天津大学 | |||||||||||||||
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Former names | Peiyang University(北洋大學) National Peiyang University(北洋大學校/國立北洋大學) Imperial Tientsin University(天津北洋西學學堂/北洋大學堂) | ||||||||||||||
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| Motto | 實事求事[1] | ||||||||||||||
Motto in English | Seeking Truth from Facts[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Established | October 2, 1895; 130 years ago (1895) | ||||||||||||||
| President | Chai Liyuan | ||||||||||||||
| Party Secretary | Yang Xianjin (杨贤金) | ||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 4,374 | ||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | , China | ||||||||||||||
| Colors | Peiyang Blue | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliations | Excellence League | ||||||||||||||
| Website | tju.edu.cn tju.edu.cn/english | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 天津大学 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 天津大學 | ||||||||||||||
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Tianjin University (TJU;天津大学), previouslyPeiyang University (北洋大學), is anationalpublicresearch university inTianjin, China. Established in 1895 by aroyal charter from theGuangxu Emperor, Tianjin University is the oldest university in China, leading the country's significant shift towards modernization and development.[3][4][5] The university is affiliated with and funded by theMinistry of Education of China. It is part ofProject 211,Project 985, and theDouble First-Class Construction.[6]
Originally established asImperial Tientsin University and later known as Peiyang University, the institution was founded to provide modern education in engineering and mining, later expanding to include programs in science, business, law, humanities, and other disciplines. The establishment of Tianjin University marked a turning point in Chinese history, as it represented a significant shift towards modernization and the adoption of Western educational models.[3]
In 1951 after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, by an order of the Chinese Communist government, the university was renamed Tianjin University. It serves as one of the largest multidisciplinary engineering universities in China and one of the first 16national key universities accredited by the central government in 1959.[7]
In 1895,Sheng Xuanhuai submitted hismemorial to theGuangxu Emperor to request for approval to set up a modern higher education institution inTianjin. After approval on October 2, 1895,Peiyang Western Study College was founded by him and American educatorCharles Daniel Tenney and later developed to Peiyang University. It was the first university providing four year degree modern higher education in China.[8] The university modeled itself on the famous American Universities and aimed to rejuvenate China by training qualified personnel with new scientific and technological knowledge. After the PR China's foundation and university restructures, Peiyang University was renamed Tianjin University in 1951.[9]
Peiyang University, and later Tianjin University, contributed greatly to Chinese society. In its early days, undergraduates had the permission to directly pursue graduate study atHarvard andYale without any entrance exams. Its law school, which was the first and, at the time, best law school in China, was merged intoPeking University and gave Peking University a fresh new start. Peiyang's Department of Aeronautics was separated and developed intoBeihang University.
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As of 2023[update], the university has 6 national key disciplines and 17 municipal key disciplines.[further explanation needed]
For the time being,[when?] the university has 12 first-grade disciplines and 49 second-grade disciplines that confer Doctoral degree, 87 disciplines conferring master's degree, 17 engineering disciplines conferring master's degree in engineering. The university also confers master's degrees in business administration (MBA) and public administration (MPA). At present[when?] there are 15 postdoctoral research programs, 4 national key laboratories, 1 national engineering research center, 2 technology research and promotion centers of national scientific and technological achievements, 7 engineering technological R&D centers and open laboratories at ministerial level.
In June 2001, the university was evaluated by the expert panel of the Ministry of Education as having successfully completed all the construction items set by “211-Project” for theNinth Five-Year Plan Period.[10]
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The university has five key national laboratories, one national engineering research center, two national promotion centers for scientific and technological achievements, seven engineering research and development centers and open laboratories at ministerial level. There are over 80 laboratories, 110 research institutes, 15 experimental research and engineering development centers at the university.[11]
Since theChinese economic reform, hundreds of scientific and technological achievements of the university have won prizes. Among them, 70 won the National Natural Science Award, the National Invention Award, or the Award of National Science and Technology Progress, and 510 won the awards of science and technology progress of theMinistry of Education or at provincial or ministerial level. 393 have applied for patents, of which 278 have been patented. In 2001, the Science and Technology Park of Tianjin University became one of the 22 university sci-tech parks in China. A scientific research system consisting of basic research, applied research and R&D has been formed at the university. The university's annual amount of financial aid received from the National Natural Science Foundation always ranks top among China's engineering institutions of higher learning. Great achievements have been made in transforming scientific and technological achievements into productive forces. The university has established extensive cooperative relations with many large and medium-sized enterprises at home. In 2000 the university's funds for science and technology amounted to RMB 280 million.[12]
In 2020, professor Zhang Hao (張浩)[13] was convicted in the U.S. on charges of stealingtrade secrets on behalf of his firm and Tianjin University. The stolen trade secrets allowed his company and Tianjin to unfairly compete in the global radio frequency filter market. In 2009 Zhang Hao and his accomplice Pang Wei (龐慰) who were both professors at Tianjin University cooperated with the university to found a company named Novana using the stolen information.[14]
| BCUR National[15] | Domestic | 20 | |
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| Wu Shulian National[16] | Domestic | 17 | |
| CUAA National[17] | Alumni | 22 | |
| QS National[18] | General | 12 | |
| THE National[19] | General | 14–19 | |
| QS Asia (Asia version)[20] | General | 57 | |
| THE Asia (Asia version)[21] | General | =32 | |
| ARWU World[22] | Research | 101–150 | |
| QS World[23] | General | =257 | |
| THE World[24] | General | 201–250 | |
| USNWR World[25] | General | =182 | |
Tianjin University is one of the formerProject 985 Chinese institutions that made it into the top 500 universities in the world rankings. As of 2024, Tianjin University was ranked No.172 worldwide in terms of aggregate performance from the three most widely observed university rankings (THE+ARWU+QS) as reported by theAggregate Ranking of Top Universities.[26]
In the 2022U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking,[27] a number of disciplines and subjects at Tianjin University are ranked in the global top 300th including:
Tianjin University was one of the first universities in China to explore cooperation with external organizations, and conducts extensive international exchanges and cooperation, keeping close relations with many institutions of higher learning, educational institutions, and transnational enterprises worldwide. The university has established cooperative relations with provinces and cities such asHebei Province,Jilin Province,Xinjiang,Tibet, andChongqing Municipality. Its scientific and technological cooperation can be found all over the country. The university strengthens its cooperation with transnational industrial groups in the high-tech fields. Meanwhile, the university has signed cooperation agreements with more than 20 transnational companies, and with 80 institutions of higher learning from 28 countries, conducting academic exchanges, cooperative scientific research and joint training programs.[28]
The university invites famous scholars and celebrities to be its honorary or guest professors. To name a few, Prof.Herbert A. Simon,Nobel Prize winner of the Psychology Department ofCarnegie Mellon University; ProfessorGerald Vizenor, emeritus professor of American literature at theUniversity of New Mexico (Vizenor portrayed Tianjin University in his novelGriever: An American Monkey King in China); Dr.Yang Zhenning, famous physicist of theState University of New York;academician, world-famous mathematicianLin Jiaqiao;Mazuopin Kalin, professor of the Electrical Machinery Department ofYale University;Li Dingyi, professor of AT&TBell Laboratory. In recent years, the university has sponsored or undertaken more than a dozen large international academic conferences, which create more channels for the university to promote international exchanges and cooperation.[28]
Tianjin University also cooperated withUniversity of South Australia to buildChina-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development at October 27, 2012.[29]
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