Henan Polytechnic University (HPU) was founded in 1909. It was the first mining college in China and the first higher education institution in Henan Province.

By adhering to Its direction of running the school for serving coal industry and striving to broaden its subject domain, the university has become the cultivating base of many significant talents in coal industry. Henan Polytechnic University (HPU) has developed into a multidisciplinary coordinated development of teaching and research university with the qualification of granting doctoral, master and bachelor’s degrees and with its majors covering the 9 major disciplines as science, engineering, management, liberal arts law, economics, education, arts and medicine. It has upgraded into a top university of its own unique feature. In HPU, engineering majors are In the outstanding advantage; subject of safety, geology and coal mine engineering present the distinctive features.

The Discipline of Engineering has ranked top 1% in the ESL global list. Safety Science and Engineering has been rated the third in China and the only discipline of Class A among universities in Henan. It now has 3,114 full-time teachers among which there are 1,010 professors and associate professors.

Having been devoted to the strategy of 'opening-up development', it has established friendly cooperative relationship with 72 international universities and scientific research institutes of 33 countries in different regions. HPU was authorized to recruit overseas students in 2006, with 22 schools offering 10 doctoral majors, 14 master majors and 75 undergraduate majors for international students. HPU now has more than 40,000 full-time students, with over 300 overseas students from above 30 countries funded by Henan Provincial Government Scholarship or HPU University Scholarship.