Tianjin University, the first higher education institution in modern China, has marked its 120thanniversary by organising series of events and unveiling the statue of its founder.
A series of celebrations, including a University Presidents' Roundtable, a gala performance and unveiling ceremony of the statue of its founder Sheng Xuanhuai were held at the campus in the northern port city of Tianjin.
As a key university under the administration of Ministry of Education, it boasts of 250,000 graduates in the past 120 years, who played an important role in building China's modern industrial system, state-run Xinhua news agency said.
Tianjin University will further expand cooperation with the best varsities and science and research teams across the world to deal with problems emerging in China's modernisation process, President of the university Li Jiajun said.
Tianjin University, also known as Peiyang University in the past, was established in 1895 by Sheng Xuanhuai, then governor of Tianjin Customs. It was the first to fully adopt western university system in China.
Charles Daniel Tenney, an American educator, was the first president of the university who held office from 1895 to 1906.
Tianjin University, the first higher education institution in modern China, has marked its 
