The university began in 1907 when the German doctor Erich?
The university was founded in 1907 by German doctor Erich Baolong with the support of Chinese and German governments and all walks of life, and in 1912, it was merged with Tongji German Industrial School to be known as Tongji German Medical and Industrial School, and was taken over by Chinese in 1917, and successively renamed as Tongji Medical and Industrial School and Tongji Medical and Industrial College, which was named Tongji University in 1923, and became a national university in 1927, and was moved six times to the new Tongji University after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1937, and then to Tongji University.
Tongji University was established in 1923 as Tongji Medical School and Private Tongji Medical and Industrial College, and became a national university in 1927. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, Tongji University was relocated for six times to Shanghai, Zhejiang, Gan, Gui and Yunnan, and then to the ancient town of Lizhuang, Yibin, Sichuan Province, to continue to run its school in 1940.
In the national faculty restructuring that began in 1949, Tongji University's original strengths in the disciplines of literature, law, medicine, science, mechanics, electrical engineering, shipbuilding, surveying and mapping, or support for other universities, or relocation to the mainland as a whole. At the same time, civil engineering and construction related disciplines from more than 10 universities in China converged in Tongji, making it the largest and most complete engineering university in the field of civil engineering and construction in China. 1978 onwards, the university practiced "two changes" - resumption of exchanges with Germany and change from closed to open schooling. In 1996, Shanghai Urban Construction College and Shanghai Institute of Building Materials Industry were merged into Tongji University, which was listed as a university under the construction of "211 Project" of the country. 2000, it merged with Shanghai Railway University to form the new Tongji University. 2002, Tongji University became the largest and most comprehensive engineering university in the field of civil engineering and construction in China.
Tongji University is one of the most important universities in China, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Tongji University has always taken the cultivation of outstanding and innovative talents as a noble mission and responsibility, taking undergraduate education as the foundation of the university and postgraduate education as the way to strengthen the university, and establishing a talent cultivation mode of "knowledge, ability and personality", and endeavoring to make every student have a "general knowledge foundation, professional knowledge, and professional skills" after learning and cultivation in the university. After the study and cultivation in the university, we strive to make every student have the comprehensive qualities of "general knowledge foundation, professional quality, innovative thinking, practical ability, global vision and social responsibility", and become the pillars of the society and professional elites who will lead the future. Since its founding, the university has trained more than 360,000 graduates, creating a large number of outstanding politicians, scientists, educators, social activists, entrepreneurs, medical experts and engineering experts. There are 156 alumni who have been elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Tongji University has built the world's largest "Multifunctional Vibration Experiment Center", the first "Wind Tunnel Center for Ground Transportation", the first "Comprehensive Test Platform for Urban Rail Transit", and the first "Comprehensive Test Platform for Urban Rail Transit". It has built the world's largest "Multifunctional Vibration Experiment Center", the first "Wind Tunnel Center for Ground Transportation", the first "Comprehensive Test Platform for Urban Railway Transportation", the first "Long-term Scientific Observation System for the Seabed" and other major research platforms. It has undertaken a series of national major special projects, major engineering research and development, and has made landmark scientific research achievements such as key technology for large-span bridges, structural seismic and disaster prevention technology, intelligent guidance for urban traffic, urban sewage treatment, research and development of new energy vehicles, localized intelligent greenhouses, remote sensing spatial information, ocean drilling, and molecular genetics of atrial fibrillation, among others.
The university has long been focusing on exerting the spillover effect of dominant disciplines and basic research, expanding the forms and fields of social service, and actively contributing to the development of the national and local social construction, including the construction of the "Belt and Road", domestic bridges and tunnels, railroads and urban rail transit, water environment management, earthquake relief, Yangshan deep-water port, Shanghai World Expo, and the development of the "World Expo". The university has provided strong scientific and technological support for the construction of "Belt and Road", domestic bridges and tunnels, railways and urban rail transportation, water environment management, earthquake relief, Yangshan deep-water harbor, Shanghai World Expo, Chongming Eco-Island and other major strategic needs. The university and the local government have jointly promoted the construction of the "Tongji Knowledge Economy Circle", and the output value has grown from less than 3 billion yuan in 2005 to 46 billion yuan in 2019, creating an exemplary model of school-local cooperation in the "integration of the three districts and linkage development".
The university is actively expanding international cooperation, and on the basis of cooperation with Germany, it has developed into a layout centered on cooperation with Europe, expanding North America and radiating Asia and Africa, and has successively established 11 international cooperation platforms such as Sino-German, Sino-French, Sino-Italian, Sino-Finnish, Sino-Western and United Nations, etc. The university has signed cooperation agreements with more than 200 overseas colleges and universities, and established research and development programs with multinational corporations, such as Volkswagen, Siemens, Bayer, and IBM. The university has signed cooperation agreements with more than 200 overseas universities and established research centers with many multinational enterprises such as Volkswagen, Siemens, Bayer and IBM. The university has initiated the establishment of the "China Green University Alliance" and the "International Green Campus Alliance" and served as the first president, and was elected as the president of the United Nations Environment Programme Global Environment and Sustainable Development University Cooperation Alliance. It was the first university in the Asia-Pacific region to be honored with the "Global Sustainable Campus Award of Excellence".
Currently, Tongji University has 29 professional colleges, 9 affiliated hospitals, and 6 affiliated primary and secondary schools. There are four main campuses, including Sipinglu, Jiading, Huxi and Hubei, covering an area of 2.54 square kilometers, with a total building area of more than 1.81 million square meters and a total library collection of more than 4.43 million books.
The university has 18,115 full-time undergraduates, 12,105 master's degree students and 5,766 doctoral students. There are another 3,575 international students. There are 2,803 full-time teachers, including 1,156 senior professional and technical positions, 12 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (including dual appointment), 15 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (including dual appointment), and 20 foreign academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Developing Countries and the Academy of Sciences or the Academy of Engineering of the U.S., Germany, Sweden and other countries. There are 5 national teaching masters, 36 special professors under the "Yangtze River Program" of the Ministry of Education, 23 chief scientists under the National Key Basic Research and Development Program, 64 chief scientists under the National Key R&D Program, 62 recipients of the National Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, and 62 recipients of the "Young Yangtze River" and "Outstanding Young Scientist" Programs. There are 162 outstanding young talents in four categories, including "Young Changjiang" and "Outstanding Young Science Fund Recipients". There are 6 national teaching teams, 8 National Natural Science Foundation of China innovation groups, 9 Ministry of Education innovation teams, 1 Ministry of Science and Technology key areas of innovation team, selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology, "National Innovation Talent Cultivation Demonstration Base".
The university's academic disciplines cover 10 categories, including engineering, science, medicine, management, economics, philosophy, literature, law, education, and art. There are 86 majors for undergraduate enrollment, 45 authorization points for master's degree, 26 authorization points for professional master's degree, 33 authorization points for doctoral degree, 9 authorization points for professional doctoral degree, and 30 postdoctoral mobile stations. There are 3 national key laboratories, 1 national engineering laboratory, 1 national major scientific and technological infrastructure, 1 national collaborative innovation center, 1 national large-scale scientific instrument center, 5 national engineering (technology) research centers, 5 other national research platforms as well as 69 provincial and ministerial research platforms.
"With one heart, one virtue, one oar, and one thing, Tongji University will help the world". Today, Tongji University is marching towards the goal of "walking with the motherland, helping the world with science and education, and building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics"!