Qiu Yong

Qiu Yong 邱勇
President of Tsinghua University
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2015
Preceded by	Chen Jining
Personal details
Born	July 28, 1964 Rong County, Sichuan
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Residence	Beijing
Alma mater	Tsinghua University
Occupation	Politician, educator

Qiu Yong (Chinese: 邱勇; pinyin: Qiū Yŏng; born 28 July 1964) is the current President of Tsinghua University.^[1][2][3][4] Qiu is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Biography

Qiu was born and grew up (raised) in Rong County, Sichuan. He entered Tsinghua University in September 1983, majoring in chemistry and chemical engineering, where he graduated in July 1988. He received a PhD in 1994, and subsequently joined the faculty.^[1]

Qiu once served as Director of the Department of Chemistry of Tsinghua University, Deputy Dean of the School of Sciences, Tsinghua University. He served as Deputy President of Tsinghua University in December 2009, and five years later promoted to the President position.^[5]

He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Chinese: 国家杰出青年科学基金) in 2003.

He was appointed a Chang Jiang Scholar by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2006.

He was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Award

• First Award for National Technical Invention - 2011

References

1. "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". Tsinghua University. 2015-03-26.
2. "The new president of Tsinghua University Qiu Yong: To learn to endure "wide pine"". Fireinews. 2015-03-26.
3. "新一轮大学换帅密集进行 谁在执掌"985""211"?（全文）". 163.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-27.
4. "清华北航浙大3所高校同日换校长 均为校内提拔". China.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-27.
5. Chen Meina (2015-03-27). "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". China Social Sciences.

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