Tongji University
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Tongji University colloquially known as Tongji
(同济, Tóngjì), located in Shanghai
, has more than 30,000 students and 8,000 staff members (as of 1 September 2007). It offers degree programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. One of the oldest and notable universities in China, Tongji was established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians in Shanghai. Among its various departments it is especially highly ranked in Engineering, among which its Architecture, Urban Planning, and Civil Engineering departments consistently ranked No. 1 in China over decades.
first to Zhejiang
Province, then to Jiangxi
Province and Yunnan
Province and later to Sichuan
Province. It was eventually moved back to Shanghai
in 1946. It then grew to be a comprehensive university which offered programs in science, engineering, medicine, arts, and law. Following a nationwide campaign of reorganizing schools and departments between universities in 1952, Tongji University became a university with strength in engineering, particularly in Civil Engineering. Tongji is also the first university that introduced Urban Planning into China.
As a university which had established a reputation for its research, Tongji became one of the first batch of universities which were authorized by the China State Council to establish its Graduate School. As one of the leading universities, it was successful in its application for the 211 Program which provided universities with substantial government fund. In 1995, the university became one to be jointly supported by the State Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Government. In 1996 the university merged with Shanghai Institute of Urban Construction and Shanghai Institute of Building Materials. The merger was acknowledged by the State Council as "Tongji Model" in the system renovation of higher institutions in China. In April 2000, the expanded Tongji merged again with Shanghai Railway University. Now Tongji University has become a comprehensive university which offers a wide range of programs in science, engineering, medicine, arts, law, economics and management.
Degrees, Master's
, Ph.D.
programs and post doctoral attachments. There are over 4,200 academic staff for teaching and/or research, among whom there are 6 Members of Chinese Academy of Science, 7 Members of Chinese Academy of Engineering
, over 530 professors and 1,300 associate professors. The university offers diverse courses in its 81 Bachelors Degrees, 151 Masters, 58 PhD programs and 13 post doctoral mobile stations. Tongji University is particularly famous for its Civil Engineering and Architecture programs. Its Civil Engineering, Architecture programs and Transportation Engineering are ranked Top 1 in P.R. China and its architecture program is by far the most difficult to gain entry into. As one of the state leading centers for scientific research, the university has 5 state key laboratories and engineering research centres.
The university is active in promoting cooperation and exchanges with other countries. It has established links with Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, UK and USA in the fields of education, science, technology and economics. A number of international joint programs have been established between the university and its counterparts in other countries in recent years. In 2006, the university enrolled 1,829 international students.
. In the year 2009, the East Campus was sold to Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
.
Tongji
Tongji may refer to:*Tongji University 同济大学 in Shanghai*Tongji Medical College 同济医学院 in Wuhan*Tongji Lu Station 同济路站 in Foshan*Tongji 童乩 "shaman; oracle"...
(同济, Tóngjì), located in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, has more than 30,000 students and 8,000 staff members (as of 1 September 2007). It offers degree programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. One of the oldest and notable universities in China, Tongji was established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians in Shanghai. Among its various departments it is especially highly ranked in Engineering, among which its Architecture, Urban Planning, and Civil Engineering departments consistently ranked No. 1 in China over decades.
History
The history of Tongji University can be traced back to 1907 when the German Medical School for the Chinese in Shanghai was founded by the German government together with the German physicians Erich Paulun, Oscar von Schab and Paul Krieg. The school was affiliated with the Tongji-Hospital the German physicians had established in Shanghai on the initiative of Paulun. The name Tongji suggests cooperating by riding the same boat. The school was expanded to include engineering in its programs and got its new name as German Medical and Engineering School for the Chinese in Shanghai in 1912. It was formally established as a Chinese university under the name of Tongji University in 1923/1924 and was renamed as National Tongji University in 1927. During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), the university campus was moved from ShanghaiShanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
first to Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
Province, then to Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...
Province and Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
Province and later to Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
Province. It was eventually moved back to Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
in 1946. It then grew to be a comprehensive university which offered programs in science, engineering, medicine, arts, and law. Following a nationwide campaign of reorganizing schools and departments between universities in 1952, Tongji University became a university with strength in engineering, particularly in Civil Engineering. Tongji is also the first university that introduced Urban Planning into China.
As a university which had established a reputation for its research, Tongji became one of the first batch of universities which were authorized by the China State Council to establish its Graduate School. As one of the leading universities, it was successful in its application for the 211 Program which provided universities with substantial government fund. In 1995, the university became one to be jointly supported by the State Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Government. In 1996 the university merged with Shanghai Institute of Urban Construction and Shanghai Institute of Building Materials. The merger was acknowledged by the State Council as "Tongji Model" in the system renovation of higher institutions in China. In April 2000, the expanded Tongji merged again with Shanghai Railway University. Now Tongji University has become a comprehensive university which offers a wide range of programs in science, engineering, medicine, arts, law, economics and management.
Timeline
- November 2010 - Signed a cooperation agreement with Instituto Superior TécnicoInstituto Superior TécnicoInstituto Superior Técnico is a reputed school of engineering, part of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa . IST is the largest and the most prestigious school of engineering in Portugal...
making IST the Portuguese Campus of Tongji University - July 2005 - Signed a cooperation agreement with Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino concerning the development of Sino-Italian University Campus in Shanghai and establishment of a Sino-Italian House, one year later a dual bachelor degree project in engineering, called PoliTong, was launched
- 2002 - Listed in Project 985Project 985Project 985 is a project first announced by CPC General secretary and Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the 100th anniversary of Peking University on May 4, 1998 to promote the development and reputation of the Chinese higher education system...
- April 2000 - Merged with Shanghai Railway University
- August 1996 - Merged with Shanghai Institute of Urban Construction and Shanghai Institute of Building Materials
- November 1995 - Listed in Project 211Project 211Project 211 is a project of National Key Universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of high-level universities and cultivating strategies for socio-economic development...
- October 1995 - Declared to be jointly built by the former State Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Government
- December 1978 - Upon consent by the State Council, resumed connection with Germany and became the window of the cultural, technology and science exchanges between China and Germany
- 1952 - The Departments of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in College of Science merged into Fudan UniversityFudan UniversityFudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
, the Departments of Machinery, Electrical Engineering and Ship Manufacture merged into Shanghai Jiaotong University. In the meanwhile, Tongji University merged the Civil Engineering Departments in other 11 universities, including Saint John University. - 1951 - The Department of Biology in College of Science merged into East China Normal UniversityEast China Normal UniversityEast China Normal University , was founded in October 1951 in western Shanghai, on the campus of Great China University. It is the first Normal University founded after the establishment of the People's Republic of China.-History:...
, the Medical School and the Department of Survey in College of Engineering moved to Wuhan, HubeiHubei' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
Province - September 1949 - College of Literature and Arts, College of Law merged into Fudan UniversityFudan UniversityFudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
- June 1949 - Tongji University was taken over by Shanghai Military Control Commission
- August 1946 - College of Science expanded as College of Literature and Science moved back to Shanghai
- April 1946 - Moved back to ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
- 1945 - Established the College of Law
- October 1940 - Moved Lizhuang in Yibin, SichuanSichuan' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
Province - Winter 1938 - Moved to KunmingKunming' is the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. It was known as Yunnan-Fou until the 1920s. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of Yunnan, and is the seat of the provincial government...
, YunnanYunnanYunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
Province - September 1937 - Moved to the south of China due to the Second Sino-Japanese WarSecond Sino-Japanese WarThe Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
- August 1927 - Renamed as National Tongji University
- May 20 1924 - Approved by the government to be one of the first national universities in China.
