Beiyang University. According to the inquiry of official website school profile of Tianjin University, Tianjin University, referred to as Tianda for short, was formerly Beiyang University, founded in 1895 and 10.2, which was the first modern university in China and initiated the modern higher education in China. After the failure of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the school was founded in Tianjin by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, with Sheng Xuanhuai as the first inspector, with the aim of "cultivating talents and striving for self-improvement, and pursuing talents first". The school was first named Beiyang University Hall. 19 12 In June, Beiyang University Hall was renamed Beiyang University; 19 13 was named National Beiyang University in June; 1In June, 928, the university district system was tried out, and it was renamed as the Second Institute of Technology of National Peiping University. 1938 In March, Linda was renamed as "National Northwest Associated University". 1938 In July, National Northwest United University was reorganized into National Northwest University, National Northwest Institute of Technology, National Northwest Normal University and National Northwest Medical College. Among them, Beiyang Institute of Technology, Peiping University Institute of Technology, Northeastern University Institute of Technology and Jiaozuo Institute of Technology jointly established the National Northwest Institute of Technology, and its campus is located in Chenggu County, Shaanxi Province. During the Anti-Japanese War, alumni from all walks of life demanded the restoration of the National Beiyang Institute of Technology. 1942, 12 In February, the Executive Yuan of the National Government upgraded the former Zhejiang Shi Liying University to a national level, and set its Institute of Technology as the National Beiyang Institute of Technology. 1944 Li Shutian established the Xijing branch of Beiyang Institute of Technology in Xi 'an. 1946 was renamed "Beiyang University". 195 1 year, Beiyang University merged with Hebei Institute of Technology and was named Tianjin University by the state. Thus, the predecessor of Tianjin University was Beiyang University.