23 Facts About Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University is a national public research university in Beijing, China.

Tsinghua University was streamlined into a polytechnic institute with a focus on engineering and the natural sciences.

In 1998, Tsinghua became the first Chinese university to offer a Master of Laws program in American law, through a cooperative venture with the Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Tsinghua University alumni include the current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and paramount leader of China, Xi Jinping '79, who graduated with a degree in chemical engineering, along with the CCP General Secretary and former Paramount Leader of China Hu Jintao '64, who graduated with a degree in hydraulic engineering.

In 2014, Tsinghua established Xinya College, a residential liberal arts college, as a pilot project to reform undergraduate education at the university.

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Tsinghua University engages in extensive research and offers 51 bachelor's degree programs, 139 master's degree programs, and 107 doctoral programs through 20 colleges and 57 departments covering a broad range of subjects, including science, engineering, arts and literature, social sciences, law, medicine.

Tsinghua University is an associate member of the Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research.

Research at Tsinghua University is mainly supported by government funding from national programs and special projects.

Tsinghua University is consistently ranked among the top universities in the Asia-Pacific according to major international university rankings.

Tsinghua University ranked No 1 in China, the whole of Asia-Oceania region and emerging countries according to the Times Higher Education, with its industry income, research, and teaching performance indicator placed at 1st, 8th and 9th respectively in the world.

Internationally, Tsinghua was regarded as the most reputable Chinese university by the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings where, it has ranked 10th globally and 1st in the Asia-Pacific.

Tsinghua University ranked 10 among Global Innovative Universities according to the World's Universities with Real Impact 2020 ranking released by United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

Since 2013, Tsinghua topped the newly created regional QS BRICS University Rankings.

In 2020, Tsinghua was ranked 15th in the world by QS World University Rankings, and ranked 6th globally and 1st in Asia in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings.

In 1952, Tsinghua DMS was merged with the Peking University Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Tsinghua University DMS has three institutes at present, the institute of Pure Mathematics which has 27 faculty members, the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Probability and Statistics which has 27 faculty members, and the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Operations Research which has 20 faculty members.

Legal studies at Tsinghua University can be dated back to the "Tsinghua College" era, where many students were sent to universities in western countries for legal studies.

The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, was jointly founded by Tsinghua University and the Shenzhen Municipal Government for cultivating top level professionals and carrying out scientific and technological innovations.

Tsinghua University has more than 110 student associations covering five domains: science and technology, physical training, humanities, arts and public welfare.

Campus of Tsinghua University is located in northwest Beijing, in the Haidian district, which was designated for universities and other academic institutes.

Tsinghua University's campus was named one of the most beautiful college campuses in the world by a panel of architects and campus designers in Forbes in 2010; it was the only university in Asia on the list.

Tsinghua University'sngyinyuan, built in 1946, contains numerous residential houses for the faculty.

Tsinghua University has produced many notable graduates, especially in political sphere, academic field and industry.