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38 unusual facts about Peking University


Arthur M. Sackler

He endowed galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Princeton University, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University in Beijing, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C., and the Jillian & Arthur M. Sackler Wing at the Royal Academy, London.

Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine

This 4-year course of studies was the first ever to be jointly run and validated by Peking University and a university in Europe.

B. R. Deepak

Deepak studied at Peking University in Beijing, China from 1991 to 1993, and in 1996 studied as a Nehru Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing.

Ben Caldecott

Caldecott read economics and specialised in development and China at the University of Cambridge, the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and Peking University.

Big-character poster

A key trigger in the Cultural Revolution was the publication of a dàzìbào on May 25, 1966, by Nie Yuanzi (聂元梓/聶元梓) and others at Peking University, claiming that the university was controlled by bourgeois anti-revolutionaries.

Bill Downe

Downe is the only Canadian member of the International Business Leaders Advisory Council of the Mayor of Beijing, and he is a member of the International Advisory Council of Guanghua School of Management at Peking University.

Bruce Thompson

He has spoken at Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of International Business and Economics, and Central University of Finance and Economics between June 2011 and October 2012.

C. S. Kiang

Professor C.S. Kiang (simplified Chinese: 江家驷) has served as Chairman of the Peking University Environment Fund and the Founding Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences at Peking University between 2002 and 2006.

Dare to be Digital

12 teams took part in Dare 2007, including BAFTA Ones to Watch Award nominees Care Box for their game 'Climbactic' (Edinburgh University), Phoenix Seed for 'Bear Go Home' (Peking University and the University of Abertay Dundee) and Voodoo Boogy for 'Ragnarawk' who ultimately won the BAFTA Ones to Watch Award.

Dorjee Sun

During his degree he spent two years on scholarship in Beijing, China studying Chinese language and law at Peking University.

Givology

Givology campus chapters have been established at several universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford University, Virginia Tech and Peking University.

Graham Houghton

In 2001 Dr. Houghton was invited as a part of a group to establish a department of Christianity at Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Hong Kong Drifts

Since then, a “battle” between the Universities in Hong Kong and the top Universities in mainland including Peking University and Tsinghua University has become increasingly fierce.

Hongxia Liu

She grew up in China and received her Bachelor of Law degree from Peking University, Department of International Affairs in 1985.

Laurens de Haan

In 1977 he was elected Fellow I.M.S, and he was Guest Professor at the Peking University in 1994.

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

In December 2007, the Lincoln Institute and Peking University established the Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, located on the University’s Beijing campus.

Liu Hao

Though never released in China, the film caught the attention of Chinese producers at the China Film Group (CFG), who selected Liu to participate in the New Film Project, a joint investment by the CFG and the Peking University Kwans Group to fund new directors.

Manifold Destiny

a conflict in 2005, in which Yau allegedly accused his student Gang Tian (a member of another team verifying Perelman's proof) of plagiarism and poor scholarship while criticizing Peking University in an interview.

Michael Pettis

He is a professor of finance at Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing.

P.H. Yu

In 2010, at Peking University, Yu founded the Chinese Culture Research Center, whose mission is to promote contemporary Chinese cultural innovation and construct a modern Sinology.

Paul Bové

From 1994 to 1999 he served on the board of directors of the Institute of Postmodern Studies at Peking University.

Paul Demaret

He was a Robert Schuman Professor at Peking University Law School (EU-China Higher Education cooperation programme) in 1999 and he served on two WTO panels.

Paul Kazarian

Mr. Kazarian has guest lectured and spoken on both business and philanthropy at Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth's Tuck Business School, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the National School of Development at Peking University.

Peking University Application Server

PKUAS ("Peking University Application Server") is a J2EE application server developed by the research group of PKU-Bell Labs Software Technologies Joint Lab.

Ronald St. John Macdonald

He was the first Westerner appointed as Honorary Professor of Law at China's Peking University.

SEMAT

The initiative is also supported by corporations such as IBM, Microsoft, Ericsson, ABB and Samsung, and academic institutions such as Peking University, Chalmers University of Technology, Florida Atlantic University, Wits University and KAIST.

