Beijing University and Tsinghua University BeijingⅤ

Introduction to Tsinghua University

Covering over 400 hectares, Tsinghua University was founded in 1911 on the site of Xichun Garden (which changed to Tsinghua Garden Later), an attached imperial garden of the Old Summer Palace of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Named as Tsinghua Xuetang (清华学堂) and funded with part of the Boxer Indemnity, the school was a preparatory school in western style for students who were sent to study in the United States by the government. Today, for a century, Tsinghua University has developed to a leading comprehensive university pursued by numerous high school students. It has 8 colleges and 43 departments, offering 37 bachelor’s degree programs, 107 master’s degree programs and 64 doctoral programs with 53 research institutes and centers, and 15 national key laboratories. With 38 academicians from CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and 34 academicians from CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering), Tsinghua University is celebrated for science and with engineering as its focus.