Tongji University | |
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同济大学 | |
Motto | 严谨,求实,团结,创新 Discipline, Practicality, Unity and Creativity |
Established | 1907 |
Type | Public (National) |
President | Dr Pei Gang (裴钢) |
Staff | 8,182 |
Undergraduates | 21,370 |
Postgraduates | 17,395 |
Location | Shanghai, China |
Campus | Urban & suburban |
Colors | Blue |
Website | 简体中文 English Deutsch |
Tongji University (Simplified Chinese: 同济大学; Traditional Chinese: 同濟大學; Pinyin: Tóngjì Dàxué), colloquially known as Tongji (同济, Tóngjì), located in the northeast part of the Shanghai city, has more than 70,000 students and 8,008 staff members (1 September 2007). It offers degree programs both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As one of the oldest modern universities in China, Tongji was established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians in Shanghai.
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[1]. The name Tongji[2] 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[3]. 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 Shanghai 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[4]. 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. [5]
2002 - Listed in Project 985
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 211
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 German and became the window of the cultural, technology and science exchanges between China and German
1952 - The Departments of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in College of Science merged into Fudan University, 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 University, the Medical School and the Department of Survey in College of Engineering moved to Wuhan, Hubei Province
September 1949 - College of Literature and Arts, College of Law merged into Fudan University
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 Shanghai
1945 - Established the College of Law
October 1940 - Moved Lizhuang in Yibin, Sichuan Province
Winter 1938 - Moved to Kunming, Yunnan Province
September 1937 - Moved to the south of China due to the Second Sino-Japanese War
August 1927 - National Tongji University
March 1922 - Tongji Medical and Engineering University
October 1907 - Tongji German Medical School [6]
Present
The university now registers over 70,000 students at all levels from certificate and diploma courses to Bachelor's 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. 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 , 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 1829 international students. [7]
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 now under construction is located in Shanghai International Automobile City in Anting.
- Siping Campus (Main)
The huabiao (华表) in Siping campus |
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- West Campus
- East Campus
- North Campus
- Jiading Campus
Academics
Colleges/Schools
- College of Architecture and Urban Planning
- College of Civil Engineering
- College 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
- College of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics
- College of Science
- College of Foreign Languages
- School of Liberal Arts
- School of Law and Political Sciences
- College 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
National Research Centre
- National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Pollution Control
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 and Chinese Academy of 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 Paulun (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 Tao (王涛) (1959-1977)
- Li Guohao (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 Gang (万钢) (2003.7-2007.8)
- Pei Gang (裴钢) (2007.8-present)
Noted Alumni
Some noted alumni of Tongji University are:
- Li Guohao (李国豪), Former President of Tongji University, World Famous Bridge Expert
- Ni Chao (倪超), Former president of the National Cheng Kung University
- Qiao Shi (乔石), Former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, PRC
- Qian Xinzhong (钱信忠), Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China
- Li Jincheng (李金城), Chief Engineer of the Qingzang railway Project
- Tang Dengjie (唐登杰), Former Vice Mayor of Shanghai
- Chen Chongzhou (陈从周), Architect
- Qiu Fazu (裘法祖), Physiologist
- Wu Zhongbi (武忠弼), Physiologist
- Wu Mengchao (吴孟超), Physiologist, Winner of the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China (2005)
- Pan Yunhe (潘云鹤), Computer Scientist, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Bei Shizhang (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 Gang (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 Medical College
- Tongji University
- Tongji University Image Library
- Tongji University Three-dimensional map
- Official Application Online Website
References
- ^ See Roswitha Reinbothe (ed.), Tongji-Universität in Shanghai. Dokumente zur Gründungsgeschichte, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2009.
- ^ Tongji is the Chinese phonetic approximation of deutsche (German).
- ^ The degrees granted by the German Medical College in Shanghai corresponded to the degrees granted by medical schools in Germany.
- ^ With a few exceptions, the German members of the Faculty of Medicine stayed behind in Shanghai and established in 1940 in the International Settlement the Shanghai German Medical Academy (Deutsche medizinische Akademie Shanghai; alternative spelling Schanghai). The school functioned at 82 Tongfu Road (later Shimenyi Road) and at #10, 100 Changshu Road, continuing medical and educational activities throughout the war. Upon the return of the National Tongji University to Shanghai, the Academy, with all its students, was re-integrated in the Faculty of Medicine. See (History of) #10, 100 Changshu Road (Shanghai), in Chinese.
- ^ tongji history
- ^ hronology
- ^ Today
- ^ Stolen from photo.tongji.edu.cn
- ^ Academic departments
- ^ Research
- ^ Key Disciplines
- ^ Faculty members
- ^ Former Presidents
- ^ Alumni
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