Tsinghua University - Beijing Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University is a famous institution of higher learning in China. It is located in the beautiful Tsinghua Park in the northwest suburb of Beijing. It is an important base for high-level talent training and scientific and technological research in China. Tsinghua University ranks 25th in the 2018qs world university rankings.

Tsinghua School, the predecessor of Tsinghua University, was founded in 1911 and renamed Tsinghua School in 1912. It was renamed National Tsinghua University in 1928. After the full outbreak of the war of resistance against Japan in 1937, it moved south to Changsha and established the national Changsha temporary university with Peking University and Nankai University. In 1938, it moved to Kunming and was renamed the National Southwest United University. In 1946, he moved back to Tsinghua Park, with 5 colleges and 26 departments of literature, law, science, engineering and agriculture.

After the adjustment of colleges and departments of national colleges and universities in 1952, Tsinghua University became a multidisciplinary Industrial University, focusing on cultivating engineering and technical talents for the country, known as the "cradle of red engineers". Since the reform and opening up, Tsinghua University has gradually established the long-term goal of building a world-class university and entered a new period of vigorous development. The university has successively restored or newly built disciplines of science, economics, management and liberal arts, and established a graduate school and a college of continuing education.

In 1999, it merged with the Central Academy of Arts and crafts to establish the Academy of fine arts of Tsinghua University. In 2012, the former graduate department of the people's Bank of China was merged into the Wudaokou School of finance of Tsinghua University. With the strong support of the state and society, Tsinghua University has made remarkable progress in talent training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, international cooperation and exchange through the implementation of the "211 Project", "985 Project" and "double first-class" construction. At present, Tsinghua University has 20 colleges and 57 departments. It has become a comprehensive research university with 11 disciplines, including science, engineering, literature, art, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, pedagogy and medicine.

Facing the future, Tsinghua University continues to adhere to the motto of "self-improvement and moral integrity" and the school spirit of "actions speak louder than words", adhere to the school running style of "integration of China and the west, connection between ancient and modern times, infiltration of Arts and Sciences" and the training characteristics of "red, expert and all-round development", carry forward the tradition of "patriotism, dedication and pursuit of excellence" and the spirit of "humanities innovation", *** Strive to take the lead in creating a world-class university and make new and greater contributions to national development, people's happiness and human civilization and progress.