The Beijing Normal University is one of the most prominent Universities of China. It was established in 1902 as a public funded University with an urban campus, and is recognised by the Chinese Ministry of Education. The Beijing National University is spread over a huge land area of 700,000 square meters in the heart of Beijing city. The university was opened with a strong emphasis on basic humanities and sciences. At present, the university offers 55 undergraduate, 162 masters, and 100 doctoral degree programs. The Beijing National University enrolls over 15,000 students in all degree courses yearly, and has a total Professor strength of around 500 teachers, which makes the student to teacher ratio to 3:1. The Beijing National University is being funded primarily by the ministry of higher education, the Chinese government. The Beijing National university holds an endowment value of 1.2 billion dollars.