Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University is a residential college building of
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...
in
Haidian, Beijing
Haidian () is a northwest urban district of Beijing, bordering Xicheng, Beijing, Xicheng and Fengtai, Beijing, Fengtai.
It is in area, making it the second-largest district in urban Beijing area (after Chaoyang, Beijing, Chaoyang), and is home ...
, China. It hosts the one-year
Master of Management
The Master of Management (MM, MiM, MMgt) is a master's degree comprising one or two years graduate level coursework in business management.
In terms of content, it is similar to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree as it contain ...
in global leadership program designed to "cultivate the next generation of global leaders".
The college was completed in 2016 and designed by
Robert A. M. Stern, who was the
Driehaus Prize winner and former dean of the
Yale School of Architecture
The Yale School of Architecture (YSoA) is one of the constituent professional schools of Yale University. The School awards the degrees of Master of Architecture I (M.Arch I), Master of Architecture II (M.Arch II), Master of Environmental Desi ...
. It is the first academic building in China to have a
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a Green building certification systems, green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating ...
gold certification.
Academics and scholarship
The college was founded to provide a residential college experience for
Schwarzman Scholars
Schwarzman Scholars (), founded by American financier and philanthropist Stephen A. Schwarzman, is a one-year fully-funded master's degree leadership program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The program selects 100–200 scholars per ye ...
. Students at the college study a one-year degree program of Master of Management in global leadership. During this time, the scholars live inside the Schwarzman College building.
Annually, 100–200
Schwarzman Scholars
Schwarzman Scholars (), founded by American financier and philanthropist Stephen A. Schwarzman, is a one-year fully-funded master's degree leadership program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The program selects 100–200 scholars per ye ...
are chosen through a competitive selection process. All students admitted are fully funded by the university. Approximately 40% of the participants come from the United States, 20% from China, and the rest 40% from the rest of the world. Students apply directly to the program and do not require a nomination from their home universities.
See also
*
Yenching Scholars
The Yenching Scholarship (also Yanjing Scholars; Chinese: 燕京学者, pinyin: Yānjīng Xuézhě) is a selective interdisciplinary graduate program at the Yenching Academy of Peking University ( PKU) in Beijing, China.
The program, started in ...
at Yenching Academy of
Peking University
Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...
References
External links
Schwarzman College websiteSchwarzman Scholars Program websiteSchwarzman Scholars website{{Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
New Classical architecture in China
Robert A. M. Stern buildings