Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua School, was founded in 1911 and renamed Tsinghua School in 1912. In 1928, it was renamed National Tsinghua University. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War 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 National Southwest Associated University. In 1946, it moved back to Tsinghua Park and established 5 colleges and 26 departments, including liberal arts, law, science, engineering, and agriculture.

After the adjustment of colleges and departments of colleges and universities across the country in 1952, Tsinghua University became a multidisciplinary industrial university, focusing on training engineering and technical talents for the country, and was hailed 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 school has successively restored or newly established science, liberal arts, medical and economic management disciplines, and established a graduate school and a school of continuing education. In 1999, the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts was incorporated to form the School of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University. In 2012, the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China was incorporated to become the Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance. With the strong support of the state and society, through the implementation of the "211 Project" and the "985 Project" and the development of "Double First-Class" construction, Tsinghua University has made great progress in talent training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international cooperation and exchanges. At present, Tsinghua University has a total of 21 colleges and 59 departments. It has become a comprehensive, research-oriented university with 11 disciplines including science, engineering, literature, art, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, education and medicine.

Looking to the future, Tsinghua University will uphold the school motto of “Strive for Self-improvement and Hold the World with Virtue” and the school spirit of “Actions Speak Louder than Words”, adhere to the school-running style of “Integrating Chinese and Western Cultures, Combining the Past and the Present, and Integrating Arts and Sciences” and the training characteristics of “Being Both Red and Expert, and Developing All Round”, carry forward the tradition of “Patriotic Devotion, and Pursuit of Excellence” and the spirit of “Constant Humanistic Innovation”, take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its guide, thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, adhere to the correct direction, persist in cultivating moral talents, persist in serving the country, persist in reform and innovation, continue to deepen comprehensive reform and “Double First-Class” construction, realize intensive development, strive to be at the forefront in creating a world-class university, and make new and greater contributions to national development, people’s happiness, and the progress of human civilization.