Tsinghua University was founded in 1911.
Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua School, was founded in 1911. The school name "Tsinghua" was derived from the place name of the school site "tsinghua campus". It was a preparatory school for studying in the United States established by the Qing government, and the funds for its establishment came from part of boxer indemnity returned by the United States in 198. In 1912, it was renamed Tsinghua School. In 1928, it was renamed the National Tsinghua University.
In p>1937, after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha, and established the National Changsha Temporary University with the State Peking University and the private Nankai University. In 1938, it moved to Kunming and was renamed the National Southwest Associated University.
moved back to tsinghua campus in p>1946. In 1949, the People's Republic of China was founded, and Tsinghua University entered a new stage of development. In 1952, after the adjustment of colleges and universities in China, it became a multidisciplinary industrial university. Since 1978, it has gradually recovered and developed into a comprehensive research university.
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Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua School, was founded in 1911 and renamed Tsinghua School in 1912. In 1928, it was renamed the National Tsinghua University. After the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, it moved south to Changsha, and established the National Changsha Temporary University with Peking University and Nankai University. In 1938, it moved to Kunming and was renamed the National Southwest Associated University.
in p>1946, he moved back to tsinghua campus, where there were 5 colleges and 26 departments of literature, law, science, engineering and agriculture. After the adjustment of colleges and universities in 1952, Tsinghua University became a multi-disciplinary industrial university, focusing on training engineering and technical personnel for the country, and was known as the "cradle of red engineers".
Since the reform and opening up, Tsinghua University has gradually established the long-term goal of building a world-class university and entered a new period of vigorous development. The school has successively resumed or established disciplines such as science, economics, management and liberal arts, and established graduate schools and continuing education colleges. In 1999, Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts was merged with the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts.
In p>212, graduate department, the former People's Bank of China, was merged into Wudaokou Finance College in Tsinghua University. With the strong support of the state and society, Tsinghua University has made great progress in personnel training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, international cooperation and exchanges through the implementation of the "211 Project" and "985 Project" and the construction of "Double First Class".
At present, Tsinghua University has 2 colleges and 59 departments, and has become a comprehensive and research-oriented university with 11 disciplines, including science, engineering, literature, art, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, education and medicine.
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