Mei Yiqing, the old president of Tsinghua, said: "Some are called universities, some are called buildings, and some are called ambassadors." This sentence is not bad at all. If I understand correctly, he doesn't care too much about the house, but especially about our present situation. He always spends most of his money on building a house, but he doesn't pay enough attention to the ambassador. But President Yale's statement is more complete. Tangible assets include not only buildings, but also equipment, books and so on. Similarly, human resources refers not only to masters, but also to students and executives. Special mention should be made to students, who are also an important part of human resources.

What is more important is the cultural connotation of the university. In different types of schools, their emphasis and social division of labor are different. California Institute of Technology has 386 universities, colleges, primary school teachers, researchers, college students and graduate students, which adds up to 265,438+072 (2005). From the beginning, the board of directors stipulated that no matter who is the principal, no one can expand the scale. The mission of California Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through the combination of education and scientific research. In a single university, we should study the most challenging basic problems in science and technology in an interdisciplinary atmosphere, and at the same time educate outstanding students to become creative members of society.

There is no mention of culture here. Not that Caltech has no culture. As a university, its mission is different from Yale University. There are 32 Nobel Prizes (3 1 winners) in this circle, which are contributions to the treasure house of human knowledge. In World War II, 90% of American rockets were designed here. This year, the tenth planet in the solar system was discovered, which further expanded the report of human knowledge. In addition, in addition to these Nobel Prize winners, there are many outstanding alumni who have not won the Nobel Prize, such as our physics veteran Zhou Peiyuan, who received his doctorate from 65438 to 0928. (William Shakespeare, North? Zhao Zhongyao, the founder of nuclear physics in China, was a doctoral student in this school from 65438 to 0930. Founder of genetics in China, 1936, Ph.D. candidate, Qian Xuesen, the top scholar in science in China, 1939 received his Ph.D. degree in this school. These masters have established the world status of this school, so there is no need to affirm the ranking. That's the best university in the world. That's you.