中国人民大学是一所以人文社会科学为主的综合性研究型全国重点大学。

学校“始终奋进在时代前列；实事求是；兼容并蓄、有容乃大；追求真理，追求光明，追求进步；艰苦奋斗”；形成了“人民、人本、人文”的办学理念、“大师、大楼、大气”的办学思路、“真情、真想、真干”的行动钢领；提出了“国民表率，社会栋梁”的人才培养目标和“一切为了学生”的培养理念；被誉为“我国人文社会科学高等教育领域的一面旗帜”。

The university has been standing in the forefront of the times and insisting on the principles of “seeking truth from facts, mutual compability, broad minds to embrace everything useful, fighting her way to seek verity, justice and progress”. It has developed the operating concept of “People, People-oriented and Human Culture”, the idea of “Eminent Master, Excellent Platform and Great Momentum” and the guideline of “Fact, Goal and Action”, and proposed the talent cultivation goal of “Mode of the Citizen, Pillar of the Society” and the cultivation concept of “Students First”. The university is known as “one banner of social science of human culture in the higher education field of China ”.