Sun Dongdong

In response, many Beijing petitioners went to protest against professor Sun Dongdong at the entrance of Peking University, shouting slogans "Put Sun Dongdong into mental hospital".

Sun Dongdong (Chinese: 孙东东, born 20 December 1959) is the head of Peking University's forensics department, and also runs Peking University's judicial expertise centre.

Tan Khoon Yong

In 1993, he was appointed the Academic Advisor to the Department of Philosophy at Peking University.

Temasek Junior College

TJC students have been admitted to universities including MIT, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, Oxford, Duke, LSE, University of Toronto, McGill, UCLA, Berkeley, Caltech, Stanford, Peking University and Amherst.

Victor Perton

Perton subsequently gained admission to practice law in five states and in 1987 gained a Diploma of Chinese Law from Peking University in the People's Republic of China.

Perton attended Catholic schools, later studying economics and law at Monash University, Melbourne University and Peking University.

Weitao Yang

Yang entered Peking University as part of the first generation of college students after the Cultural Revolution in China, 1978.

Wu Yun Dong

Yun-Dong, Wu is a theoretical organic chemist based in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and holds a concurrent position in Peking University.

Xiaoliang Sunney Xie

Xie received a B.S. in chemistry from Peking University, followed by his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of California at San Diego.

Yitang Zhang

Zhang entered Peking University in 1978 as an undergraduate student and received his B.Sc.

Yonggang Huang

Yonggang Huang received his BS degree in mechanics from Peking University in 1984.

Yu Pingbo

In 1915, he qualified by examination for a preparatory course at Peking University, where he became one of Hú Shì's most prominent students.


7072 Beijingdaxue

Named for the 100th anniversary of the Peking University (Hanyu Pinyin: Běijīng Dàxué), one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China.

Affiliated High School of South China Normal University

Every Year, about 20 students are accepted by the two top Universities in China: Tsinghua and PKU.

BDWM BBS

BDWM (Simplified Chinese: 北大未名; pinyin: běidà wèimíng;) BBS is the official BBS of Peking University, and it's one of the most popular bulletin board system sites among the universities in China.

Benedict Kingsbury

United Nations, Divided World, Chinese edition with fully revised Introductory chapter and appendices, and Foreword by Professor Wang Jisi of Peking University (Beijing: Central Composition and Translation Press, forthcoming) (ed. with Sir Adam Roberts)

Cancerquest

Through partnerships with St. Petersburg State University, Russia, University of Siena, Italy, Peking University, China, China Medical University, Taiwan and volunteers in the U.S. the website is available in English, Russian, Italian, Chinese and Spanish.

Daqing No.1 Middle School

Since 2001, over 1000 students were admitted into Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore, University of Toronto and other top universities in the world.

Education in Beijing

Beijing is home to a great number of colleges and universities, including several well-regarded universities of international stature, such as Peking University and Tsinghua University (two of the National Key Universities).

MIT BBS

However, its history can be traced to two earlier forums: the Unknown BBS at Peking University, China from 1996-1997, followed by the Space BBS at Center for Space Science at Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Nan Lin

He holds an honorary doctorate degree from the National Chengchi University and distinguished visiting or honorary professorships at many Chinese universities and institutes, including Nankai University, Renmin University, Fudan University, Peking University, Academia Sinica, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jilin University, Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences and Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

Peking University HSBC Business School

The school is located in the Xili town of Shenzhen in a place called "University Town," which holds the Shenzhen campuses of Peking University, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Tsinghua University.

The Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

The Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) is a longitudinal survey being conducted by the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University with Professor Yaohui Zhao of Peking University serving as Principal Investigator and Professors John Strauss of the University of Southern California and Albert Park of Oxford University serving as co-Principal Investigators.

Thunderbird School of Global Management

Throughout its history, the school has offered a number of dual-degree and partnership programs with other universities including Indiana University, Vermont Law School and Peking University in Beijing.

Yang Zili

He received an undergraduate degree from Xi'an Communications University (Xi'an Jiaotong University), and attended Peking University from 1995 to 1998, receiving a Master's Degree in mechanics (Mechanical Engineering).