The School of History and Culture, previously known as the Department of History, was founded in 1958, which marked the very birth of Tianjin Normal University. In 2001, it was reorganized into the School of History and Culture, and in 2010, it was designated as one of the first research-oriented schools by TNU.

Currently, it has 66 staff members, of whom 49 are full-time teachers and 36 hold senior titles. The faculty team is well-structured in terms of academic backgrounds, professional titles, and age, making it a teaching and research unit with considerable size and influence among similar universities across the country.

The school has departments of Chinese History, World History, and Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, and it offers a wide range of undergraduate programs, including History, History Education, World History (including a foreign language experimental class in World History), Cultural Relics and Museum Studies, basically covering the main majors in History.

In 2017, its Cultural Relics and Museum Studies major was selected as a characteristic applied undergraduate program in Tianjin. In 2019, the major of World History was selected as a first-class undergraduate program by the national construction plan. In 2021, the History major was selected as a first-class undergraduate program of Tianjin, and its teaching teams for World History and Chinese History have been awarded the title of Municipal Teaching Team of Tianjin.

The school boasts research teams such as the Ming and Qing History Research Center, the Center for Excellent Traditional Chinese Institutional Culture Research, the Regional History (Tianjin History) Research Center, the Museum and Art Collection Research Center, and the Archaeological Research Center for Culture Exchange and Mutual Learning.

The school offers doctoral and master's degree programs in Chinese History, with six second-level disciplines including ancient, modern, and specialized Chinese history. It also has a postdoctoral research station in Chinese History. The Archaeology discipline offers master's degree programs in three specialties, while Museum Studies has master's degree programs in archaeology, museum studies, and ancient book preservation.

There are a total of 970 undergraduates and 206 graduate students (117 master's students and 89 doctoral students) in the school. The school also more than 10 international students.

Its library houses over 60,000 volumes of books, including rare books in ancient Chinese binding. It also has a collection of over 1,800 cultural relics in its museum, including a series of ceramics and painted scrolls.

The school attaches great importance to international exchange and cooperation with renowned universities around the world. It has established long-term joint training programs with universities such as the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland.