The Department of Political Science at Tsinghua University, founded in 1926, was among the earliest ones in China. Many well-known scholars, such as Qian Duansheng, Xiao Gongquan and Zhang Xiruo, were faculty members of the Department, and Zhang Xiruo was the chair of it. In the nation-wide reorganization of universities and colleges in 1952, the discipline of political science at Tsinghua was merged into other universities. After 1978, political science, as a discipline, has been re-developed at Tsinghua University. In 1990, Tsinghua University, among the earliest ones, was authorized by the Education Ministry to run the master degree program of “Marxist Theory and Ideological & Political Education”, and then in 1996, it was authorized by run a doctor program in this discipline. In 1997, Institute of International Studies was founded, and International Studies was gradually developed, which was authorized in 2003 to have a doctor degree program. In May 2000, the Department of Political Science at Tsinghua University was re-founded and since then it has become one of the first class institutes of this discipline in China.

　　At present, the major fields of the Department include:
　　theory of political science;
　　international studies;
　　Chinese political thoughts and research methodology;
　　and scientific socialism.

　　The Department has about 30 faculties, including 19 full professors. In the past 5 years there are over 500 papers published, about 30 academic books and translation works published. The Department has won more than 20 prizes of various kinds. During the same period, there have been over 70 doctors and more than 300 MA students studying in the Department. The Department has won 3 national excellent teaching-achievement prizes, provincial/ministerial excellent teaching-achievements prizes, and published over 20 textbooks.

　　The Department has about 30 faculties, including 19 full professors. In the past 5 years there are over 500 papers published, about 30 academic books and translation works published. The Department has won more than 20 prizes of various kinds. During the same period, there have been over 70 doctors and more than 300 MA students studying in the Department. The Department has won 3 national excellent teaching-achievement prizes, provincial/ministerial excellent teaching-achievements prizes, and published over 20 textbooks.

　　Currently, the faculty members are in their prime time, brisk and enthusiastic, forming a great research and teaching team. They have an extensive international experience: many of them have been visiting scholars to sister universities in other countries, and some of them received their Ph.D. from internationally-renowned universities. The research projects the faculty is doing, many of which are top-notch projects in the country, outnumber any philosophy departments in Chinese universities. The research projects completed in the department have high quality and have produced a wide influence both at home and abroad.　　

　　Address:
　　Research Center of Marxism, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China
　　Postal code: 100084
　　Tel: 86-10-6279 5039，6277 2700
　　Fax: 86-10-6279 5039
　　E-mail:  myzx@tsinghua.edu.cn