Qiu Yong
邱勇
Communist Party Secretary of Tsinghua University
Assumed office
February 2022
Preceded byChen Xu
President of Tsinghua University
In office
March 2015 – February 2022
Preceded byChen Jining
Succeeded byWang Xiqin
Personal details
Born (1964-07-28) July 28, 1964 (age 59)
Rong County, Sichuan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTsinghua University (BS, DSc)

Qiu Yong (Chinese: 邱勇; pinyin: Qiū Yǒng; born 28 July 1964) is a Chinese chemist. He is the current party secretary of Tsinghua University.[1][2][3][4] Qiu is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Early life and education

Qiu was born and raised in Rong County, Sichuan.

Qiu received a bachelor of science and a doctor of science[a] in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 1988 and 1994, respectively.[5]

Career

After the completion of his doctorate, Qiu joined Tsinghua University as a faculty member.[1]

Qiu served as director of the Department of Chemistry and deputy dean of the School of Sciences, Tsinghua University. He served as vice president in December 2009, and in March 2015 he became president of Tsinghua University.[6]

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 awarded as a Chang Jiang Scholar by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2006.

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

In February 2022, he was appointed party secretary of Tsinghua University.

Award

Notes

  1. ^ After a candidate has fulfilled a doctorate program in chemistry in China, accredited universities and colleges award a Doctor of Science degree instead of a Doctor of Philosophy degree in accordance with the national academic discipline classification catalog. On Qiu's personal website, he wrote PhD instead of DSc for waiving confusion in international communication. However, there is only Doctor of Science degrees in chemistry awarded in China.

References

  1. ^ a b "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". Tsinghua University. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. ^ "The new president of Tsinghua University Qiu Yong: To learn to endure "wide pine"". Fireinews. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  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. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  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. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31.
  5. ^ "Qiu, Yong-清华大学化学系英文". www.chem.tsinghua.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  6. ^ Chen Meina (2015-03-27). "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". China Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
Educational offices Preceded byChen Jining President of Tsinghua University 2015–2022 Succeeded byWang Xiqin Party political offices Preceded byChen Xu Communist Party Secretary of Tsinghua University 2022–present Incumbent
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