文脉深厚，教泽流长。重师创办于1954年，是重庆市人民政府举办的全日制综合性普通本科院校，是西部教师教育事业的重要基地之一，办学历史源于1906年官立川东师范学堂。学校1986年获批硕士学位授予单位，2003年更名为重师，2017年获批硕士研究生推免单位，2018年获批博士学位授予单位。
作为新中国最早创办的高等师范院校之一，学校始终秉承“立教无类，以文化人”的办学理念，恪守“厚德、笃学、砺志、创新”的校训精神，立足西部、扎根重庆、服务全国，建立起学前教育、小学教育、中等教育、高等教育、继续教育、职业技术教育、特殊教育和海外华文教育师资培养培训的完备教师教育体系。构建起师范教育和非师范教育“两轮驱动”，基础教育、职业教育和汉语国际教育“三驾马车”，文化传承与创新、决策咨询与公共服务、科技攻关与应用转化“三大板块”的特色办学格局。
师道尊严，彬彬济济。学校现有17个二级学院，1个独立二级学院，在校学生3万余人，其中全日制本科生25000余人、研究生4000余人、留学生570余人。在职教职工2000余人，其中正高职称和博士1000余人，博士生导师和硕士生导师800余位。有国际系统与控制科学院院士、国家“万人计划”人选、“新世纪百千万人才工程”国家级人选、国家级有突出贡献的中青年专家、全国杰出专业技术人才、全国文化名家暨“四个一批”理论人才、教育部科技委数理学部委员、“中国青年科技奖”获得者、享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家、“海外杰青”获得者、中国科学院“百人计划”人选等国家级专门人才26人。有教育部重点人才工程人选、重庆市重点人才工程人选210余人次。
踵事增华，锐意兴革。学校学科建设体系完备，学校为博士学位授权单位，硕士学位一级学科覆盖哲学、法学、经济学、教育学、文学、理学等11个学科门类，硕士学位授权一级学科24个，硕士专业学位授权点14个；2个重庆市“一流学科”，14个市级重点一级学科；现有17个二级学院，72个本科专业。有数学与信息科学、文博与艺术文化、生命科学与绿色生态、智能材料与新能源、区域经济与产业发展、教师教育等6大优势学科群。
学校坚持开放办学，把握教育国际化趋势，已与俄罗斯、美国、澳大利亚、英国等30多个国家和地区的教育机构建立友好合作关系，开展中外联合培养、合作科研、师生互访等各种形式的合作与交流。学校积极推动汉语国际教育，3次获“孔子学院先进中方合作机构”殊荣，在美国、英国、卢旺达、斯里兰卡、印度尼西亚、巴布亚新几内亚等国举办“孔子学院”“汉语师范学院”，实现举办孔子学院的五大洲布局。学校大力推行“留学重师计划”，面向全球招收留学生来校学习，是中国政府奖学金、孔子学院奖学金和重庆市人民政府外国留学生市长奖学金的接收学校。
奋进扬蹄，乘风破浪。习近平、贾庆林、贺国强、刘延东、许嘉璐、彭佩云、韩启德、张梅颖、郑万通等党和国家领导人曾亲临学校视察；教育部、重庆市主要领导多次来校关心指导工作，有力促进了学校的改革和发展。学校将坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，坚持内涵式发展，深入推进教育综合改革和“双一流”建设，提升教育教学质量、科学研究水平、社会服务能力和文化传承创新能力，建成特色鲜明的高水平综合性师范大学。
Chongqing Normal University (hereafter as “CNU”), founded in 1954, is a full-time comprehensive institution of higher education under the leadership of Chongqing Municipal Government of P. R. China. CNU covers over 190 hectares (2800 mu) and is located in Shapingba District, the cultural and educational district of Chongqing. CNU is a higher education institution authorized to award Master’s and Bachelor’s degree with the approval of the Degree Awarding commission of the State Council, P. R. China. Currently, there are 17 colleges, 72 bachelor’s degree programs, 24 first-level discipline of authorized master’s degree programs, 14 professional authorized master degree programs, authorized secondary vocational master’s degree, authorized advanced teachers professional master degree of literature, science, economics, management, art, physical education, etc., forming an educational system which is able to train postgraduates, undergraduates, associates and overseas students. And Chongqing Normal University was granted doctor degree institute by Chinese education government in 2018. Currently, there are over 25,000 full time students and over 2000 teachers including more than 1000 professors and associate doctors.
CNU is entitled by the Ministry of Education，P.R. China to recruit overseas students. It was designated as one of the first Chinese Language Educational Centres by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. And it was awarded the National Teaching Base for International Promotion of Chinese (Chongqing) by Confucius Institute Headquarters in 2012. The university, featured in teachers’ education, has developed into a higher education institution of multi-subjects involving science and liberal arts. A fairly complete teachers’ education system has been formed including pre-school education, primary school education, middle school education, higher education, continuing education, vocational and technical education, special education, and teachers training for Chinese language and culture education.
Grasping the tendency of educational globalization, CNU perseveres in the mode of “open university”. The university has successively established cooperation and exchange relationship with education institutions in over 20 countries such as UK，USA, Russia, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Hungary, Malaysia and Indonesia. It has set up institutions such as Teachers College of Chinese Language and Confucius Institute in UK, USA, Sri Lanka and Rwanda.
CNU recruits more than 600 overseas students every year. It has set up Teachers College of Chinese Language in Indonesia and UK, and implemented the 2+2 education system. It has also founded Confucius Institutes in Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Britain. Students of CNU have successfully exchanged to Russia Voronezh Normal University, Japan Hiroshima Culture University and Japan Shinshu University several times. And CNU has successfully organized different Chinese culture winter/ summer camp for years, in which the number of overseas students amount to several thousands.
CNU attaches much importance to overseas students’ education and administration in a way of classified teaching and human-based management, insisting on classification teaching and humanization management. International Students Office enjoys much popularity with overseas students as their home in China, and gets the widely acclaimed by them. CNU provide international students a better integration of education, carrying out the convergence management and teaching. CNU took the lead in Chongqing to set up International College of Chinese Language and Culture, providing better education and administration for Chinese language training students. The college offers favorable learning environment for overseas students as much as possible with small-sized classes and special tutoring.