Editing Tsinghua University (section)

=== School of Law ===
{{main|Tsinghua University School of Law}}
[[File:清華大學法圖.jpg|thumb|The Law Library at the Tsinghua University, a branch library of the [[Tsinghua University Library]] system]]
The legal studies at Tsinghua University can be dated back to the "Tsinghua College" era (1911–1929), where many students were sent to universities in western countries for legal studies. Graduating from institutions such as [[Columbia University|Columbia]], [[Yale]], and [[Harvard University|Harvard]], those Tsinghua alumni have played an important role in areas of law and diplomacy. Famous legal scholars Tuan-Sheng Ch'ien,<ref>{{cite book|first1=Baoxu|last1=Zhao|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_M-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|title=To Build a Harmonious World: Ideal of Traditional Chinese Thinking|page=96|publisher=Springer|date=7 August 2014|isbn=9783662438534|series=China Academic Library|oclc=887268220|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=30 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730021201/https://books.google.com/books?id=X_M-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|url-status=live}}</ref> Yan Shutang (燕树棠), Wang Huacheng (王化成), [[K. C. Hsiao|Kung Chuan Hsiao]] (萧公权),<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Eric H.|last1=Boehm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOXiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22K.+C.+Hsiao%7C%22%2B%22Tsinghua+College%22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210724112017/https://books.google.it/books?id=UOXiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22K.+C.+Hsiao%7C%22%2B%22Tsinghua+College%22&dq=%22K.+C.+Hsiao%7C%22%2B%22Tsinghua+College%22&hl=it&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwqK-Vy_vxAhWI-6QKHbNHDgcQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2021|title=America, History and Life|journal=America: History and Life on Disc|publisher=Clio Press|access-date=24 July 2021|year=1985|page=511|oclc=1479243|issn=0002-7065}}</ref> Pu Xuefeng (浦薛凤), Mei Ju'ao (梅汝璈),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAcWAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Mei+Ju%27ao%22%2B%22Tsinghua+College%22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210724112456/https://books.google.it/books?id=WAcWAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Mei+Ju'ao%22%2B%22Tsinghua+College%22&dq=%22Mei+Ju'ao%22%2B%22Tsinghua+College%22&hl=it&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiG5Z-gzPvxAhXG-aQKHfQfDOwQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2021|title=The China Weekly Review|volume=103|access-date=24 July 2021|publisher=Millard Publishing House|year=1946|oclc=9189590}}</ref> Xiang Zhejun (向哲浚) and diplomat Tang Yueliang (唐悦良)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/law/6878/2011/20110323105215091140390/20110323105215091140390_.html|website=Tsinghua University|script-title=zh:清华大学法学院|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905004206/http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/law/6878/2011/20110323105215091140390/20110323105215091140390_.html|url-status=live}}</ref> are all graduates from Tsinghua College or went to study abroad after passing exams in Tsinghua College.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Tsinghua University School of Law was established in 1929 after Tsinghua College was renamed Tsinghua University. Legal education in Tsinghua University at the time focused on international affairs and Chinese legal studies. Courses on political science and economics could also be found on students' curriculum. Before the Japanese army invaded Beijing in 1937, the School of Law developed greatly. Many Chinese legal scholars graduated during that era, including Wang Tieya (王铁崖), Gong Xiangrui (龚祥瑞) and Lou Bangyan (楼邦彦).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/law/6878/2011/20110317100631037535966/20110317100631037535966_.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905002309/http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/law/6878/2011/20110317100631037535966/20110317100631037535966_.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 September 2017|website=Tsinghua University|script-title=zh:清华大学法学院|access-date=29 October 2017}}</ref>

In 1952, in response to [[1952 reorganisation of Chinese higher education|the government policy]] of turning Tsinghua University into an engineering-focused university, the law school was dismissed; the faculty were appointed to other universities, including Peking University and Peking College of Political Science and Law (the predecessor of China University of Political Science and Law).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/law/3240/index.html|website=Tsinghua University|script-title=zh:清华大学法学院|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111135114/http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/law/3240/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Until 1995, there was no formal "school of law" at Tsinghua University, yet courses on law were still taught in Tsinghua University from the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=学院的历史沿革-清华大学法学院|url=https://www.law.tsinghua.edu.cn/xygk/xyjs/xydlsyg.htm|access-date=23 April 2022|website=law.tsinghua.edu.cn|language=zh|quote=After 1978, the country began to attach importance to legal system construction and legal education. Since the early 1980s, Tsinghua University has been conducting legal education in the whole school and has received good results.|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512122920/https://www.law.tsinghua.edu.cn/xygk/xyjs/xydlsyg.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 8 September 1995, the Tsinghua University Department of Law was formally re-established; on 25 April 1999, the 88th anniversary of Tsinghua University, the university formally changed the department into the "School of Law". The "new" law school inherited the spirit of the "old" law school and has endeavored to add international factors to its students' curriculum. Due to its outstanding faculty members and students, the Tsinghua University School of Law has risen to become one of the leading law schools in China and since 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|title=学院的历史沿革-清华大学法学院|url=https://www.law.tsinghua.edu.cn/xygk/xyjs/xydlsyg.htm|access-date=6 April 2023|website=law.tsinghua.edu.cn|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512122920/https://www.law.tsinghua.edu.cn/xygk/xyjs/xydlsyg.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> has been consistently ranked as the best or the second-best law school in mainland China by QS World University Rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/law-legal-studies|title=Law|date=2 March 2017|website=Topuniversities.com|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024143106/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/law-legal-studies|url-status=live}}</ref>