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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Arts and Culture
Hot and Fresh! Postcard for 2021 Crabapple Blossom Festival
In late March, as the spring is very much in the air of the campus, the much expected 10th Crabapple Blossom Festival of Tianjin University is approaching. Before feasting our eyes on the flowers, let’s appreciate the annually specially designed festival postcard first and learn the story behind the design.Designer: Sheng Xinlei, an undergraduate of Urban & Rural Planning at the School of Ar...
2021-03-31 -
Research
Breakthrough in Modular Construction of Quaternary Organic Particle Bank
Recently, the study on a multi-organic micronae assembly particle bank was reported in the Nature Communications by Professor Lei Yilong and his co-researchers from Tianjin University’s School of Science. Zhang Dandan, a postgraduate student, is the first author of the thesis.Depending on the compatible components, binary metal mixtures usually exist in the form of alloys or phase separations....
2021-03-30 -
Global
Team Tianjin U+ to Shine in Solar Decathlon China 2021
A team from Tianjin University is preparing for the final competition of the Solar Decathlon China 2021 (SDC). The team named Team Tianjin U+ has ranked No. 1 in the competition’s mid-term evalsuation with their work R-CELLS.As the prototype of solar housing, R-CELLS represented the idea of "the lifelong healthy and ecological residence", responding the three challenges of “sustainable develop...
2021-03-30 -
Campus
Meeting Held to Conclude ASEAN-China Smart Ocean Practice Program
On March 13, Tianjin University held a meeting to conclude the ASEAN-China Smart Ocean Practice Program.Su Rongxin, Vice President of theSchool of Marine Science and Technology (SMST) delivered an opening speech and briefly introduced the ASEAN-China Smart Ocean Center (ACSOC) and the ASEAN-China Smart Ocean Practice Program. This Program was jointly organized by Tianjin University, Tianjin Ma...
2021-03-30 -
Research
New Discovery for Precise siRNA Delivery
Recently,a research team led by Professor Yang Dayong from the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Tianjin University successfully developed a DNA hybridization chain reaction (HCR)-based strategy that can achieve spatiotemporally programmable assembly of DNA under nanoconfinement for precise siRNA delivery. The study was published in Nature Communications(http://www.proloan.cn/...
2021-03-24 -
Research
Paper about Anode Catalyst Layer Published in Cell Reports Physical Science
Recently, Dr. Junfeng Zhang, Prof. Yin and Prof. Guiver from Tianjin University (China), as well as Xianguo Li from University of Waterloo (Canada) reported a self-adjusting catalyst layer with heterogeneous structure capable of smart water management in the anode catalyst layer (ACL) for anion exchange membrane (AEM) fuel cells.Great progress has been achieved on anion exchange membrane (AEM) ...
2021-03-24 -
Campus
Dai Song: My View one Training Top Talents in Mathematics
Editor’s note: Dr. Dai Song is an associate professor at the School of Mathematics. Since 2017, he has held the position of the class advisor for 30 or so undergraduate students majoring in mathematics, helping them to adapt to college life and improve academic study. The following is an article Dr. Dai wrote to share his view on mathematics talent trainingMy View one Training Top Talents in M...
2021-03-24 -
Research
Dual Database System of Ming Great Wall to Go online
The Information Technology for the Conservation and Inheritance of Architecture Culture Heritage Laboratory by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism at the School of Architecture has been committed to the research and data collection of the Ming Great Wall for a long time.Focusing on the whole line of the Great Wall, the laboratory studied the defense system of the Great Wall and used UAV to capt...
2021-03-23 -
Research
Differences Between SARS and COVID-19 Bindings to Human Receptors at Different Temperatures
A research team from Tianjin University led by Professor Gao Feng, Director of the University’s BioInformatics Center successfully revealed the differences in the binding characteristics of SARS coronavirus and COVID-19 to human receptors at different temperatures. The research result, which was obtained by molecular dynamics simulations, provides useful guidance and reference for drug design...
2021-03-17 -
Global
TJU Ranks 50th in QS Architecture/Built Environment Rankings
The 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subjects was released on March 4. Tianjin University ranks 50th in Architecture/Built Environment, securing 71.3 out of 100 scores in the overall parameters of QS World Rankings.The 2021 QS World University Rankings covers a total of 51 disciplines, and more than 13,000 programs in 1,400 institutions worldwide participated in the ranking. Academic reputa...
2021-03-17 -
Campus
Cherry-Apple Trees from TJU Root in Fujiacun Village on Arbor Day
March 12 welcomes China’s 43rd Arbor Day. On this day, around 100 teachers and students from Tianjin University went to Fujiacun village in Jinghai district and planted 50 delicately-cultivated cherry-apple trees donated by the university.The villagers helped plant the trees under the guidance of labor tutors coming from TJU logistics department and responsible for campus landscaping. After ov...
2021-03-17