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==Campus== [[File:TsinghuaUniversitypic2.jpg|thumb|The [[Tsinghua Second Gate|Second Gate]] is a landmark on the Tsinghua University campus]] [[File:清華大學機械工程館.jpg|thumb|The Mechanical Engineering Hall]] The campus of Tsinghua University is located in northwest Beijing, in the [[Haidian District|Haidian district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cems.org/academic-members/schools-list/tsinghua-university-school-economics-and-management|title=Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210125164634/https://www.cems.org/academic-members/schools-list/tsinghua-university-school-economics-and-management|archive-date=25 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mypacer.com/routes/362027/tsinghua-university-walking-and-running-trail-haidian-district-beijing-china|title=Tsinghua University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724115750/https://www.mypacer.com/routes/362027/tsinghua-university-walking-and-running-trail-haidian-district-beijing-china|archive-date=24 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Tsinghua University's campus was named one of the most beautiful college campuses in the world by a panel of architects and campus designers in ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2010;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7790|title=Yale named among world's 'most beautiful campuses'|date=24 September 2010|publisher=Opa.yale.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902200428/http://news.yale.edu/2010/09/24/yale-named-among-world-s-most-beautiful-campuses|archive-date=2 September 2012|access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> it was the only university in Asia on the list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magazine.uc.edu/favorites/web-only/forbes.html|title=Forbes Magazine lists University of Cincinnati among world's most beautiful college campuses|date=1 March 2010|publisher=Magazine.uc.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521104513/http://magazine.uc.edu/favorites/web-only/forbes.html|archive-date=21 May 2014|access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/03/01/most-beautiful-campus-lifestyle-college.html|title=The World's Most Beautiful College Campuses|last=le Draoulec|first=Pascale|date=1 March 2010|website=Forbes|access-date=8 March 2010|archive-date=5 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305081818/http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/01/most-beautiful-campus-lifestyle-college.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Numerous architects were involved in the designing of buildings on the campus. American architect [[Henry Killam Murphy]] (1877–1954), a Yale graduate, designed early buildings such as the Grand Auditorium, the Roosevelt Memorial Gymnasium, the Science Building and the east side of the Old Library.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Shanghai College: An architectural history of the campus designed by Henry K. Murphy|date=1 December 2016|journal=Frontiers of Architectural Research|volume=5|issue=4|pages=466–476|doi=10.1016/j.foar.2016.07.002|doi-access=free|last1=Hong|first1=Yan}}</ref> [[Yang Tingbao]] designed the Observatory, the Life Sciences building, the Mingzhai of the student dormitory buildings and the middle and west side of the Old Library. Shen Liyuan designed the Mechanical Engineering Hall, the Chemistry Hall and the Aviation Hall. T. Chuang, a 1914 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, helped design the campus grounds of the Tsinghua University with influences of [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] and [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]] architectural styles and architectures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/07/0215partnership.html|title=Global partnership aims to train 'exceptional' professional|last=Melissa Mitchell|date=15 February 2007|publisher=UIUC News Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514223443/http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/07/0215partnership.html|archive-date=14 May 2007|access-date=10 July 2007}}</ref> Other notable 20th-century Chinese architects such as [[Li Daozeng]], Zhou Weiquan, Wang Guoyu and Guan Zhaoye have all designed various buildings on the Tsinghua University campus. The university's [[Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology]] is on a separate campus in a northern suburb of Beijing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1244/3086.htm|title=Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology celebrates its 60th anniversary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724115218/https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1244/3086.htm|archive-date=24 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The Tsinghua History Museum covers a construction area of 5,060 m<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="lib">See the [http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/newsen/6062/2011/20110429171133010321802/20110429171133010321802_.html Tsinghua opens New Tsinghua Xue Tang and University History Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514034447/http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/newsen/6062/2011/20110429171133010321802/20110429171133010321802_.html |date=14 May 2013 }}.</ref> A collection of old documents, pictures, artworks, maps, graphics, videos and music tells the visitors the history of Tsinghua University. The exhibition also pays tribute to the people who contributed to the development of the institution. The university also operates its own art museum, the Tsinghua University Art Museum, which derives its collection from the university's Academy of Arts & Design since 1956. <gallery class="center"> File:TsinghuaUniversitypic10.jpg|Entrance to "工 Shape Hall", the former Qing Prince's Mansion and the current office of the president File:CampusTsinghuaUniversity9.jpg|Sculptural artworks on the campus File:Tsinghua Garden4.jpg|Tsinghua campus scenery File:Tsinghua Xuetang.jpg|A teaching and protected heritage building (the former Tsinghua College) File:View of the Old Library.jpg|The Old Library building of the [[Tsinghua University Library]] File:TsinghuaUniversitypic7.jpg|A Qing dynasty Jinchun Garden on the Tsinghua University campus File:TsinghuaUniversitypic14.jpg|A pathway in the campus File:清華大學曾憲梓樓.jpg|Zeng Xianzi Building File:2018年清華科學館秋景.jpg|The old Science Building File:清華大學老樓3號樓.jpg|A building from the old student dormitory File:勝因院.jpg|The Shengyinyuan, built in 1946, contains numerous residential houses for the faculty File:清華大學水力實驗館.jpg|Hydraulic Experiment Hall File:清華大學電機館.jpg|The old Electrical Engineering Hall File:清華大學化學館.jpg|The old Chemistry Hall </gallery>
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