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Who founded Tianjin University?
Founded by Sheng Xuanhuai.

TianjinUniversity, called Tianda for short, was originally named Beiyang University, founded in 1895 10.2, which is the first modern university in China and the first modern higher education in China. It is well-known at home and abroad for its motto of seeking truth from facts, school spirit of rigorous scholarship and tradition of patriotic dedication. 195 1 year, the national department changed its name to "Tianjin University" and it has been used ever since.

"The flowers are beautiful, the north is surging, and the university is high in Beiyang." Tianjin University is located in Tianjin, a famous historical and cultural city and the economic center of northern China. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established by the Ministry of Education, Tianjin and the State Oceanic Administration. The national "2 1 1 project", "985 project", "201/plan", "1/plan" and "excellent engineer education and training plan" are the first batch of key universities.