About the university
Tianjin Chengjian University (TCU), founded in —, is a regular institute of higher education under the administration of Tianjin Municipal Government. As the fourth branch of Tianjin University, back to over forty years ago, it carried out undergraduate education with the support of Tianjin University. In —, it was named Architectural Branch of Tianjin University, and in —, was renamed as Tianjin Institute of Urban Construction, and then as Tianjin Chengjian University (TCU) in —. In —, TCU was approved to grant Master’s Degree, realizing a leap-forward development in its educational level; in —, TCU was authorized to grant Master’s degree in Engineering. TCU has passed the qualification assessment for undergraduate teaching in —, the assessment for undergraduate teaching in — with outstanding performance, and the audit and assessment in undergraduate education in —, all of which were organized by the Ministry of Education of China.
Over the past 43 years, TCU sticks to the principle of “developing urban science and cultivating talents for urban construction”. By drawing on the advantages of related industries, highlighting its features, sticking to quality-oriented development and pursuing excellence, TCU fulfills the motto of “Morality and Capability, Learning and Building”. Dedicated to new urbanization and urban modernization, TCU has developed the features of “focusing on urban construction, adhering closely to related industries, emphasizing the cultivation of morality and capability, and cultivating compound applied talents with both professional proficiency and personal integrity. “Based in Tianjin, open to the whole nation and the world, TCU has cultivated more than — talented graduates to serve urbanization and urban modernization.
Sound educational system, steadily improved quality of talent cultivation. TCU consists of 15 schools, 3 teaching departments (centers) and 1 school of continuing education with more than — full-time students. TCU offers 57 undergraduate programs, among which there are 9 national first-rate programs, 7 Tianjin first-rate programs, 3 emerging engineering programs, 1 national featured program, 1 national and 2 Tianjin comprehensive reform pilot programs, 7 Tianjin branded programs, 5 Tianjin strategic emerging industries related programs, 8 Tianjin programs of advantage and characteristics, 12 Tianjin applied programs, 6 programs having passed the undergraduate professional evaluation(accreditation) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China, 32 programs that have implemented the reform of “enrollment in large category + distribution by program”. TCU has been approved of 1 national first-rate course, 24 Tianjin first-rate courses, 1 first-batch ideological demonstration course approved by the Ministry of Education, 12 Tianjin excellent courses, 7 ideological demonstration courses of Tianjin universities, 2 Tianjin ideological excellent courses, 4 Tianjin municipal branded courses in English for overseas students, 1 first-batch ideological excellent textbook of Tianjin universities and 12 national and municipal key textbooks. TCU owns 10 Tianjin experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 Tianjin experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 Tianjin virtual simulation experiment teaching center, 9 Tianjin virtual simulation experiment teaching project, 1 first-batch pilot project of Tianjin virtual teaching and research section, 1 collaborative innovation center of ideological theory courses of Tianjin universities, and 1 demonstration base of practical education of Tianjin universities. TCU has 3 first-batch “Emerging Engineering” research and practice projects approved by the Ministry of Education and 3 municipal first-batch “Emerging Liberal Arts” research and reform projects. TCU has also won 18 teaching achievement awards, including 9 first prizes and 9 second prizes. TCU has made remarkable achievements in innovation and entrepreneurship in recent years. TCU has won over 200 municipal and ministerial science and technology awards in —, including the “Winner’s Cup” in “Challenge Cup” competition in Tianjin and has been approved of 47 innovation and entrepreneurship training projects, including 16 national ones. In addition, 6 students have won the Tianjin Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarship. In recent years, the employment rate of TCU has ranked in the leading place among Tianjin universities. In —, TCU was rated excellent in the of the employment evaluation of — college graduates in Tianjin.
Distinct disciplinary characteristics, continuously improved comprehensive scientific research ability. TCU has developed 7 disciplinary clusters of urban planning, urban construction, urban management, eco-city, smart city, urban economy and urban culture. Now the university offers 14 first-level master programs and 11 professional master programs, including 1 Tianjin first-rate discipline (Civil Engineering), 1 Tianjin first-rate discipline under construction (Environmental Science and Engineering) and 4 Tianjin featured disciplinary clusters and 4 Tianjin industry-related featured disciplinary clusters, and 6 Tianjin key disciplines. In recent 5 years, TCU has been approved over 70 national scientific research projects and over 350 municipal and ministerial scientific research projects; has won over 55 awards for science and technology at or above municipal and ministerial level; has published nearly 87 academic works and has obtained more than 210 invention patents. TCU owns 25 science and technology platforms at municipal and ministerial level, including 1 National Engineering Research Center, 4 municipal and ministerial key laboratories, 7 municipal and ministerial engineering centers, 1 international joint research center, 1 base of humanities and social sciences, 1 university think tank, 1 municipal and ministerial think tank of scientific and technological innovation, 1 municipal and ministerial base of technology transfer, 2 municipal and ministerial collaborative innovation center, 1 strategic alliance, 1 Tianjin science base, and 1 “Belt and Road” collaborative laboratory. In —, TCU was approved “Belt and Road” Technological Innovation Cooperation Project of Tianjin for the first time. and was also approved the National Defense Technology Innovation Special Zone Project by the Science and Technology Committee of Central Military Commission for the first time in —. In —, TCU won Tianjin Patent Award for the first time. Research funds continue to grow and the average annual research fund is more than 100 million yuan in recent three years.
Capabilities of faculties continue to improve, number of high-level talents significantly increased. TCU now has more than — staff members, including over — full-time faculties and over 400 of which have senior professional titles. The number of advanced talents of TCU continues to increase. Among them, 20 teachers have won the title of national talents, including 2 national engineering talents, and 18 national outstanding young specialists who are entitled to special allowances of the State Council. In addition, there are 43 teachers have been awarded various municipal and ministerial talents projects, including 1 municipal and ministerial engineering talent, 3 winners of the New Century Talents Funding Program of the Ministry of Education, 1 Tianjin Top Young Talent, 1 Tianjin Distinguished Professors, 3 Distinguished Young Scholars, 8 winners in the first-level of Tianjin 131 Talent Project, 4 winners for Five Batches Talents Project for publicity and culture in Tianjin, 3 winners for Young and Middle-aged Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation of Tianjin Talent Cultivation Plan, 3 winners for Outstanding Young Talent in Science and Technology, 2 winners of Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars of Tianjin, and 14 Tianjin Outstanding Teachers. There are 15 teaching teams of Tianjin, 6 innovative teams of Tianjin universities and 1 innovation team in key areas of Tianjin Talent Promotion Plan, 1 innovative team at level B of Tianjin “Project +Team” 1 innovative talent team of Tianjin 131 Talent Project, and 1 demonstration team of Ideological education reform of Tianjin universities.
In the future, TCU will continue improving the overall quality for talents’ cultivation and scientific and technological innovation ability, and effectively pushing forward with the authorization for doctoral degree conferral. TCU will promote the high-quality intensive development of school undertakings, so as to lay a solid foundation for the construction of a high level institution featuring urban construction.