Zhangzhou Normal University (Chinese: 漳州师范学院, POJ: Chiong chiu su hoan hak oan) is a public university located in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China. Zhangzhou Normal University is located in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, a city on the west coast of the Taiwan Straits. The university was founded in 1963 as the Fujian No.2 Normal College. In 1986, with the approval of the State Education Committee, the former Fujian No.2 Normal College was renamed as Zhangzhou Normal University. In 1992, the university was authorized to confer bachelor degrees, and in 2000 it was among the first batch of normal colleges and universities in passing the qualification evaluation by the Ministry of Education in the teaching of undergraduates. In 2003, it was authorized to confer master degrees after passing the evaluation by the Academic Degree Appraisal Committee of the State Council, and began to take in candidates of master degrees. In 2008, Zhangzhou Normal University received a straight-A score in the undergraduate level Teaching Appraisal organized by the Ministry of Education.