The university has more than 1300 full-time faculty members, among which 292 are full professors and associate professors; 699 are PhD and Master’s degree holders. In addition, the university also has six foreign teachers, 2 national outstanding teachers, 10 Henan Province outstanding teachers and 58 experts separately holding the titles of Henan Province Innovative Talents, provincial mainstay teachers and technical senior scholars. Sister school relationships have been established and exchanges have also been implemented with some colleges and universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Australia and Taiwan Province.

Zhoukou Normal University pays great attention to research work as well as education. It has achieved steady development in this field. Since 2010, the university received 6 national scientific research projects and 136 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects. At the same time, 2570 academic papers, 18 books and 761 teaching research papers have been published. The Journal of Zhoukou Normal University has been issued at home and abroad.