College Introduction
The School of Political Science and Law was established in 2000, formerly known as the Department of Law and Politics. In 2009, the department was abolished and the school was established. The college is the president unit of Henan Social Work Education Association, the rotating president unit of China Social Work Education Association (Central China), the executive director unit of China Social Work Education Association, a member unit of International Social Work College Alliance, and the vice president unit of Zhengzhou Sociological Society. The college currently has three undergraduate majors in Social Work, Law, and Public Administration, one academic master's degree authorization point in Social Work and Social Rule of Law, and two professional master's degree authorization points in Social Work (MSW) and Public Administration (MPA). The Social Work major is a national level first-class undergraduate major construction site and a provincial-level comprehensive reform pilot major. The Social Work Department is an excellent grassroots teaching organization in Henan Province's universities, and the Public Administration and Law majors are provincial-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites.
The college has a strong faculty with a well structured team of teachers, including renowned academic experts and a large number of young and middle-aged academic backbones who have made significant achievements in related disciplines. There are currently over 60 faculty members, including 5 professors, 10 associate professors, and 9 specially appointed professors at the university; There are 40 teachers with doctoral degrees. 11 teachers have been awarded the titles of Outstanding Young and Middle aged Jurist, Outstanding Young Social Science Expert, Outstanding Scholar in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Henan Province, Top 100 Outstanding Young Social Science Theoretical Talents of Henan Province, Person of the Year in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Henan Province, Academic and Technical Leader of Henan Provincial Department of Education, Leading Talent in Professional Social Work of Henan Province, Outstanding Teacher of Henan Province, etc. 5 teachers have been awarded the title of Young Backbone Teacher of Henan Province, 5 teachers have been awarded the title of Science and Technology Innovation Talent of Henan Province, and 4 teachers have been awarded the title of School level Teaching Master.
The college currently has one key research base for humanities and social sciences in Henan Province - the Social Development Research Center of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry; One key research base for humanities and social sciences of the Henan Federation of Social Sciences - Henan Big Data and Grassroots Governance Research Center; One provincial key discipline - Sociology. Two innovation teams in philosophy and social sciences from universities in Henan Province: the Research on Diversified Resolution Mechanisms for Social Disputes innovation team and the Refinement of Social Governance and Public Policy Selection innovation team. Three on campus practical teaching platforms: mock court, TPR integrated training center for social work, public management practice training center, and one professional library and reference room. There are over 60 stable off campus internship bases established in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and other places.
Social work and public service management majors both ranked first in the 2017 Henan Province Professional Evaluation. Chinese Legal History has been awarded as a first-class undergraduate course (construction) in Henan Province, Youth Social Work and Western Economics have respectively won the first and third prizes for excellent online teaching courses in undergraduate education in Henan Province, Western Economics has been awarded as a provincial-level excellent online open course, and seven courses including Introduction to Sociology have been approved as school level excellent online open courses.
In recent years, we have obtained nearly 100 projects at or above the provincial and ministerial level, including more than 20 projects funded by the National Social Science Fund and 3 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation; Received over 10 Outstanding Achievement Awards in Philosophy and Social Sciences from Henan Province. Invite renowned experts from both domestic and international sources to give lectures on campus, and regularly conduct joint research projects with several well-known universities in China.
The college attaches great importance to implementing the fundamental task of cultivating virtue and nurturing talents, adheres to the student-centered development philosophy, and continuously improves the quality of talent cultivation. There are nearly 1000 full-time undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled. In 2023, the pass rate of law students participating in the legal professional qualification examination is 41.7%, which is higher than the average proportion; The admission rate for social work major students in the postgraduate entrance examination is 45.5%, which is at the forefront of the whole school. College graduates enjoy high social recognition, and a group of outstanding graduates such as China's top 100 most beautiful social workers, senior social workers, the first batch of supervision talent training objects in Henan Province, the first batch of professional social work leading talents in Zhengzhou City, Shenzhen Supervision Star, and Shenzhen Top Ten Social Workers are active in the main battlefield of economic and social development across the country. The college has a good academic atmosphere and actively organizes various activities aimed at improving students' professional quality, such as lectures on humanities and social sciences, public management decision-making competitions, national public management case competitions, simulated trials, social cognition, social investigation, legal knowledge competitions, etc. It has won honors in national university student Challenge Cup competitions, public management decision-making competitions, Henan Province Social Work Case Competition, Beijing Cup university debate competitions, and university science, technology, culture, and art festivals.