- March 1922 - Renamed as Tongji Medical and Engineering University
- October 1907 - Established as Tongji German Medical School
Present
The university now registers over 50,000 students at all levels from certificate and diploma courses to Bachelor'sBachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
Degrees, Master's
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
, Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
programs and post doctoral attachments. There are over 4,200 academic staff for teaching and/or research, among whom there are 6 Members of Chinese Academy of Science, 7 Members of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chinese Academy of Engineering
The Chinese Academy of Engineering is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China...
, over 530 professors and 1,300 associate professors. The university offers diverse courses in its 81 Bachelors Degrees, 151 Masters, 58 PhD programs and 13 post doctoral mobile stations. Tongji University is particularly famous for its Civil Engineering and Architecture programs. Its Civil Engineering, Architecture programs and Transportation Engineering are ranked Top 1 in P.R. China and its architecture program is by far the most difficult to gain entry into. As one of the state leading centers for scientific research, the university has 5 state key laboratories and engineering research centres.
The university is active in promoting cooperation and exchanges with other countries. It has established links with Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, UK and USA in the fields of education, science, technology and economics. A number of international joint programs have been established between the university and its counterparts in other countries in recent years. In 2006, the university enrolled 1,829 international students.
Anniversary Day
On June 3, 1907, Germen Medical School was opened. On October 1 of the same year, a ceremony was held. However, the official anniversary day of the university is May 20, the day Tongji Medical School was approved to be university by the Department of Education of China. At this time, both the medical school and the engineering school are approved. However, this is merely a coincidence. The Anniversary Day was initially set to May 18, on which day in 1924 the Wusong campus was opened. In 1925 and 1926, ceremonies were held on May 18. On the staff meeting on January 19, 1931, the Anniversary Day of National Tongji University is decided to be postponed to May 20, two days after the national mourn with half-mast over the death of Mr. Chen Yingshi.Campus
Tongji University is titled the State-level Garden Unit for Excellent Afforestation. lts five campuses are located in the municipal city of Shanghai, covering an area of 2,460,000 m². The Siping Campus is situated on Siping Road; the West Campus on Zhennan Road; the North Campus on the Gonghexing Road; the East Campus on Wudong Road and the Jiading Campus is located in Shanghai International Automobile City in AntingAnting
Anting is a town in the Jiading District of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Pronounced An'ting, the placename means "The Pavilion of Peace". Anting is located in the Jiading District of Shanghai, on the border of the neighbouring province of Jiangsu...
. In the year 2009, the East Campus was sold to Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics , founded in 1917, is a national university located in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. According to China's University and College Admission System, SUFE's economics program was ranked sixth in 2010, giving it an A+ rating.-History:The university...
.
- Siping Campus (Main)
- West Campus
- North Campus
- Jiading Campus
Colleges/Schools
- College of Architecture and Urban Planning
- College of Civil Engineering
- School of Software Engineering
- College of Electronics and Information Engineering
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering
- College of Material Science and Engineering
- College of Mechanical Engineering
- College of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
- College of Automotive Engineering
- School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics
- College of Science
- College of Foreign Languages
- School of Liberal Arts
- School of Law and Political Sciences
- School of Economics and Management
- College of Arts and Communications
- College of Life Science and Technology
- School of Ocean and Earth Science
- Medical School
- Film School
- Women's College
