Tsinghua University, founded in Beijing in 1911, was originally known as Tsinghua Academy, a key construction university of the "211 Project" and "985 Project", and a comprehensive research university focusing on cultivating engineering and technical talents for the country
Tsinghua Academy, the predecessor of Tsinghua University, was founded in 1911 and renamed Tsinghua School in 1912. In 1928, it was renamed National Tsing Hua University. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, it moved south to Changsha and established the National Changsha Provisional University with Peking University and Nankai University, and moved to Kunming in 1938 and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University. In 1946, it moved back to Tsinghua Park, with 5 colleges and 26 departments including literature, law, science, engineering and agriculture.
In 1952, after the adjustment of colleges and universities across the country, Tsinghua University became a multidisciplinary industrial university, focusing on cultivating engineering and technical talents 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 era of vigorous development. The university has successively restored or established new disciplines in science, economics, management and liberal arts, and established a graduate school and a school of continuing education. In 1999, it merged with the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts to establish the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University. In 2012, the former Graduate School of People's Bank of China was merged into the PBC School of Finance of Tsinghua University. With the strong support of the state and society, Tsinghua University has made remarkable progress in talent training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international cooperation and exchanges through the implementation of the "211 Project", "985 Project" and "Double First-Class" construction. At present, Tsinghua University has a total of 20 colleges and 57 departments, and has become a comprehensive research university with 11 disciplines, including science, engineering, literature, art, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, education and medicine.
Facing the future, Tsinghua University will continue to uphold the school motto of "unremitting self-improvement and virtue" and the school spirit of "actions speak louder than words", adhere to the school-running style of "integration of Chinese and Western, ancient and modern, and infiltration of arts and sciences" and the cultivation characteristics of "red, specialized, and all-round development", carry forward the tradition of "patriotic dedication, pursuit of excellence" and the spirit of "humanistic innovation", thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the 105th anniversary of the founding of Tsinghua University, adhere to the right direction, adhere to the virtue of cultivating people, insist on serving the country, adhere to reform and innovation, and face the world. Be brave in forging ahead, establish self-confidence, maintain characteristics, cultivate all kinds of talents needed by the motherland and the people, deeply participate in the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, strive to be at the forefront of building a world-class university, and make new and greater contributions to the development of the country, the happiness of the people, and the progress of human civilization.
