Tongji University, referred to as Tongji for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) [1], which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai [2]. It is a well-known institution of higher learning in China with a long history and a high reputation. It is the national "2 1 1 Project" and "95438+0 Project". It is "20 1 1 plan", "Everest Plan", "Excellent Engineer Plan", "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan", "1/plan" and "/kloc-0+" It is a member of Environment and Sustainable Development Cooperation Alliance, International Union of Design and Art Colleges, 2 1 Century Academic Alliance, Outstanding University Alliance, Sino-Russian Engineering University Alliance, China-Europe Engineering Education Platform and Tongji-Berkeley Engineering Alliance, and it is a deputy ministerial college in China.

Tongji University's predecessor was the German Medical College founded by German doctor paulun erich on 1907. The following year, it was renamed Tongji Devon yiguang; 19 12 merged with the newly established Tongji Devon Medical College and changed its name to Tongji Devon Medical College; 1923 was officially named University; 1927 National Tongji University, one of the seven earliest national universities in China.

Tongji University has always regarded cultivating top-notch innovative talents as its lofty mission and responsibility, and has trained a large number of outstanding politicians, scientists, educators, social activists, entrepreneurs, medical experts and engineering and technical experts. Among its alumni, more than 140 were elected as academicians of China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering.

As of 20 14 and 12, Tongji University has 36 colleges (departments) and secondary colleges, 7 affiliated hospitals and 4 affiliated middle schools. There are full-time undergraduate students 18005, master students 13644, doctoral students 4504, and 2477 foreign students studying for degrees. The school covers an area of 2567863 square meters; The number of books is 4,376,5438+0,000.