Peking University
Chinese elite school
Peking University is China's most prestigious institution of higher learning, founded in 1898 in Beijing.
Known in Chinese as Beida, it played a central role in modern Chinese intellectual and political history, including the May Fourth Movement of 1919.
She earned her doctorate at Peking University.
The name preserves an older romanization of Beijing.
1919 Chinese political awakening
- 1898A calendar year
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- student activismPupils advocating for change
- restorationReturning something to condition
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
seminars · thesis · dissertation · publications · journals · curriculum · humanities · sciences
Formal academic completion event
- student clubsVoluntary campus organizations
- debate societyGroup practicing formal argumentation
- literary traditionInherited body of texts
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
poetry · intellectual discourse · idealism · campus life · dormitories · canteen · library
Superior select group
- renownedWidely known and esteemed
- distinguishedNotable and respected
- world-classOf highest international standard
- Nobel laureatesRecipients of prestigious Swedish awards
May Fourth Movement
1919 Chinese political awakening
- 1898A calendar year
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- student activismPupils advocating for change
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- studentsThose receiving instruction
lectures · seminars · thesis · dissertation · publications · journals · curriculum · humanities · sciences · law school
graduation ceremony
Formal academic completion event
- student clubsVoluntary campus organizations
- debate societyGroup practicing formal argumentation
- literary traditionInherited body of texts
calligraphy · poetry · intellectual discourse · idealism · campus life · dormitories · canteen · library
Summer Palace
Imperial garden complex, Beijing
elite
Superior select group
- renownedWidely known and esteemed
- distinguishedNotable and respected
- world-classOf highest international standard
Nobel laureates · Rhodes Scholars · competitive · meritocratic
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Elite Cambridge-based academic institution
Oxford University · Cambridge University · Yale University · Princeton University · Stanford University
Peking Universitycommunity college
Two-year public institution
vocational school · trade school · for-profit college · diploma mill
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