Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University was established in Beijing in 1911 as Tsing Hua Imperial College, initially as a preparatory school for students sent to study in the United States. [1] The university section began in 1925, and the institution adopted the name National Tsing Hua University in 1928, with schools in liberal arts, law, science and engineering. [1]

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Tsinghua moved to Changsha in 1937 and joined National Peking University and Nankai University in a temporary university. [1] The institution moved to Kunming in 1938 as National South-West Associated University and returned to its Beijing campus in 1946; the official history records five faculties and 26 departments at that point. [2]

The nationwide restructuring of higher education in 1952 turned Tsinghua into a multidisciplinary polytechnic university specializing in engineering education. [1] From 1978 onward, it expanded teaching and research in sciences, economics and management, humanities and law; the university established a graduate school in 1984, merged with the Central Academy of Arts and Design in 1999, and incorporated the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China as a finance school in 2012. [3]

Tsinghua now describes itself as a comprehensive research university with 21 schools and 59 departments covering science, engineering, literature, arts, history, medicine and other interdisciplinary fields. [2] Its official materials emphasize research-based learning, global engagement and the development of solutions to social and scientific problems; the university's campus and administrative identity remain centered on Tsinghua Garden in Beijing. [1] [2]