Tianjin University

Tianjin University (天津大学) began in October 1895 as Peiyang University, founded by Sheng Xuanhai with the Guangxu Emperor's own approval, and it is described as the first university established in modern China. It passed through the stages of Peiyang University Hall, Peiyang University, National Peiyang University and Peiyang Institute of Technology, and reopened at its old Tianjin site on 22 October 1946. In September 1951 it merged with the Hebei Institute of Technology, founded in 1903, and took the name Tianjin University. Its legal address is 92 Weijin Road in Nankai District; the Weijin Road campus covers 1.811 million square metres and holds four lakes, and at the end of 2025 the university counted 41,755 full-time students.