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Is Tsinghua University private?
Tsinghua Peking University is not a private school. Tsinghua University (English: Tsinghua, THU), formerly known as Tsinghua Academy, Tsinghua Academy and National Tsinghua University, was founded on April 26th,191. It is a public institution of higher learning located in Tsinghua Campus, Haidian District. Initially, the boxer indemnity Preparatory School for Studying in the United States, which was built by the Qing government with part of the money returned by the United States, had a "Tourism Aesthetics Department" and an affiliated "Graduate School", and the undergraduate department was established in 1925. 1952, the departments of colleges and universities were adjusted, and the departments of literature, law, science, agriculture and aerospace moved out, absorbing engineering from other schools, and turned into a multidisciplinary industrial university, which made outstanding contributions in the fields of civil engineering, water conservancy, computer and nuclear energy, and was known as the "cradle of engineers". After 1978, science, humanities and social sciences, economic management and other disciplines will be gradually restored. It is a 985 project and 2 1 1 engineering institution of higher learning.

Peking University, Peking University for short, was founded in 1898, formerly known as Shi Jing University Hall. It is the first national university in China in modern times, the highest institution recognized by China, and one of the most important universities in Asia and even the world. In the modern history of China, Peking University was the central birthplace of China's "New Culture Movement" and "May 4th Movement", and also the earliest place where China's various political thoughts and social ideals spread. Known as the "political barometer of China", it enjoys a high reputation and an important position.