Capital Normal University covers an area of approximately 1,036,500 square meters, with a total building area of about 973,200 square meters. The teaching and research conditions of the university are excellent, and the total assets of teaching and research instruments and equipment amount to over 1,889,513,700 RMB. The library has a collection of more than 16,922,000 various books and documents, with a solid foundation for its collection, making it one of the key document resource libraries in the country.

CNU boasts of 31 faculties and centers, namely the School of Literature, the School of History, the College of Political Science and Law, the College of Education, the College of Teacher Education, the Capital Institute of Basic Education Development and Research, the School of Psychology, the College of Foreign Languages, the College of Marxism Education, the School of Management, the Music College, the College of Fine Arts, the School of Mathematical Sciences, the Department of Physics, the Department of Chemistry, the College of Life Sciences, the College of Resource Environment and Tourism, the Information Engineering College, the Elementary Education College, the College of Preschool Education, the Program in General Education, the School of Continuing Education, the Jingjiang College, the College of International Education, the Research Institute of the Culture of Calligraphy of China, the Honors College, the Research Institute for Arts and Aesthetic Education, the Institute of Cultural Studies, the Academy for Interdisciplinary Studies and so on. It also has the Teaching and Research Department of College English and the Teaching and Research Department of Physical Education.