History
Zhengzhou University was established in 1956. It is the first university established by the PRC in Henan province. Shandong University helped them greatly. In 1992, Huanghe University (Yellow River University) was merged into Zhengzhou University. On July 10, 2000, Zhengzhou University of Technology and Henan Medical University were merged into Zhengzhou University.
The University is the only one of the national 211 project key universities in Henan. The university now has two PRC national key discipline, Material processing project and Condensed matter physics. Chinese ancient history and Organic chemistry are two other developing national key disciplines at the university.
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