Tsinghua School, the predecessor of the school, was founded in 19 1 1. The name of "Tsinghua" originated from the place name of 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.

1946 moved back to Tsinghua campus. People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded 1949, and Tsinghua University entered a new stage of development. From 65438 to 0952, China's universities were reorganized into multidisciplinary industrial universities. Starting from 1978, it gradually recovered and developed into a comprehensive research university.

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By the end of February 20 18, there were 3,485 teachers in the school, including young teachers under 45 1743. Among the teachers, the senior position is 138 1, and the deputy senior position is 1648.

Among the teachers, Nobel Prize winner 1 person, Turing Prize winner 1 person, China Academy of Sciences academician 5 1 person, China Academy of Engineering academician 39, and professors 16 who won the national "Famous Teacher Award in Colleges and Universities" were selected into the Changjiang Scholar Award Program of the Ministry of Education, distinguished professor160.

1July, 909, the Qing government set up the Tourism Aesthetics Department, which was attached to the Tourism Aesthetics Museum. 1911April, You Mei school was renamed Tsinghua school. 1911On April 29th, Tsinghua School opened in Tsinghua Campus.