Tsinghua Yao Ban requires that the applicant be a science student, with the lowest college entrance examination score and excellent comprehensive quality. Tsinghua Yao Ban was founded by Academician Yao Qizhi. His full name is Computer Science Experimental Class of Tsinghua University. Its main teaching contents are software engineering, computer technology and artificial intelligence.

Tsinghua University Yao Ban, namely "Tsinghua University Computer Science Experimental Class", was established in 2005 and led by Mr. Yao Qizhi.

Tsinghua University Cross Information Institute, referred to as Cross Information Institute, was established on 2011. The interdisciplinary information research institute, led by Mr. Yao Qizhi, the winner of Turing Award, the highest prize in computer science, an academician of China Academy of Sciences and a foreign academician of American Academy of Sciences, is the first teaching and scientific research unit in China devoted to interdisciplinary information research, with the goal of building a world-class interdisciplinary information research institution and cultivating top-notch innovative talents with international competitiveness.