Tsinghua University, referred to as "Tsinghua" for short, is a sub-ministerial system directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the central government, ranking among "21/project", "985 project" and "world-class university and first-class discipline".
Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua Academy, was founded in 19 1 1. The school name "Tsinghua" originated from the school site "Tsinghua Campus", which was a preparatory school for studying in the United States founded by the Qing government. The funds for its establishment came from 1908, part of boxer indemnity returned by the United States.
19 12 was renamed Tsinghua school. 1928 changed its name to National Tsinghua University. 1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha and jointly established the National Temporary University of Changsha with the State Peking University and the private Nankai University. /kloc-moved to Kunming in 0/938 and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University.
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Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua Academy, was founded in 19 1 1, and 19 12 was renamed Tsinghua Academy. 1928 changed its name to National Tsinghua University. 1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha and formed the National Changsha Temporary University with Peking University and Nankai University. /kloc-moved to Kunming in 0/938 and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University.
/kloc-moved back to Tsinghua campus in 0/946, where there are 5 colleges and 26 departments of literature, law, science, engineering and agriculture.
After the national colleges and universities were adjusted from 65438 to 0952, Tsinghua University became a multi-disciplinary industrial university, focusing on training engineering and technical personnel for the country, and was known as the "cradle of red engineers". Since the reform and opening up, Tsinghua University has gradually established the long-term goal of building a world-class university and entered a new period of vigorous development.
The school has resumed or opened disciplines such as science, economics, management and liberal arts, and established graduate schools and continuing education colleges. 1999, Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts merged with Central Academy of Arts and Crafts. 20 12 graduate department, formerly the People's Bank of China, was merged into Wudaokou Finance College in Tsinghua University.
With the strong support of the state and society, Tsinghua University has made great progress in personnel training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international cooperation and exchanges through the implementation of the "21Project", "985 Project" and "Double First Class" construction.
There are 20 colleges and 59 departments in Tsinghua University, and it has become a comprehensive research university with disciplines such as science, engineering, literature, art, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, teaching and medicine.
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