No, according to the Selected Historical Materials of Tsinghua University Volume II published by Tsinghua University History Museum, Tsinghua University is a famous institution of higher learning in China. Its predecessor, Tsinghua School, was a preparatory school for studying in the United States set up by the Qing government in191with part of the "boxer indemnity" returned by the United States, and the National Tsinghua University was formally established in 1928. So Tsinghua was not built in the United States.

Tsinghua University, abbreviated as "Tsinghua", is located at No.30 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and a university directly under the central government. It was jointly built by the Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipality. The school ranks among the national "double-class" Class A, "985 Project" and "21/project".