Nankai University, referred to as "Nankai" for short, located in Tianjin, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of China, a national "double-class" construction university, and a national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project" construction university. Selected in the national "Everest Plan", "Strong Foundation Plan", "20 1 1 plan", "11plan", excellent legal talent education and training plan, national high-level university public graduate program, national model universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and
Nankai University was founded in 19 19 by Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling adhering to the concept of saving the country through education. 1937, the campus was bombed by the Japanese invaders and moved south. Private Nankai University, Peking University and Tsinghua University merged in Changsha to form the National Changsha Temporary University. 1938 moved to Kunming and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University; 1946 returned to Tianjin to resume school and change to the state; After the founding of New China, it has undergone institutional adjustment and become a national key university with equal emphasis on arts and sciences. Since the reform and opening up, Tianjin Foreign Trade College and China Tourism Management Cadre College have merged.