Research at the School of Education integrates rigorous theoretical and technical inquiry with the study of realworld policy and practices to deliver sound contributions which improve education. Research is shaped by distinctive Tsinghua characteristics, including local grounding, global ambition, and rigorous analysis.

The School of Education comprises four disciplines:

Higher Education, Engineering Education, AI Empowered Education, Basic Education

Research concentrates on these key areas:

Building a world-class higher education system, Innovating in Engineering education, Graduate education reform, Vocational education reform, Empowering teaching and learning through AI, Cultivating top-notch innovative talents, Integrated K-16/K-12 educational development

Researchers form high-level teams and collaborate widely, delivering remarkable research platforms, systems, projects, publications, awards, and social services. Research contributions have enhanced the capacity, service capacity, and global influence of Tsinghua's education research.

The School has secured sustained research funding. It has undertaken over 320 research projects, including 116 government-funded projects. Within the Education category of the National Social Science Fund of China it secured four Major Projects and four Key Projects. Average annual research funding stands at approximately RMB 20 million, with an increasing proportion derived from competitive grants. Faculty and students have collectively published 790 journal articles, including 479 papers indexed in the CSSCI, 105 papers indexed in SSCI/SCI, and 10 articles republished in the Xinhua Digest. Additionally, 39 scholarly monographs have been published, with 34 in Chinese and nine in English. Per capita research output and citation impact rank consistently among the top nationally within the field of education.

The School has garnered 13 research awards, including: 1 First Prize from the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Research Achievement Awards in Humanities and Social Sciences; 2 Second Prizes from the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Research Achievement Awards in Humanities and Social Sciences; and 10 provincial/ministerial level awards, 7 of which were received at the Sixth National Outstanding Achievement Awards in Education Research.