Tianjin University
天津大学 | |||||||||||||||
Seal of the University | |||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
Motto in English | Seeking Truth from Facts | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Established | October 2, 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 天津大学 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 天津大學 | ||||||||||||||
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Tianjin University (TJU; 天津大学), previously Peiyang University (北洋大學), is a national public research university in Tianjin, China. Established in 1895 by a royal charter from Guangxu Emperor, Tianjin University is the oldest university in China, leading the country's significant shift towards modernization and development. The university is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. It is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.
Originally as Imperial Tientsin University and later Peiyang University, the university was founded with the goal of providing modern education in engineering and mining, and it later expanded to include programs in science, business, law, humanities, and other fields. 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.
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 16 national key universities accredited by the central government in 1959.