The Tsinghua University covers an area of 3.8 square kilometers and has more than 50,000 people and students living on campus. The garden-like landscape, with the Wanquan River meandering through, has inspired and motivated generations of students.

Tsinghua University offers a friendly and comfortable environment for international students to practice their Chinese, join in on the many student activities, and make new friends from all over the world . With twenty-four hour security, the campus is a safe place to be, day or night.

Supermarkets, bookstores, banks, post office, restaurants, hospital, kindergarten, primary school, high school and other facilities are all available making campus life very convenient.

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• Tsinghua University Auditorium

• Tsinghua University Gymnasium

• The Second Gate

Located at the heart of the oldest area on Tsinghua campus is the imposing auditorium. Mixing Greek and Roman architectural styles, the 1,200-seat auditorium has a rounded roof, a brass gate, and four large white marble columns. It possesses few design embellishments; its magnificence is evident in its simplicity.

Construction on what is now one of the favorite buildings on campus began in September 1917 and concluded in March 1920. The auditorium was one of the four major building projects carried out by Tsinghua School, together with Tsinghua Xuetang, the old library, and the gymnasium.

In its day, it was the largest auditorium of its kind at a university in China, and could seat the entire faculty, staff and student body for school assemblies.

The gymnasium, distinguished for its historic and cultural value, has been one of the most beloved spots on campus for generations of Tsinghua graduates. It has been a gathering place for the most outstanding people in the field of physical education, bringing up thousands of talented athletes to represent China. Pioneers of physical education such as John Ma and Hao Gengshen taught there for decades.

The gym was constructed in two stages. The front hall, with its Western Classic architectural style, was built from 1916 to1919. The back hall was built from 1931 to 1932, and followed the same design style.

When it was founded, the gym was one of the most advanced of its kind in the country. It housed a basketball court, a suspension athletic track, and various kinds of athletic equipment. It now has an indoor swimming pool, which was used by former Chairman Mao Zedong after the liberation of China.

The Second Gate was founded in 1909. In May of that year, the Qing dynasty government approved the application from the Department of Foreign Affairs to establish a graduate school in the suburbs of Beijing. Tsinghua Yuan was chosen as the site for the school, and construction started in August. Mr. Zhou Ziqi, governor of the Office of Overseas Studies, was in charge of the project. The first step was to build a wall surrounding the campus, and the main gate of the school. In 1933, in the wake of the extension of the dwelling place, the former enclosing wall was moved to the outer place, and in this way, a new gate came into being (now Tsinghua's West Gate). Ever since, the original gate has been called the Second Gate.

At that time, the Second Gate was not only stately and graceful, but also heavily guarded. In those years, underclassmen were not allowed to go through the gate without permission from the school authority. In addition, for the sake of preserving the sanctity of the learning environment, people not on official school business were forbidden to pass through the gate.

The original Second Gate was connected by low walls to the former post office in the east and the original guard post in the west. In the late 1950s, in a move to open up transportation routes through campus, most of the low walls were torn down with only the central part left. In spite of that, the gate still retained its impressive appearance. During the Cultural Revolution, the Second Gate was demolished. The new Second Gate was built with funding from the Tsinghua class of 1991.