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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Athletics
Qiao Wen-han’s Basketball Dream, to Seize Every Minute, to Fight to Last Second
From a college team player to a CBA (China Basketball Association) player in a professional basketball club, Qiao Wenhan fought steadfastly to realize his basketball dream.Qiao Wen-han graduated from the College of Management and Economics in 2016. He could have had a regular job and lived an unexceptional life as most people would have done, but he followed his heart and set foot on a rough ro...
2021-03-08 -
Research
TJU Wins First Prize in Huawei Cloud First Technology Innovation Competition
XF-Edge AI Team led by Prof. Wang Xiaofei from Tianjin University’s College of Intelligence and Computing won the First Prize in Huawei Cloud First Technology Innovation Competition with their project, the "Edge-cloud cluster scheduling system with edge autonomy and centralized cloud control”.The competition is organized by Huawei Cloud, orienting at researchers from domestic universities an...
2021-03-01 -
Global
Closing Ceremony of China-ASEAN Online Program Held
On January 21, the closing ceremony of China-ASEAN Online Program on Data Science and Big Data Analysis was held online. Students from ASEAN and the countries along the Belt and Road route and program teachers gathered again to witness the fruits of their studies and shared their joy of graduation.Professor Hu Wenping, vice president of Tianjin University attended the ceremony and delivered a g...
2021-03-01 -
Research
Perspective Article Highlighted as Cover Art of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Recently, the research group led by Xuebin Lu & Na Ji published a perspective article on the great potentials of MHC (Metal-loaded Hollow Carbon Nanostructures) nanoreactors in building a sustainable energy system to improve a greener modern lifestyle.Exploiting renewable biomass resources has become a requisite part of pursuing a green modern lifestyle. For years, biomass-derived molecules hav...
2021-03-01 -
Campus
TJU, Shaoxing Municipal Government Vow to Cooperate in Education
On the afternoon of February 5, Shaoxing Municipal Government in Zhejiang Province and Tianjin University signed an agreement to jointly buildan international institute of innovative design and intelligent manufacturing in Shaoxing. Jin Donghan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of TJU, and Ma Weiguang, Secretary of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee were pr...
2021-02-25 -
Global
Tianjin University Holds Talks with King’s College London
On February 1, Hu Wenping, vice president of Tianjin University (TJU) held an online meeting with Helen Bailey, the associate vice president of the King’s College London (KCL) and discussed the future cooperation and development.The meeting opened with a speech by Helen Bailey introducing KCL’s concept of international cooperation. She thought highly of TJU as one of China’s prestigious univ...
2021-02-25 -
Campus
Happy New Year of the Ox, all TJUers!
Free meals for the whole day on the Chinese New Year’s Eve, a gift package full of fruits and to enjoy New Year blockbusters for free for three days in the University cinema are all the privileges provided by Tianjin University to all of its students who chose to spend the Spring Festival in the Year of Ox at school.Festival greetings from faculty and studentsFree fruit package distributed to ...
2021-02-11 -
Campus
Cheers! Activities to Help Stay-put Students Enjoy Minor New Year
February 4 is the Minor New Year in the Chinese lunar calendar. On this day, Tianjin University organized a series of celebrating activities for the teachers and students who stay put at school during the Spring Festival holiday.A professional photography team was invited to the university and took New Year’s photos for students staying at school for three days. In a teaching building speciall...
2021-02-08 -
Research
Bio-inspired Robot Developed to Be a Space ‘catcher’
A research group led by Prof. Kang Rongjie, an Associate Professor from the Centre for Advanced Mechanisms and Robotics of Tianjin University, developed a novel continuum bio-inspired robot that looks like a flexible arm combining softness and strength. This invention will be a “catcher” in space to handle failed satellites and space debris if it passes the undergoing ground tests. Under the ...
2021-02-08 -
Global
A Letter to All International Students of Tianjin University
Dear International students,COVID-19 has swept the world throughout the year of 2020. At the moment, epidemic prevention and control mechanism has been part of our daily normal life in most countries across the world. However, efforts to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic should still continue and not to be neglected. The year 2021 is coming. We hope that our students can welcome the...
2021-02-07 -
Research
Review Article on Triterpene Saponins Produced by Microorganisms Published
Recently, Professor Gao Wenyuan’s research group from the School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (SPST) published an online article Endophytes, Biotransforming Microorganisms, and Engineering Microbial Factories for Production of Triterpenoid Saponins in the well-known biotechnology journal Critical reviews in biotechnology. This thesis systematically discussed the potential mechanism...
2021-02-03