Overview
Chinese Name: 清华大学
English Name: Tsinghua University
Abbreviation: 清华(Tsinghua); THU
Established: 1911
Location: Beijing
Website: http://www.tsinghua.www.cn
Brief introduction of Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is a unique comprehensive university bridging China and the world, connecting ancient and modern, and encompassing the arts and sciences.
In 1909, Tourism Aesthetics Department was built in Beijing and began to study the preparation for pavilion at the same time, agent Zhou Ziqi周自齐, recruiting the first group of students studying directly in the United States. In 1911, the study hall was renamed Tsinghua school清华学堂, and school for the first time to be a part of the “refund” by the United States “boxer indemnity”庚子赔款 establish a preparatory school to stay in the United States.
In 1949, Tsinghua belonging to the central people’s government Ministry of Education中央人民政府教育部was renamed “Tsinghua University” .
Since the reform and opening up改革开放, Tsinghua university has gradually established the long-term goal of building the World-Class University, entering the new booming period. The school has recovery or found new science, arts, medicine, and economic management disciplines, and formed the colleges of further education and graduate school. With the support of the state and society, through the implementation of “Project 211″ 211工程” Project 985″985工程, to carry out the construction of “Double First-rate”双一流, Tsinghua University has made great progress in talents cultivation, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance, innovation, international cooperation and communication, and so on.
Education Achivements and Rankings
The campus of Tsinghua University is situated on the site of the former imperial gardens of the Qing Dynasty清朝 and is surrounded by a number of historical sites in northwest Beijing. It covers an area of 442.12 hectares, a construction area of 2.8764 million square meters. It has 21 colleges and 59 teaching departments, offering 82 undergraduate majors. There are 50 post-doctoral research stations, 22 first-level state key disciplines, and 60 first-level doctoral and master’s degree authorization centers.
Tsinghua University consists of 21 schools and 59 departments, with 22 primary national key disciplines of the top in the nation; In addition, the school also has 15 secondary national key disciplines,2 national key disciplines (Nurture), combined with primary key disciplines covered by secondary discipline. The school has a total of 115 national key disciplines.
Tsinghua University is a member of the Alliance of Nine universities, Association of Presidents of Chinese Universities, Association of East Asian Research Universities, Alliance of Asian Universities, Alliance of Pacific Rim Universities, Tsinghua University, Cambridge University, MIT Low-carbon University Alliance, known as the cradle of red engineers.
As of 2022, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Tsinghua University 16th in the world and 2nd in China & the Asia-Pacific, with its teaching and research performance indicators placed at 1st and 10th in the world respectively, which are historical strengths for the university.
The U.S. News & World Report ranked Tsinghua University 26th in the world, 1st in Asia and 1st in China.
QS World University Rankings ranked Tsinghua University 17th in the world and 5th in Asia.
Tsinghua University was also ranked 44th in the world in The Three University Missions Ranking.
Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the “Shanghai Ranking”, placed Tsinghua University 43th in the world and 1st in China.
The Research Base of Beijing Science and Technology Innovation Center also placed Tsinghua University 1st in China, demonstrating the academic and research prowess of the university.
Feature specialty
Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering水利水电工程: The Department of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering is one of the engineering departments with advantages and historical traditions in Tsinghua University. The school has participated in the key technological breakthroughs of almost major water conservancy and hydropower projects in China, such as Gezhouba葛洲坝, the first dam of the Yangtze River长江, the Three Gorges Dam Project三峡工程, the world’s largest water conservancy project, and the world-famous South-to-North Water Diversion project.
Civil Engineering土木工程：The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the engineering departments established earlier in Tsinghua University, and it is also one of the engineering departments welcomed by employers.
Mechanical Engineering机械工程：The Department of Mechanical Engineering is one of the earliest engineering departments in Tsinghua University. The department of Mechanical Engineering has not only created a large number of talents for the development of science and technology, but also made outstanding contributions to the progress of science and technology in various periods of national economic development.
Electrical engineering电气工程：Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University is affiliated to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronic Technology. So far, It have cultivated a large number of talents.
Famous Alumni
In the past century, Tsinghua University has a large number of excellent alumni, including academic predecessors and engineers who have made great contributions to China’s modern science, culture and education, and winners of the “Nobel Prize”, “Two bombs and one Star Meritorious Medal两弹一星功勋奖章” and the “National Highest Science and Technology Award国家最高科学技术奖”.
Tsinghua University has produced the most notable politicians among all universities in China. As of 2017, more than 500 Tsinghua University alumni currently serve in the government at vice-ministerial positions or higher, including the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinpin 习近平.
Worthy alumni in the sciences include Nobel laureate Yang Zhenning,杨振宁 Yang Zhenning has made landmark contributions in particle physics, statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
Famous alumni in the humanities and arts include author Zhu ziqing朱自清, architect Liang sicheng梁思成.
