Nankai University
南开大学 | |
| Motto | 允公允能，日新月异 |
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Motto in English | Dedication to Public Interests, Acquisition of All-round Capability, Aspiration for Progress with Each Passing Day |
| Type | National, Public |
| Established | 1919 |
| President | Chen Yulu |
Academic staff | 2,286 |
| Undergraduates | 17,339 |
| Postgraduates | 17,467 |
| Location | , China |
| Campus | Balitai, Jinnan, TEDA |
| Website | nankai.edu.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 南开大学 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南開大學 | ||||||||
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Nankai University is a public university in Tianjin, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.
Nankai University was established in 1919 as the private Nankai School by Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling. During the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945, Nankai University, Peking University and Tsinghua University merged and formed the National Changsha Provisional University, which later moved to Kunming and was renamed the National Southwestern Associated University (西南联大). On December 25, 2000, the State Ministry of Education signed an agreement with Tianjin Municipal Government to jointly establish and develop Nankai University.
Nankai's alumni and faculty include the first Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai, mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern and Nobel laureates Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee.