中国人民大学的历史可以追溯到１９３７年，其间历经陕北公学、华北联合大学、华北大学、中国人民大学几个主要历史阶段。１９４８年８月，北方大学与华北联大合并为华北大学，范文澜任副校长，并兼任研究部和中国历史研究室的主任。作为学者，他是我国第一代马克思列宁主义史 The history of Renmin University of China dates back to 1937, during which time it passed several major historical periods such as Northern Shaanxi Gongxue, North China Union University, North China University and Renmin University of China. In August 1948, Northern University and North China University were merged into North China University and Fan Wenlan as their vice chancellor. He also served as director of research department and Chinese history research center. As a scholar, he is the first generation of Marxist-Leninist history in our country