Tsinghua University (Tsinghua for short) was born in 19 1 1. It was established on the basis of the "boxer indemnity" returned by the United States, named after Tsinghua Campus, and located in the northwest suburb of Beijing. Formerly known as "Tsinghua School", it was a preparatory school for studying in the United States founded by the Qing government. The following year, it was renamed "Tsinghua School". In order to try to cultivate talents locally, 1925 established the undergraduate department; 1928 changed its name to "National Tsinghua University". 1937 after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the school moved south to Changsha, and jointly established "National Temporary University of Changsha" with Peking University and Nankai University. 1938 moved to Kunming and changed its name to "National Southwest Associated University"; 1946 moved back to the original site of Beijing Tsinghua Campus. Tsinghua University, directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), was ranked as "Project 2 1 1" and "Project 985", and was selected as "Everest Plan", "Project 20 1 1". It is a member of C9 Alliance, Association of East Asian Research Universities, Pacific Rim University Alliance and Tsinghua-Cambridge-MIT Low-carbon Energy University Alliance, and has set up a deputy ministerial level.