Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) () is a public university established by

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

and the Shenzhen Municipal Government as a joint venture in 2001. It is located in the

University Town of Shenzhen University Town of Shenzhen () is a tertiary education hub or university cluster, located near Xili Lake () in the Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. The 15,000-capacity University Town Stadium, which is used mostly for ...

, surrounded by

Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School The Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKU Shenzhen) is a public research university established as a satellite graduate school of Peking University in 2001 via a joint venture with the Shenzhen Municipal Government. It is situated i ...

and the Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen.

History

Graduate School in Shenzhen, Tsinghua University

In 2001,

and the Shenzhen Municipal Government established the Graduate School in Shenzhen as a joint venture in education.Overview
" Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. The school created seven academic divisions: Life Science & Health; Energy & Environment; Information Science & Technology; Logistics & Transportation; Advanced Manufacturing; Ocean Science & Technology; and Social Science & Management to carry out graduate education and scientific research. In 2014, Tsinghua University and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) established Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI). The joint research institute brings faculty from Tsinghua University and UC Berkeley to fulfil the aims of being a world-class research and education institute. It was formerly called the Graduate School at Shenzhen (GSST) until March 2019.

Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS)

In March 2019, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School relaunched as a further expansion and integration of the Graduate School at Shenzhen (GSST) and the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI). It aims to create an academic and research environment that is international, borderless and entrepreneurial.

Campus

Tsinghua SIGS' campus is located in Nanshan District, Shenzhen within the

. The campus continues to expand, and will occupy a total area of over 50 hectares after construction.

Academics

Tsinghua SIGS provides master and doctoral degree programs under seven interdisciplinary theme areas including Energy & Materials, Data Science & Information Technology, Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Marine Engineering & Technology, Future Human Habitats, Environment & Ecology and Innovation Management. It currently offers 25 Master's Programs and 17 Doctoral Programs.

International Partnerships

Academic exchange and joint degree programs

Tsinghua SIGS conducts interdisciplinary research, academic exchange and joint degree programs with renowned universities including

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of Californi ...

RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

Kyoto University , mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture , established = , type = National university, Public (National) , endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 1000000000 (number), billion USD) , faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff) , administrative_staff ...

Nagoya University , abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. It was the seventh Imperial University in Japan, one of the first five Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of T ...

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, Center for Research and Interdisciplinary (CRI, Paris), Université Paris Descartes,

Université Paris Diderot Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (french: Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 197 ...

and

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

Research

Shenzhen Geim Graphene Research Center

In December 2017, the Shenzhen Geim Graphene Research Center, jointly established by Tsinghua University and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, officially opened. The center is managed by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee, and supported by Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI) and Tsinghua SIGS. Under the leadership of Professor Andre Geim, 2010 Nobel Prize winner in physics and one of graphene discoverers, the research center focuses on two-dimensional materials and graphene research.

RISC-V International Open Source Laboratory

In November 2019, the RISC-V International Open Source Laboratory (RIOS Lab) officially unveiled. Under the leadership of 2017 A.M. Turing Award winner Dr. David Patterson, and operational support from TBSI, RIOS Lab mainly conducts research in RISC-V hardware and software technology.

External Links

Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate SchoolTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School

Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen InstituteTsinghua University

References

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