By Li Han
Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center
According to the Ministry of Education, 22 Tsinghua University disciplines were evaluated as First Category National Key Disciplines, ranking first nationwide. It is the first time for China to establish First Category Key Disciplines. Among the 22 First Category National Key Disciplines, 16 disciplines are in engineering, three in science, two in management, and one in medicine.
In addition, fifteen Tsinghua disciplines were evaluated as Second Category National Key Disciplines, among which, two are in engineering, one in science, nine in medicine, and three in humanities and social sciences.
First Category National Key Disciplines (22):Mathematics, Physics, Biology,
Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering,
Materials Science and Engineering, Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Electrical Engineering,
Electronic Science and Technology, Information and Communication Engineering, Control Science and Engineering,
Computer Science and Technology, Architecture, Civil Engineering,
Hydraulic Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Nuclear Science and Technology,
Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Management Science and Engineering, Business Administration
