Tiangong University (; ), formerly Tianjin Polytechnic University, is a municipal
public university
A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...
in
Xiqing,
Tianjin
Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...
, China. It is affiliated with the City of Tianjin and sponsored by the Tianjin Municipal People's Government. The university is part of the
Double First-Class Construction
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.
The university was first established in 1958 as Hebei Textile Institute (). After several reorganizations, the university finally renamed to its current Chinese name in 2000. The English name used by the university from 2000 to 2019 was Tianjin Polytechnic University, despite the consistency of its Chinese name.
The university currently has fourteen colleges and two campuses in Tianjin. The original campus was located in
Hedong, and the new campus is located in
Xiqing.
Schools and Faculties
* School of
International Education
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* School of
Textiles
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Science and
Engineering
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* School of
Electrical Engineering
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and Automation
* School of
Environmental and
Chemical Engineering
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* School of Electronics and
Information Engineering
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Th ...
* School of
Materials Science
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and Engineering
* School of
Computer science
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and Technology
* School of
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
* School of
Mechanical Engineering
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* School of
Arts
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* School of
Management
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* School of
Graduate
* School of
Science
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* School of
Laws
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* School of
Humanities
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* school of
Life Sciences
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References
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Universities and colleges in Tianjin
Universities and colleges established in 1912
1912 establishments in China
1912 in Tianjin