2. The "985" universities are: Tianjin University and Nankai University.
Tianjin University, referred to as "Tianda" for short, is located in Tianjin, a famous historical and cultural city and the economic center of northern China. Its predecessor was Beiyang University. Founded in 1895 10.2, it is the first modern university in China. It is well-known at home and abroad for its motto of seeking truth from facts, school spirit of rigorous scholarship and tradition of patriotic dedication. 195 1 year, Beiyang University merged with Hebei Institute of Technology and was named "Tianjin University".
Members of the first batch of key universities, excellent university alliance, new engineering education international alliance, China-Europe engineering education platform, and Sino-Russian engineering university alliance, the state has built high-level universities to implement postgraduate programs, and the state has deepened the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.
China government scholarship institution for overseas students, one of the "Old Eight Schools of Architecture", won the first national civilized campus. The school goal is to build Tianjin University into a comprehensive, research-oriented, open and international world-class university.