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Tsinghua University
Beijing, China

Tsinghua University is situated around Tsinghua garden, originally an imperial garden of Qing dynasty, in the northwestern suburbs of Beijing. The University was instituted in 1911, originally under the name of Tsinghua Xuetang, as a preparatory school for students who would be sent by the government to study in the United States.

Tsinghua University is one of the national key universities in China, comprising disciplines in sciences, engineering, management, humanities and social sciences, law, arts and design, as well as medical science. 49 disciplines are listed as National Key Disciplines. There are 13 schools and 54 departments, offering 61 Bachelor’s programs, 198 Master’s programs and 181 Doctoral programs.

At present, Tsinghua has over 30,000 undergraduate and master’s students, and 5,156 PhD candidates. It has over 2,800 faculty members, including 34 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 30 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. There are also one Nobel Laureate and one Turing Laureate among the faculty. Tsinghua University’s main research areas are information science and technology, life science, new materials, energy, environmental science, advanced manufacturing.

Website: https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/

VSE Season 1, 2023-24: Courses offered by Tsinghua University


Application Deadline

Students must submit an application to the VSE Central Office before:
Aug 20, 2023 12:00 noon Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)



Course Information

Course information posted on this page are provided by the course offering university and may be changed or updated anytime without prior notice.

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Number of Credits4
Offering DepartmentDepartment of Energy and Power Engineering
Course TeacherXiaoqing You
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 19, 2023
Last Day of ClassJan 5, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeTue 1330-1655, Fri 0950-1215
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

The course covers basic thermodynamic concepts and principles, properties of matter and their evaluation, and analysis of processes and cycles.

Course Outline

30140444

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

Advanced mathematics,  College physics.

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits3
Offering DepartmentSchool of Life Sciences
Course TeacherZhen Li
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 19, 2023
Last Day of ClassJan 2, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeTue 0950-1215
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Biochemistry II is the continuation of Biochemistry I. This course is divided into two parts. The first part (Chapter 13-23) is bioenergetics and metabolism, which includes principles of bioenergetics (Chapter 13), catabolism of carbohydrates, lipid acids and amino acids (Chapter 14-18), oxidative phosphorylation and photophosphorylation (Chapter 19), biosynthesis of carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids (Chapter 20-22) and integration and hormonal regulation of mammalian metabolism (Chapter 23).The second part (Chapter 24-27) of this course is information pathways. It includes genes and chromosomes (Chapter 24), DNA metabolism (Chapter 25), RNA metabolism (Chapter 26), and protein metabolism (Chapter 27).

Course Outline

30450213

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

Basic knowledge in Biochemistry.

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits3
Offering DepartmentSchool of Economics and Management
Course TeacherBinzhen Wu
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 20, 2023
Last Day of ClassJan 3, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeWed 0950-1215
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Public Finance studies the role of the public sector in the economy. In this course, we will study the economic foundations that justify the existence of the public sector and the economic theories that describe its role. We will consider when governments should intervene in the economy and how they should do so, including the options they have and the effects of alternative policies. The focus is on government taxation and spending activities. We will also study how to evaluate government policies in practice, including how these policies affect individual and corporate decision-making and welfare.

Course Outline

30510073

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

Intermediate Microeconomics; Calculus.

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits4
Offering DepartmentSchool of Humanities
Course TeacherFenrong Liu
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 18, 2023
Last Day of ClassJan 3, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeMon, Wed 1520-1655
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Logic, Language and Philosophy by Fenrong Liu and Martin Stokhof. The course will be taught in English. The course is supplemented by philosophical material that illustrates the philosophical relevance of the various logical concepts and techniques.

  • Topics: the logical concepts and techniques that are treated
  • Theme: the philosophical theme associated with those concepts and techniques
Course Outline

30690524

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

N/A

Points to Note for Students

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Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits3
Offering DepartmentSchool of Economics and Management
Course TeacherXinzheng Shi
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 22, 2023
Last Day of ClassJan 5, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeFri 0950-1215
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

The following topics will be covered:

  • Labor Supply
  • Education and Human Capital
  • Job Search
  • Labor Demand
  • Labor Market Equilibrium
  • Compensating Wage Differentials and Discrimination
  • Contracts, Risk
  • Sharing, and Incentive
  • Labor Market Discrimination
  • Labor Mobility
  • Unemployment
  • Labor Market
  • Policies
Course Outline

40510973

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

N/A

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

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Number of Credits2
Offering DepartmentSchool of Humanities
Course TeacherJohannes Van Benthem
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 18, 2023
Last Day of ClassNov 8, 2023
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeMon, Wed 1920-2055
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

This course is an introduction to the themes of information, computation, agency, and games in logic. This is a technical mid-level course, not a first introduction to logic. Students must have had a logic course, or equivalent formal background. Each week new skills will be trained, and outlooks will be given to applications in fields such as mathematics, computer science, and philosophy. Also, students will be pointed to current research problems and directions.

Course Outline

40690952

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

N/A

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits3
Offering DepartmentSchool of Economics and Management
Course TeacherShuo Liu
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 20, 2023
Last Day of ClassDec 6, 2023
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeWed 0830-1145
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Financial Data Analysis is a course for master students who are interested in applying real data to test classical asset pricing theories and in the applications of commonly used and advanced econometric methods to financial problems. This course will more focus on empirical analysis method under financial background, and also related issues and solutions. This course mainly contains two parts: “econometrics method” and “empirical asset pricing”. The first part introduces cross-sectional models, time series models, panel data models, and discusses how to solve endogeneity problem. The second part introduces how to apply real data or simulation methods to test classical financial theories, including equity valuation, portfolio management analysis, CAPM model, Fama-Macbeth regression, Fama-French-Carhart factor model, Arbitrage Pricing Theory, and multi-factor pricing models for fixed income securities. Finally, the course will introduce trading strategies based on factor models, risk management topics, and commonly used machine learning techniques.

Course Outline

70510983

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

Introduction to econometrics, basic-level investment theory, basic-level probability and statistics.

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits2
Offering DepartmentVanke School of Public Health
Course TeacherSol Richardson
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 22, 2023
Last Day of ClassJan 5, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeFri 1520-1655
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

The following topics will be covered: 

  • Introduction to epidemiology
  • Measurement of disease
  • Distribution of diseases
  • Descriptive studies
  • Cohort studies
  • Case-control studies
  • Epidemiological experiments
  • Etiology and Causal Inference
  • Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Course Outline

74000293

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

N/A

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits2
Offering DepartmentVanke School of Public Health
Course TeacherZhao Ai
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 20, 2023
Last Day of ClassJan 3, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeWed 1330-1505
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

This course will provide a broad perspective on the filed of nutrition science to students. Students will be able to learn more about nutrition science and explain community diets and related health policies in this course. This course consists of three units: Unit 1 introduces contemporary basic principles of nutrition, human physiology, and functional and nutritional biochemical processes and how they are ingested in relation to health; Unit 2 illustrates how nutrition and health management provides sustained healthy living, long-term weight management and health for a diverse population; Unit 3 introduces an overview of global public health policy and case studies on nutrition policy and global diet, food and nutrition.

Course Outline

84000802

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

All courses are taught in English, and students are required to read relevant English literature and participate in class discussions. At the end of the course, students are expected to:

  1. have an in-depth understanding of the relationship between nutrition and human health and disease, and fully understand the important position of this discipline in public health and preventive medicine; 
  2. understand the development of the discipline, master the methods of basic nutritional investigations, and improve professional theory and technology; 
  3. understand global nutrition-related health problems and explore their solutions.
Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A



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