About Tsinghua SEM - 清华大学

!"#$%&Tsinghua SEMMilestones of the school1926 The Department of Economics was established at Tsinghua University.1928 Professor Chen Daisun became head of the Department of Economics.1952 During the re-adjustment of college education in China, the department was split and merged into other departments.1979 The Department of Economics and Management Engineering was established at Tsinghua University,Began to recruit graduate students.1980 Began to recruit undergraduate students.1984 Tsinghua SEM was established with Professor Zhu Rongji as the Founding Dean of the School.1986 Tsinghua SEM was accredited to grant doctorate degrees in System Engineering and Technological Economics.1991 Tsinghua SEM was among the first schools in China that began a pilot program in MBA education and recruited MBA candidates.1994 Celebration of the tenth anniversary of Tsinghua SEM was launched, and Professor Zhu Rongji delivered a keynote speech.1997 Tsinghua SEM moved into a new facility in the Weilun Building which was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Q. W. Lee;Tsinghua SEM began to recruit International MBA students in the collaborated program with MIT Sloan School of Management.1998 Tsinghua SEM was accredited to grant doctorate degrees in Quantitative Economics and Enterprise Management.2000 The Advisory Board of Tsinghua SEM was established with Professor Zhu Rongji as the honorary board Chairman.2001 Professor Zhu Rongji resigned from his position as Dean of Tsinghua SEM, and was succeeded by Professor Zhao Chunjun;Management Science and Engineering, Technology Economics and Management and Quantitative Economics were rankedas key doctoral programs in a national appraisal of doctoral programs in universities;Allied with Harvard Business School to launch Tsinghua - Harvard Executive Training Program.2002 Tsinghua SEM was officially accredited as one of the first schools to offer the EMBA program;Shunde Building was completed with a donation from Mr. S. T. Wu and put into use as the Executive Education Center.2003 Tsinghua SEM was accredited to grant doctorate degrees in Political Economics;2004 Tsinghua SEM celebrates its 20th Anniversary.2005 Professor HE Jiankun, Executive Vice-President of Tsinghua University, started to also act as Dean of Tsinghua SEM in lateOctober 2005.2006 Tsinghua SEM was accredited to grant doctorate degrees in Theoretical Economics and Applied Economics;Professor Qian Yingyi acted as Dean of Tsinghua SEM.8