The Renmin University of China was established in 1937, during the resistance war against Japanese aggression. The University acquired its present name on October 3, 1950, which made it the first university to be established by the newly founded People's Republic of China.

Well-known educators including Wu Yuzhang, Cheng Fangwu, Yuan Baohua. Huang Da, and Li Wenhai have all served as president of the University. The RUC incumbent president is Professor Ji Baocheng, and Professor Cheng Tianquan is the Chairman of the University Council.

Since its establishment, RUC students and teachers have always endeavored to carry out its redoubtable injunction to "unceasingly strive to be always in the vanguard". The RUC shares a common fate with the Party and the nation. Through prudence, dedicated effort, active and practical exploration, the RUC has become an important teaching and research base in the areas of the humanities, social sciences, and management science in China. Owing to its efforts in spreading and popularizing Marxism in China, for its achievements in developing philosophy and the social sciences in China, and on account of its indispensable contributions to the cause of socialist construction and reform, the RUC is regarded as "A Standard in the Humanities and Social Sciences in China"

At present, the RUC has an enrollment of 18,752 students, this breaks down into 9,262 undergraduate students and 9,490 postgraduate students. The ratio of postgraduates to undergraduates is the highest of all the research-orientated comprehensive universities in China. In addition, the RUC also has an enrollment of 10,000 in adult education, about 80 percent of whom are doing courses leading to a Bachelor's degree. At the RUC, there is a collective enrolment of 30,000 Chinese students engaged in online learning, and there are 1,066 .international students

中国人民大学是一所以人文社会科学为主的综合性研究型全国重点大学，直属于教育部，由教育部与北京市共建。学校的前身是1937年诞生于抗日战争烽火中的陕北公学，以及后来的华北联合大学和华北大学。1949年12月16日，中央人民政府政务院第十一次政务会议根据中共中央政治局的建议，通过了《关于成立中国人民大学的决定》。1950年10月3日，以华北大学为基础合并组建的中国人民大学隆重举行开学典礼，成为新中国创办的第一所新型正规大学。著名教育家吴玉章、成仿吾、袁宝华、黄达、李文海先后担任校长。

在长期的办学实践中，中国人民大学广大师生发扬“立学为民，治学报国”的人大精神，始终奋进在时代前列，始终与党和国家同呼吸、共命运，勤俭办学，艰苦奋斗，积极探索，求真务实，使学校成为我国人文社会科学高等教育和研究的重要基地，为马克思主义在中国的传播和普及，为我国哲学社会科学的发展和繁荣，为我国社会主义革命、建设和改革事业做出了重要的贡献，被誉为“我国人文社会科学高等教育领域的一面旗帜”。从1950年至今，国家历次确立重点大学，中国人民大学均位居其中。目前学校是国家“985工程”和“211工程”重点建设的大学之一。

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