河北大学是河北省重点支持的国家一流大学建设一层次高校，坐落于国家历史文化名城——保定市，在天津市设有河北大学北洋园校区。学校始建于1921年，初名天津工商大学，历经天津工商学院、津沽大学、天津师范学院、天津师范大学等发展阶段，1960年改建为综合性大学并定名河北大学，1970年由天津迁至保定。

Hebei University is a key national first-class university construction university supported by Hebei Province. It is located in Baoding, a national historical and cultural city, and has a campus in Beiyangyuan, Tianjin. Founded in 1921 as Tianjin University of Commerce and Industry, the university has gone through stages of development such as Tianjin Institute of Commerce and Industry, Jingu University, Tianjin Normal College, and Tianjin Normal University. In 1960, it was restructured into a comprehensive university and named Hebei University, and moved from Tianjin to Baoding in 1970.

学校学科门类齐全，涵盖哲学、经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、农学、医学、管理学、艺术学等12大门类，形成了学科交叉融合、相互支撑的学科专业体系。拥有国家重点（培育）学科1个，河北省“双一流”建设学科7个，河北省国家重点学科培育项目支持学科1个，河北省强势特色学科4个，河北省重点学科18个。

The university has a complete range of disciplines, covering 12 categories including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, and art, forming a disciplinary professional system with interdisciplinary integration and mutual support. It has 1 national key (cultivation) discipline, 7 Hebei Province "Double First-Class" construction disciplines, 1 discipline supported by Hebei Province's national key discipline cultivation project, 4 Hebei Province strong characteristic disciplines, and 18 Hebei Province key disciplines.