It is generally believed that the establishment of 1809 Berlin University in Germany marks the birth of a university in the modern sense. The fundamental difference between modern universities and medieval universities lies in the transformation of university functions.
The origin of China University is Beiyang University Hall. After China defeated Japan in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the call for reform broke out, and Tianjin Chinese and Western School was transformed into Beiyang University Hall, marking the birth of the first university in modern China.
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Universities have a history of thousands of years, which can be traced back to its birth, mainly from Germany, Britain and other countries. Modern universities in China originated in the west, and western modern universities gradually evolved from European medieval universities, British universities and German universities to American universities. No matter which era, universities are the creative inheritance of previous universities, not the negation.
As a university, its competitiveness can be decomposed into many factors, such as school-running concept, curriculum and discipline (specialty) setting, teachers' quality, students, hardware facilities, management system, campus environment, capital investment, contribution, social reputation and so on.
The further analysis of these factors shows that the university culture, which is mainly condensed in the profound cultural heritage of the university, is the core competitiveness of the university and the basis for its survival, development, running a school and undertaking major social responsibilities.
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