The school's predecessor was the Northern Shaanxi Public School, which was established in 1937, and North China United University, North University and North China University. On December 16th, 1949, the Government Council of the Central People's Government passed the Decision on the Establishment of China Renmin University. On October 3rd, 1950, Renmin University of China, which was founded on the basis of North China University, officially opened, becoming the first new regular university founded in New China. In 1954, it was identified as a comprehensive university focusing on social sciences and the first batch of national key universities; In 1960, it was identified as a comprehensive national key university; In 2017, it was selected into the national "double first-class" construction list.