Hebei University is good for liberal arts and Shijiazhuang Railway University is good for science.
The predecessor of Shijiazhuang Railway University was the Railway Corps Engineering College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army founded in 1950. It was a key institution in the army at that time.
In 1979, it was listed as a national key institution of higher learning; in 1984, it was transferred to the Ministry of Railways and renamed Shijiazhuang Railway University; in 2000, it was transferred to Hebei Province and implemented central and local joint construction. It is a key university in Hebei Province; in March 2010, it was renamed Shijiazhuang Railway University.
Faculty:
As of December 2020, the school has nearly 1,800 faculty and staff, including more than 1,000 full-time teaching and research personnel, and 239 professors and other personnel with senior professional titles.
There are 447 associate professors and other deputy senior professional titles, 78 doctoral supervisors, and 550 master's supervisors. Among the full-time teachers, there are 118 "double-qualified" teachers, accounting for 12.07% of the full-time teachers.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Shijiazhuang Railway University