#17 Tsinghua University(Tsinghua)
Basic Infomation:
World Position: No. 17
Nature of University: Public
Research Findings: Very High
Number of students: 39,371
Number of Teachers: 6,174
Number of international students: 5,420
Overview:
Tsinghua University (Tsinghua) is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. It ranks among the national “Double First Class” Category A, “985 Project”, and “211 Project”, and is selected as the “2011 Plan”, “Mount Everest Plan”, and “Strong Base Plan”. ", "111 Plan", for the Nine Schools Alliance (C9), Pine Alliance, Chinese University Presidents Association, Asian University Alliance, Pacific Rim University Alliance, Tsinghua-Cambridge-MIT Low Carbon University Alliance, China's high-level talent training and The base for scientific and technological research is known as the "cradle of red engineers". Students looking for outstanding engineering and computer science courses only need to look at Tsinghua University in Beijing,
Since 2015, the university has been rated as one of the best universities in the world in both disciplines.
The school's predecessor, Tsinghua Academy, was founded in 1911. After the anti-colonial Boxer Movement, the United States fined China 30 million US dollars as punishment. In 1909, President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated with Congress for waivers, and the remaining money was earmarked for university scholarships for Chinese students to study in the United States. Tsinghua University was established as a preparatory school for students to travel abroad. The school name "Tsinghua" is derived from the name of the school site "Tsinghua Park". It is a preparatory school for study in the United States established by the Qing government.
In 1912, it was renamed Tsinghua School. In 1928, it was renamed National Tsinghua University. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, he moved south to Changsha and established the National Changsha Provisional University with Peking University and the private Nankai University. In 1938, it moved to Kunming and renamed the National Southwest Associated University. Moved back to Tsinghua Park in 1946. The People's Republic of China was established in 1949, and Tsinghua University entered a new stage of development. In 1952, the colleges and departments nationwide were adjusted to become a multidisciplinary industrial university. Since 1978, it has gradually recovered and developed into a comprehensive research university.
The campus of Tsinghua University is located in Haidian District, northwest of Beijing, the site of the Qing Dynasty imperial garden. Therefore, it retains the Chinese landscape and traditional architecture, although many of its buildings also have a Western style, reflecting its American heritage. Like its rival Beijing, Tsinghua University is also known for having one of the most beautiful university campuses.
On campus, students are not only busy with academic studies (although the heavy workload means that learning is always the top priority). There are more than 110 student clubs and associations covering the fields of science and technology, health and fitness, humanities, art and public welfare.
Particularly encourage overseas students to participate in it, organize a series of extracurricular activities, such as welcome party, New Year's party, graduation party, and visits to cultural and historical landmarks.
Tsinghua University has a campus area of 442.12 hectares and a building area of 2.8764 million square meters; it has 21 colleges, 59 teaching departments, and 82 undergraduate majors; it covers a wide range of disciplines, including science, engineering, art and literature, social sciences, and medicine. Founded in 2014, Xinya College is the school's residential liberal arts college and is part of a series of undergraduate education reforms. Unlike other Tsinghua students who must choose a specific major when enrolling, New Asia students can declare their major at the end of their freshman year.
About Undergraduate:
Tsinghua University offers 78 undergraduate majors including science, engineering, business, literature, law, and medicine. Except for architecture (five years) and clinical medicine (eight years), all undergraduate degrees require four years to complete. Most of the courses are taught in Chinese, and some courses are taught in English or bilingual.
International undergraduates are eligible to apply for the Beijing Municipal Government Scholarship, which is provided for outstanding international students to pay tuition in part or in full.
About Postgraduate:
Tsinghua University offers more than 100 master's degree programs and more than 80 doctoral degree programs. The university currently offers 20 graduate degrees taught in English, including its global MBA program, master of mechanical engineering, master of advanced computing, and doctoral programs in environmental science and new energy technology.
The university currently has 43 joint master's programs in cooperation with universities outside China such as Aachen University of Technology in Germany, Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and HECParis in France.
