Tsinghua University, formerly known as Tsinghua School, was founded in 19 1 1. At that time, it was part of the "return" of the United States. boxer indemnity established the preparatory school for studying in the United States. 19 12, Tsinghua school was renamed Tsinghua school. 1925 set up an undergraduate department to recruit four-year college students and set up a graduate school (Chinese studies). 1928 was renamed as "National Tsinghua University", with four departments: literature, law, science and engineering.

In the early development of Tsinghua University, Tsinghua scholars, represented by Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Chen Yinque, Zhao Yuanren and lecturer Li Ji, advocated "the compatibility between China and the West, the integration of ancient and modern times, and the infiltration of arts and sciences", forming the famous "Tsinghua School" and "Tsinghua Style of Study", which had a far-reaching impact on the development of Tsinghua and trained a large number of high-level academic masters. The germination and rise of many disciplines in modern China started from Tsinghua University.

After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, National Tsinghua University, National Peking University and private Nankai University formed Southwest United University in Kunming. In the era of war and extreme lack of material conditions, teachers and students have worked hard to run schools. The General Assembly is also famous overseas for its gathering of famous teachers, high level and good style of study, and has trained a large number of outstanding talents.

194 1 Tsinghua University When celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding in Kunming, American universities wrote a letter praising Tsinghua's "Thirty years in China, a thousand years in the west" and marveling that Tsinghua had completed the road of western universities in thirty years.

1946, after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, Tsinghua University moved back to Tsinghua campus to resume his studies.

Tsinghua University has a glorious revolutionary tradition. In the anti-Japanese national salvation movement in full swing, in the December 9th Movement that shocked the whole country, and in the struggle against hunger, civil war and persecution, generations of people with lofty ideals in Tsinghua became models for future generations in the struggle to save the country, spread advanced ideas, and strive for national independence and people's liberation.

From 65438 to 0952, China's higher education system was adjusted nationwide by imitating the Soviet model. Tsinghua's departments of literature, law, science, agriculture and aviation were transferred to other schools, and Tsinghua University became a higher industrial school. This practice has caused great losses to the development of higher education in Tsinghua University and China. 1952 1 1 Jiang Nanxiang became the president of Tsinghua university, actively explored the road of running socialist higher education in line with China's national conditions, and made outstanding achievements in cultivating red, professional and all-round development of engineering technology and cutting-edge scientific and technological talents.

Since 1978, Tsinghua has gradually rebuilt various disciplines such as science, economics and management, humanities and social sciences, restored the layout of comprehensive universities, and entered a new period of vigorous development. At present, there are humanities and social sciences, science, fine arts, journalism and communication, law, economy and management, public management, architecture, civil water conservancy, mechanical engineering, information science and technology, medical college and applied technology in Tsinghua University. Tsinghua University has become a comprehensive university with arts, law, science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, art and other disciplines.