Science, 4 members of the discipline review group of the Academic Degree Commission of the State Council, 13 members of Discipline Teaching Instruction Committee of the Ministry of Education, 10 professional selected by the “10,000 Talent Plan” as the leading talent for the first “Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Project” , 2 professionals selected by “10,000 Talent Plan” of The Organizing Department of CCCPC for Young Top Talent Cultivation Program,  11 scholars supported by the National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 6 people listed in the Renowned Cultural Specialists of China & “One Batch with Four Points” Talents, 12 people listed in the Renowned Cultural Specialists of Beijing & “One Batch with Four Points” Talents. 13 professionals selected by national “Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Project”, 5 people selected in the Scholar of Beijing Program and 2 people listed in Leading Technological Talents of the Capital Program, 26 people listed in the Support Program for Special Term Professor of Beijing Municipality, 15 people in the Program for Introduction and Funding of High-end Talents into Beijing Municipality, 39 Beijing Technology Stars,  96 people listed in the Young Top-notch Talent Program , 15 selected by the Great Scholar Program, and 3 creativity teams of the Ministry of Education. 64 CNU teachers have been recipients of the Zeng Xianzi Teaching Award and the Henry Fok Young Teacher Teaching and Research Award.

学校积极开展国际文化交流活动。目前已同45个国家和地区的240所大学建立了校际交流合作关系，并成立6所孔子学院和1所独立孔子课堂，即俄罗斯圣彼得堡国立大学孔子学院、美国明尼苏达大学孔子学院、意大利威尼斯大学孔子学院、秘鲁皮乌拉大学孔子学院、纽约州立布法罗大学孔子学院、德国不来梅孔子学院和匈牙利匈中双语学校独立孔子课堂。同澳大利亚福林德斯大学联合培养了581名教育硕士。2016年至今，我校培养“一带一路”沿线53个国家近1,367人次留学生。学校是国家教育部批准的可以接受外国留学生和港、澳、台学生的院校之一，是北京市属高校中唯一一个教育部授予的来华留学示范基地，是教育部“中国政府奖学金本科来华留学生预科教育基地”，也是入选北京市首批“北京华文教育基地”的四所高校之一。我校成立西欧研究中心，同时入选“一带一路”国家人才培养基地。
The CNU actively participates in international cultural exchange. Its list of exchange and cooperation bonds includes 240 universities from 45 countries and regions. It has founded 6 Confucius Institutes, namely Confucius Institute at Russian St. Petersburg National University, Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota, Confucius Institute at the University of Venice (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia), Confucius Institute at the University of Piura, Confucius Institute at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Bremen Confucius Institute in Germany. The CNU has co-cultivated 581 Masters of Education with Flinders University in Australia. Since 2016, nearly 1,367 foreign students from 53 countries along the “Belt and Road” have studied here at CNU. The CNU is also among the few universities that accept international students and students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and it is the only demonstration base for international students, authorized by the Ministry of Education among all universities that are supervised by the Beijing municipal governments. In addition, the CNU is the base of “Chinese Government Scholarship for International Students’ Pre-University Education”. CNU has established the Western Europe Research Center and is selected as one of the “Belt and Road” national talent training bases.