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Sitting on several former royal gardens of the Qing Dynasty, the campus of Tsinghua University is located in the northwest corner of Beijing. It is surrounded by some famous universities and many historical sites. The garden-like campus has inspired and motivated generations of students.

Tsinghua University was established in 1911 originally as "Tsinghua Xuetang". The school was renamed "Tsinghua School" in 1912. The name "National Tsinghua University" was adopted in 1928, with the Research Institute being set up in 1929. After the foundation of the People's Republic of China, the university was molded into a polytechnic institution focusing on engineering. Tsinghua has flourished since 1978, with the re-establishment of the departments in sciences, economics and management, the humanities and so on. The University is developing into a comprehensive university in contemporary China at a breath-taking pace.

With a splendid legacy accumulated over the past 90 years, Tsinghua has retained its characteristic charm while promoting rigorous scholarship research, ensuring an academic and educational prestige. The university has over 7100 faculties and staff currently, including 24 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 24 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 900 full professors and 1200 associate professors. The educational doctrine of Tsinghua is "to train the students with integrity for the society". Since her founding, Tsinghua has nurtured over one hundred thousand students. Among them are many outstanding scholars, eminent entrepreneurs and great statesmen who are the pride of the Chinese. Hence, to study at Tsinghua is the dream of many Chinese youth. Presently, Tsinghua has over 20000 students, including 12000 undergraduates, 6200 master's degrees candidates and 2800 doctoral candidates.

With strong support from the nation, Tsinghua is in the face of unprecedented opportunities, Tsinghua University is pressing on towards becoming a world-class university in the 21st century. With the inspiring motto "Self-discipline and Social Commitment", Tsinghua will be dedicated to the well being of Chinese society.