Tsinghua University
One of China's two most prestigious universities and a recognised world leader in engineering and technology.
Tsinghua University was founded in 1911 and today ranks among the world's top 20 universities (QS). Often called 'China's MIT', it competes with the best universities on the planet in engineering and computer science.
Its campus in north-western Beijing grew out of an imperial garden, where the historic domed Grand Auditorium, ponds and cutting-edge research centres sit side by side.
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