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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, 2024-25: Courses offered by Tsinghua University


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Each student can apply and enroll in ONE academic course offered by Tsinghua University at VSE Season 1, 2024-25 only.



Application Deadline

Students must submit an application to the VSE Central Office before:
Aug 25, 2024 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 Credits2
Offering DepartmentDepartment of Astronomy
Course TeacherCui Wei Kevin
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 10, 2024
Last Day of ClassDec 24, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeTue 1300-1505
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Invited lecturers will introduce frontier areas in the field of astrophysics, including theoretical and observational status, future plan and development, and many other topics that might be of general interest.

Course Outline

00920012

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

College Physics.

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits4
Offering DepartmentDepartment of Energy and Power Engineering
Course TeacherXiaoqing You
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 10, 2024
Last Day of ClassDec 27, 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 TeacherLi Zhen
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 11, 2024
Last Day of ClassDec 25, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeWed 0950-1215
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Biochemistry II is the continuation of Biochemistry I.

This course is divided into two parts:

  1. The first part (Chapter 13-23) is about 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).
  2. The second part (Chapter 24-27) of this course is about 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 of 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 11, 2024
Last Day of ClassDec 25, 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 (from previous offering)

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

Intermediate Microeconomics and 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 9, 2024
Last Day of ClassDec 25, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeMon, Wed 1520-1655
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

The course is supplemented by philosophical material that illustrates the philosophical relevance of the various logical concepts and techniques.

Course Outline

30690524 (from previous offering)

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 TeacherXinzheng Shi
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 13, 2024
Last Day of ClassDec 27, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeFri 0950-1215
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Labor economics is a course that deals with the basic workings of the labor market. It covers issues such as labor supply and demand, labor market equilibrium, investment and return on human resources, wage decisions, gender and racial discrimination, and other issues that have a major impact on People's Daily lives. It studies the effects of wages, prices, profits, working conditions, government policies and other related factors on the behavior and decisions of both supply and demand parties in the labor market.

Course Outline

40510973 (from previous offering)

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

Intermediate Microeconomics.

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A

Number of Credits2
Offering DepartmentSchool of Humanities
Course TeacherJohannes Van Benthem
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 16, 2024
Last Day of ClassNov 6, 2024
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeMon & Wed 1920-2055
Time ZoneUTC+08
Course Description

Introduction to the themes of information, computation, agency, and games in logic and in the process, showing how logic connects between several different fields.

Course Outline

40690952 (from previous offering)

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

N/A

Points to Note for Students

N/A

Fees to be Borne by Students

N/A



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