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The First Group of Chinese Students Study Overseas
In 1872, the first group of Chinese students were financially sponsored and sent to the U.S. for further education by the Qing empire, marking China's first attempt to learn from the modern Western hemisphere. -
The First Class of Tsinghua
After a series of negotiations, the U.S. government returned China's war reparations for the Boxer Rebellion, and Tsinghua University was established with the funds. The first class of Tsinghua was enrolled in 1909, two years before Qing Empire's collapse. -
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First Foreign teachers teach at Tsinghua
After the foundation of Republic of China, Tsinghua became a national university and continued to be the only Chinese institute to send students to the U.S. and invite overseas scholars to China. -
Nobel Prize Winners Come to Tsinghua as Lecturers
A Nobel Peace Prize physicist came to Tsinghua to lecture in 1933. Other famous French, American and Danish physicists and scientists came to Tsinghua to give lectures in the early 1930s. -
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Increasing Fellowship Winners from Tsinghua Studying Abroad
From 1933 to 1936, 92 students from Tsinghua received a scholarships from governmental institutions and private organizations to pursue an overseas education. Most chose to study in the U.S. and Western European nations. -
Re-establishment as a Party-managed University
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tsinghua underwent an overall reform and became more affiliated with the Communist Party. -
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Foreign Education Extremely Limited
Fewer than 200 international students graduated from Tsinghua during this period when 28,140 total students graduated from the university. -
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Expanded International Exchange Programs with Socialist Countries
Tsinghua recruited 63 specialists from the Soviet Union, 4 from Western Germany, 1 from Czech to teach science and conduct research. -
First Foreign Students at Tsinghua since the establishment of the Communist Party
Fourteen students from Eastern Europe enroll at Tsinghua, marking the first time a university in China under Communist leadership accepted foreign students. -
More Tsinghua Student Study in the Soviet Union
At the climax of the bilateral educational cooperation between China and the Soviet Union, 149 Chinese students were sent to study in the Soviet Union in 1956. -
First Group of Chinese Students sent abroad after the Cultural Revolution
In 1978, the Chinese government sent nine students to the U.S. for further education, two of whom were Tsinghua students. These were the first students sent abroad since the Cultural Revolution. -
Project 985 Established
China launches Project 985 to create "world-class" universities. Those selected for the project received extra funding. Tsinghua received a three-year grant of RMB 1.8 billion and continues to receive extra funding every year from the project. -
C9 League Established in China
China establishes the C9 League, a group of nine universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University, which are often compared to the Ivy League in the U.S. or the Russell Group in the U.K. -
More than 3,000 International Students Register at Tsinghua
A total of 3,494 international students studied at Tsinghua University during the 2013-14 school year.
