Tongji University

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Contact 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, China

Founded

1907

Description

Tongji University’s history dates back to 1907, when Erich Paulun, a German doctor, founded the German Medical School in Shanghai with funding from the German government.

It was re-named the Tongji German Medical School in 1908 and became a university in 1923, the word Tongji meaning "co-operation while in the same boat". It is one of the first national universities in China, receiving its funding direct from the Chinese government. In the early 1950s, the university began to specialise in engineering.

Nowadays, Tongji University is a comprehensive, research-oriented institution, covering 10 broad academic disciplines (including engineering, medicine, philosophy and law), and employs some 855 professors and nearly 1,000 associate professors.

There are 75 majors on offer to undergraduates, along with 15 professional master’s courses and three professional PhD programmes.

In addition to nearly 19,000 full-time undergraduates, there are nearly 14,000 graduate students and more than 4,000 PhD candidates There are more than 2,000 international students enrolled at Tongji.

Specific details

Category of Education Business and Economics, Technology and Engineering, Computer Sciense and IT, Physical Science, Medicine and Healthcare, Life Science, Law, Arts and Humanities

Location

China
1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, China

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