Tianjin University

Tianjin University, formerly known as Peiyang University, was founded on October 2, 1895. It was the first modern university in China and pioneered modern higher education in the country. After the failure of the First Sino-Japanese War, the university was founded in Tianjin with a red inscription by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, with Sheng Xuanhuai as its first supervisor, under the educational mission of "the way of self-strengthening is to cultivate talents first, and the way of seeking talents is to establish schools first." The school was originally named Beiyang University Hall. It had a first class (undergraduate) and a second class (preparatory). The First Class had four disciplines: Law, Engineering, Mining, and machinery.

Since its establishment, the school has adhered to the mission of "strengthening the country through education", the motto of "seeking truth from facts", the ethos of "rigorous scholarship", the tradition of "patriotism and dedication", and the pursuit of "innovation", and has made outstanding contributions to the economic and social development of the country. So far, it has cultivated more than 300,000 high-level talents for the country and society.

For a long time, through the unremitting efforts of all the teachers and students, Tianjin University has become a high-level research university with a strong teaching staff, distinct disciplinary characteristics, first-class education quality and research level in China, and considerable influence internationally.

Tianjin University has three campuses: Weijin Road Campus, Beiyangyuan Campus and Binhai Industrial Research Institute Campus. The Weijin Road Campus covers a total area of 1.2885 million square meters, the Beiyangyuan Campus covers a total area of 2.436 million square meters, and the Binhai Industrial Research Institute campus covers a total area of 309,000 square meters. The school currently has 40,277 full-time students, including 19,103 undergraduates, 14,692 postgraduates and 6,482 doctoral students. There are 4,871 faculty members, including 13 academicians, 68 recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 103 recipients of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, 59 leading talents and 50 outstanding young talents under the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, and 1,019 professors.

As the leading unit of the National New Engineering Construction Working Group, it proposed the "Tian Da Action" for new engineering, was the first in the country to release and update the "Tian Da Plan" for new engineering construction, and took the lead in building the "International Alliance for New Engineering Education" and the "National Innovation Center for New Engineering Education". In 2022, it won one special prize and two first prizes of the National Teaching Achievement Award, ranking first in the country in terms of total number of awards. There are nine recipients of the National Teaching Master Award; 9 national-level teaching teams; 12 National engineering practice education centers; Seven national experimental teaching demonstration centers; 82 national first-class courses; 16 national first-class Virtual simulation experimental teaching courses; 54 national first-class undergraduate programs; Five national bases for training outstanding Students in Basic Disciplines 2.0; Five national "Strong Foundation Program" specialties; 10 National innovation zones for talent cultivation; Four national demonstration bases for joint training of professional degree postgraduates. Approved as a National College of Outstanding Engineers, selected as one of the first batch of national future technology colleges, one of the first batch of national energy storage technology industry-education integration innovation platforms, one of the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship colleges, one of the first batch of national pilot universities for comprehensive reform of doctoral education, one of the first batch of independent review units for degree authorization, one of the first batch of pilot universities for special reform of master's and doctoral education in engineering, and one of the first batch of pilot universities for the "National Excellence Program" A full-chain talent cultivation system covering scientific research, industry-education integration and innovation and entrepreneurship has been formed. Four fields, namely energy storage technology, new materials, biomedical devices and integrated circuits, have been approved for national special projects for cultivating urgently needed high-level talents. More than 69.7% of the graduates chose to work in key industry regions, industry fields and unit regions.

The school adheres to the development concept of "strengthening engineering, enriching science, invigorating liberal arts, promoting medicine, and interdisciplinary (integration)", optimizes the disciplinary ecosystem, serves the needs of the country, and has formed a comprehensive disciplinary layout with obvious advantages in engineering, integration of science and engineering, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines including economics, management, liberal arts, law, medicine, education, and art. Implement the "5+X+Y" action plan for first-class disciplines, first-class cultivation disciplines, and emerging interdisciplinary disciplines, with a focus on supporting the development of first-class construction disciplines and first-class cultivation discipline clusters, laying out frontier disciplines oriented towards the future, and supporting the establishment of first-class discipline clusters. There are 76 undergraduate programs, 48 first-level discipline master's programs, 38 first-level discipline doctoral programs, and 37 postdoctoral research stations. Fifteen disciplines are in the top 1% of ESI, five of which are in the top 1% of ESI, and two disciplines, engineering and chemistry, are in the top 1% of ESI.

The construction of national major science and technology infrastructure has been approved, including the Large-scale Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research Facility, the Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology, the Tianjin National Center for Applied Mathematics, and the Tianjin Bohai Rim Coastal Critical Earth Zone National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station. Since 2016, 28 national science and technology awards have been received, 182 national key research and development projects have been approved, and a number of high-level achievements have been formed, including yeast long chromosome synthesis, theory and method of internal combustion engine compound cycle, "Haiyan" hybrid-driven underwater glider, intelligent simulation and intelligent construction of water conservancy projects, brain-computer interface chip. The university has 1 national major science and technology infrastructure, 11 national key laboratories, 5 national engineering (technology) research centers, 3 national international science and technology cooperation bases, and 142 provincial and ministerial-level key research platforms including key laboratories of the Ministry of Education and Tianjin Municipality.