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National Tsing Hua University

National Tsing Hua University
國立清華大學
The Logo of National Tsing Hua University.svg
Former name
Tsinghua College (清華學堂)
Motto 自強不息 厚德載物
Motto in English
Constantly strengthen and cultivate ourselves
Type Public
Established March 30, 1911 in Beijing; 1956 in Hsinchu, Republic of China
Parent institution
Ministry of Education (Republic of China)
Endowment NTD 5,534,751,612.00
President Hong Hocheng
Academic staff
635
Undergraduates 6293
Postgraduates 6199
Location Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Campus Urban, 1.06 square kilometres (260 acres)
Language Chinese, English
Flower Redbud and Chinese plum blossom
Mascot Giant panda
Affiliations AEARU
University System of Taiwan
Website www.nthu.edu.tw
NTHU name.svg
National Tsing Hua University
Traditional Chinese 國立清華大學
Simplified Chinese 国立清华大学
As of September 2016
University rankings
Global
ARWU 301-400
Times 251-300
QS 151
Asia
QS 31

Coordinates: 24°47′37″N 120°59′34″E / 24.79361°N 120.99278°E / 24.79361; 120.99278

National Tsing Hua University (NTHU; Chinese: 國立清華大學) is a research university located in Hsinchu City, Republic of China. Although the university was first founded in Beijing, after the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan following defeat by the Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War, NTHU was re-established in Hsinchu City in 1956. Today, there are 7 colleges, 17 departments and 22 independent graduate institutes in the university.

In 1955, the President of Tsinghua University in Beijing, Mei Yi-Chi (梅貽琦) left and re-established the National Tsing Hua Institute of Nuclear Technology in Hsinchu city, and later based on the foundation of the original institute, National Tsing Hua University was founded in Taiwan.

The two Tsinghua universities both claim to be successors of the original Tsinghua University. As a result of this dispute, the universities claimed to be the rightful recipient of the funds from the Boxer Rebellion indemnity that was used to start Tsinghua University. This indemnity was transferred to the university in Taiwan after the Nationalist government (Kuomintang) retreated to Taiwan.


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