Founded in 1895 as Peiyang University, Tianjin University is the oldest institute of higher education in China, and pioneered the development of modern Chinese education.
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[Graduates] Li Jiaxin: to Work at the Grassroots Level
I entered Tianjin University in September 2018 as a Master student of Translation and Interpretation at the School of Foreign Languages and Literature. The first lesson of my postgraduate study was to watch Hou Debang, an original play created and performed by TJU students, telling the story of how Hou Debang, a pioneer of China's heavy chemical industry and one of the founders of modern chemi...
2021-08-16 -
Research
Photodynamic Tech Improves Teeth Whitening
Pose, smile, click, and a selfie is taken and may go viral on social media with a perfect smile revealing shiny white teeth. For those who resort to tooth whitening to enhance their smile, a bifunctional photodynamic dental therapy (PDDT) strategy newly developed by researchers in Tianjin will well meet their demands in a more convenient and efficient way.Compared to traditional physical whiten...
2021-08-16 -
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Research Deciphers Mantle Degassing
Mantle degassing transect across different tectonic units within a plate convergent setting has been well documented for oceanic convergent margins, such as the Japan arc, New Zealand, Mariana arc, and Central American arc, in terms of systematic changes in geochemistry of hydrothermal gases. However, it is still largely unknown how geochemical characteristics of volatiles vary across a contine...
2021-08-16 -
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TJU Team Stands Out in Mapping Tech Competition
Tianjin University won 18 awards, including 4 first prizes (3 for group and 1 for individual), 9 second prizes and 5 third prizes in the 14th National Contest on Innovation of Advanced Mapping Technology and Product Information Modeling for College Students, marking the university’s best achievement since its participation in the competition.The competition was held at Southwest Jiaotong Unive...
2021-07-29 -
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[Graduates] Zhao Cheng, Veteran Graduate to Serve People Better
Editor’s note: Zhao Cheng is a Master student of Translation and Interpreting who graduated this summer from the School of Foreign Languages and Literature. He will work as a civil servant in Nanyingmen Street, Heping District in Tianjin.I appreciate a saying by Zeng Guofan (a Chinese politician, strategist, writer and calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty), “To live in a dynamic manner like ...
2021-07-29 -
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Professor Kang Jian Elected as Member of Academia Europaea
Professor KANG Jian, the Honorary Dean of the School of Architecture, has been elected as a member of Academia Europaea.He was elected on the basis of his work in environmental and architectural acoustics, across Sections of Physics and Engineering Sciences, and Human Mobility, Governance, Environment and Space.Professor Kang works at the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University ...
2021-07-29 -
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Wall Paintings Beautify Countryside
A voluntary group composed of teachers and students from Tianjin University decorated Tanchang County in Gansu Province by painting walls covering an area of hundreds of square meters.The wall paintings were mainly themed with rural revitalization, industrial revitalization and ecological revitalization, which was agreed upon by the county in prior communication.“Our volunteers has started to ...
2021-07-26 -
Global
Tianjin University and Johns Hopkins University Join Hands to Develop Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) recently announced that it endorsed the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Scientists developed by Tianjin University, China,and Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, USA.According to a news released by IAP, “the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Scientists are a set of 10 guiding principles and standards of c...
2021-07-26 -
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【Graduates】Wang Xi: True Meaning of Scientific Research
Ranking first in academic performance, Wang Xi, an undergraduate of Class 2021 from the School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, was recommended to study for her PhD at Peking University’s School of Pharmacy due to her outstanding academic performance and social services.As one of the first four pilot colleges in China to promote the internationalization of colleges, the School of Phar...
2021-07-22 -
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Hard-core Graduate Gift: Aero-amphibious Intelligent Unmanned System
A special graduation design was displayed in front of the stadium of the Weijin Road Campus just before the 2021 graduation ceremony on July 6. The so-called " Aero-amphibious Collaborative Unmanned Detection and Tracking Platform" is composed of unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned boats, and unmanned vehicles. It has a highly intelligent, unmanned, convenient, and efficient collaborative system...
2021-07-22 -
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TJU Enters ESI Top 1% in Geosciences
Recently, Tianjin University entered the Essential Science Indicators Top 1% list of institutions in the field of Geosciences for the first time. This means that from 2011 to 2021, the number of TJU's citations in the field of Geosciences, as ESI defines the field, is in the top 1% globally when compared to institutions also publishing in Geosciences in the last decade.Up to now, Tianjin Univer...
2021-07-20