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Why is Tsinghua University called THU for short?
Tsinghua University, English name is Tsinghua University. Although it should be abbreviated as TU according to English habits, according to Chinese habits, Qing characters correspond to cyan and Chinese characters correspond to Hua. Although "Hua" is not listed as a syllable in the official English name, it is still reflected in the abbreviation, which is.

1. Tsinghua University, abbreviated as "Tsinghua", is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and directly under the central government. It is a well-known institution of higher learning in China, ranking among "2 1 1 Project", "985 Project" and "World-class University and First-class Discipline". He has been selected as a member of Nine Major Alliances, China University Presidents Association, East Asia Research University Association, Asian University Alliance, Pacific Rim University Alliance and Tsinghua-Cambridge-MIT Low-carbon University Alliance, and is known as the "cradle of red engineers". ?

2. Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua School, was founded in 19 1 1. It was named after Shui Mu Tsinghua University. It was a preparatory school for studying in the United States established by the Qing government, and the funds for its establishment came from 1908, when the United States returned part of boxer indemnity. 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 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. 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.

3. Tsinghua University adheres to the school motto of "striving for self-improvement, cherishing morality and carrying things" and the school spirit of "actions speak louder than words", adheres to the school-running style of "integrating Chinese and Western, integrating ancient and modern times, infiltrating arts and sciences" and the training characteristics of "being red, professional and all-round", and carries forward the tradition of "patriotic dedication, pursuing Excellence" and the spirit of "humanistic renewal". Just like the couplets in the I-shaped hall on the campus of Tsinghua-"The mountains outside the threshold are extraordinary after spring, summer, autumn and winter; Clouds in the window make things come and go, and it is Xianju. "