Institutes/Centres
- Intellectual Property Institute
- Institute of Further Education
- Institute of E-Education
- Institute of Higher Technology
- Institute of Vocational and Technical Education
- Institute of Automobile Marketing
- Railway & Urban Mass Transit Research Institute
- German Academic Centre
- Sino-German College
- Sino-German College of Engineering
- Sino-French College of Engineering and Management
- Sino-Italian Campus
- UNEP-Tongji Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD)
- Tongji-Australian Institute of Technology
- Architectural Design and Research Institute
- Research Institute of Modern Agricultural Science and Engineering
- The International School of Tongji University
- Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies
State Key Laboratories
- State Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention in Civil Engineering
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse
- State Key Laboratory of Modern Technology of Urban Planning and Design
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology
Key Laboratories of Provincial Level and Ministerial Level
- Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the State Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Yangtze Water Environment of the State Ministry of Education
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Metal Function Materials Research and Application
- Key Laboratory of Modem Engineering Geodesy of The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
- Open Laboratory of Physiological and Psychology in Railway Health Care
- Open Laboratory of Clinical Medical Molecular Biology in Railway Health Care
- Open Laboratory of Nutrition and Food Hygiene in Railway Health Care
- Open Laboratory of Children’s Stomatology in Railway Health Care
- Open Laboratory of Venereology in Railway Health Care
Key Research Centres of Provincial Level and Ministerial Level
- Information and Technology Research Centre of Civil Engineering of the State Ministry of Education
- Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Constriction Robot
State Key Disciplines
- Marine Geology
- Structural Engineering
- Engineering Mechanics
- Bridge and Tunnel Engineering
- Material Science
- Road and Railway Engineering
- Urban Planning and Design
- Traffic and Transportation Planning and Management
- Environmental Engineering
- Geo-technical Engineering
Members of Chinese Academy of Science
- Sun Jun (孙钧)
- Ma Zaitian (马在田)
- Wang Pinxian (汪品先)
- Yao Xi (姚熹)
- Zheng Shiling (郑时龄)
- Pei Gang (裴钢)
Members of Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Xiang Haifan (项海帆)
- Li Tongbao (李同保)
- Guo Chongqing (郭重庆)
- Dai Fudong (戴复东)
- Fan Lichu (范立础)
- Lu Yaoru (卢耀如)
- Shen Zuyan (沈祖炎)
Presidents
- Erich PaulunErich PaulunErich Paulun was a German physician. He founded the Shanghai German medicine school in 1907, the predecessor of the today's Tongji University....
(埃里希.宝隆) (1907-1909) - Oscar von Schab (福沙伯) (1909-1917)
- Berrens (贝伦子) (1912-1919&1921-1927)
- Shen Engfu (沈恩孚) (1917-1923) (Acting)
- Yuan Xitao (袁希涛) (1923-1927) (Acting)
- Ruan Shangjie (阮尚介) (1917-1927)
- Zhang Zhongsu (张仲苏) (1927-1929)
- Zhang Qun (张群) (1929.3-1929.6)
- Hu Shuhua (胡庶华) (1929-1932)
- Weng Zhilong (翁之龙) (1932-1939)
- Zhao Shiqing (赵士卿) (1939-1940)
- Zhou Junshi (周均时) (1940-1942)
- Ding Wenyuan (丁文渊) (1942-1944)
- Xu Songming (徐诵明) (1944-1946)
- Dong Xifan (董洗凡) (1946-1947)
- Ding Wenyuan (丁文渊) (1947-1948)
- Xia Jianbai (夏坚白) (1948-1952)
- Xue Shangshi (薛尚实) (1953.1-1959.7)
- Wang TaoWang TaoWang Tao was a Qing dynasty translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher, and fiction writer. He was born as Wang Libin in Puli Town in Suzhou prefecture.-Life:...
(王涛) (1959-1977) - Li GuohaoLi Guohao (engineer)Li Guohao , Chinese structural engineer, China's celebrated bridge engineering expert, earned his nickname of "Suspension Bridge Li" from his German counterparts...
(李国豪) (1977.10-1984.4) - Jiang Jingbo (江景波) (1984.4-1989.2)
- Gao Tingyao (高廷耀) (1989.2-1995.2)
- Wu Qidi (吴启迪) (1995.2-2003.7)
- Wan GangWan GangWan Gang is a Chinese expert on automobiles, former president of Tongji University and the Minister of Science and Technology of PRC.-Biography:Wan graduated from Northeast Forestry University...
(万钢) (2003.7-2007.8) - Pei Gang (裴钢) (2007.8-present)
Noted Alumni
Some noted alumni of Tongji University are:- Li GuohaoLi Guohao (engineer)Li Guohao , Chinese structural engineer, China's celebrated bridge engineering expert, earned his nickname of "Suspension Bridge Li" from his German counterparts...
