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Tianjin University (TJU, Chinese: 天津大学), formerly Peiyang University (北洋大學), is a national public research university in Tianjin, China. The university was established in 1895 by Guangxu Emperor's royal charter to be the first university of China. It is now funded by the Ministry of Education of China, while being a member of the national Double First Class University Plan, Project 985, and Project 211. The university was established in 1895 as Imperial Tientsin University (Chinese: 天津北洋西學學堂) and later Peiyang University. In 1951, after restructuring, it was renamed Tianjin University, and became one of the largest multidisciplinary engineering universities in China, one of the first 16 national key universities accredited by the nation in 1959. It is now among the first group of institutions of higher learning to be included in the national "Double First Class University Plan" and former ministerial "Project 211" and "Project 985" by which it is given priority in construction. In order to carry out the "21st Century Education Revitalizing Action Plan", in late 2000 the Ministry of Education and Tianjin Municipality signed an agreement intending to build Tianjin University into a world-class university for the 21st century, including setting up the Excellence League. From Wikipedia
