Tongji University has a long history and an outstanding reputation. It is one of the earliest national universities in China and a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Shanghai. After 1 15 years of development, Tongji University has become a comprehensive, research-oriented and international university with distinctive characteristics and great influence at home and abroad, and its comprehensive strength ranks among the top universities in China.
The school started from 1907 with the German Medical College founded by German doctor erich Baolong with the support of the Chinese and German governments and all walks of life. 1908, Devon medical college was renamed Tongji Devon medical college. 19 12, together with the newly established Tongji German Medical College, is called Tongji German Medical College. 19 17 was taken over by China people and renamed as Tongji Medical College, a private Tongji Medical College.
1923 was named Tongji University, and 1927 became a national university. 1937 After the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Tongji University moved to Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Yunnan for six times, and 1940 moved to Lizhuang Ancient Town, Yibin, Sichuan. 1946 after moving back to Shanghai, it developed into a comprehensive university famous for its five colleges of science, engineering, medicine, literature and law.
The specific data comes from official website, Department of Finance, Tongji University.
General situation of teachers and students:
Full-time undergraduate students 18536, graduate students 165438 and doctoral students 7668. There are also 3 160 international students. There are 28 full-time teachers15, including full-time professional and technical positions 1093 and academicians of China academy of sciences 16 (including double employment).
There are 26 academicians of China Academy of Engineering (including double employment), 29 academicians of the Third World Academy of Sciences, and 29 foreign academicians of national academies or engineering institutes such as the United States, Germany and Sweden. There are 5 national famous teachers, 42 professors of Changjiang Scholar Award Program of Ministry of Education, 72 winners of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and 23 chief scientists of National Key Basic Research and Development Program.
Chief scientist of the State Key R&D Program 150, and 253 outstanding young talents in four categories, such as "Young Yangtze River" and "Winner of Outstanding Youth Science Fund". There are 7 national teaching teams, National Natural Science Foundation of China 10 Innovation Team, Ministry of Education's "Innovation Team Development Plan" 12, and Ministry of Science and Technology's Key Areas Innovation Team 1.