(李国豪), Former President of Tongji University, World Famous Bridge Expert - Ni Chao (倪超), Former president of the National Cheng Kung UniversityNational Cheng Kung UniversityNational Cheng Kung University is a national university in Tainan City, Taiwan. Its abbreviation is NCKU. In Chinese, its name is shortened to 成大...
- Qiao ShiQiao ShiQiao Shi is a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was born as Jiang Zhitong , to parents of Dinghai, Zhejiang province ancestry. He is said to be distantly related to Chiang Kai-shek's family and this was the cause for the persecution he suffered during the Cultural Revolution...
(乔石), Former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's CongressStanding Committee of the National People's CongressThe Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is a committee of about 150 members of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China , which is convened between plenary sessions of the NPC. It has the constitutional authority to modify legislation within limits set by...
, PRCPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... - Qian XinzhongQian XinzhongQian Xinzhong was the Minster of Health of the People's Republic of China ....
(钱信忠), Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China - Li Jincheng (李金城), Chief Engineer of the Qingzang railwayQingzang railwayThe Qinghai–Xizang railway, Qingzang railway, or Qinghai–Tibet railway , is a high-elevation railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in People's Republic of China....
Project - Tang Dengjie (唐登杰), Former Vice Mayor of Shanghai
- Chen Chongzhou (陈从周), Architect
- Qiu FazuQiu FazuQiu Fazu, , pinyin: Qiú Fǎzǔ was a Chinese surgeon and a saviour of Jewish prisoners. In the People's Republic of China, he is considered the father of modern Chinese surgery.- Life :...
(裘法祖), Physiologist - Wu ZhongbiWu ZhongbiWu Zhongbi was a renowned Chinese pathologist.He was born in Dingyuan County, Anhui Province in eastern China. He graduated from the School of Medicine, National Tongji University in 1945....
(武忠弼), Physiologist - Wu MengchaoWu MengchaoDr. Wu Mengchao born in Minqing Country, Fujian Province, China, growth in the East Malaysia in his youth, is a world-famous Chinese hepatobiliary surgery scientist and surgeon, who is currently an acadamecian at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
(吴孟超), Physiologist, Winner of the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China (2005) - Pan YunhePan YunhePan Yunhe is a Chinese specialist in artificial intelligence and geographic information systems....
(潘云鹤), Computer Scientist, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Academy of EngineeringChinese Academy of EngineeringThe Chinese Academy of Engineering is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China... - Bei ShizhangBei ShizhangBei Shizhang was a Chinese biologist and educator. He was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences....
(贝时璋), Physiologist, "Father of Chinese Biophysics" - Boqiang Liang (梁伯强), Pathologist
- Qinzhen Shen (沈其震), Physiologist
- Zhu Hongyuan (朱洪元), Physical Scientist
- Wu Zhiqiang (吴志强), Chief Planning Officer for the Shanghai Expo 2010
- Wan GangWan GangWan Gang is a Chinese expert on automobiles, former president of Tongji University and the Minister of Science and Technology of PRC.-Biography:Wan graduated from Northeast Forestry University...
(万钢), Minister of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China - Rao Bin (饶斌), Main Founder of China Modern Automobile Industry
- Xie Guozhong (谢国忠), Economist
- Wang Guangtao (汪光焘), Minister of Construction of the People's Republic of China
External links
- Tongji University
- Tongji.net
- Tongji @ MITBBS
- Centennial Anniversary
- Centenary Celebration of Tongji University
- Tongji University Alumni Association
- Tongji University Alumni Association of Germany
- Tongji University Alumni Association of America
- Tongji University Alumni Singapore
- Tongji University Hong Kong Alumni Association
- Tongji University
- Tongji University Image Library
- Tongji University Three-dimensional map