Higher Education Research Division

Conduct research around the fundamental theories, significant policies and practical issues on building world-class universities of Chinese characteristics, emphasize “cross-discipline, integration and innovation”, promote the theoretical and paradigm innovation on China’s research on higher education, strive to achieve landmark accomplishments on the growth patterns of top innovative talent, and the training model for such kind of talent in Tsinghua, thus playing a leading role at home and abroad

Engineering Education Research Division

Commit to serving as the think tank for the national engineering education, the training base for high caliber talent, as well as a top-notch academic exchange platform; continue to increase its global influence; maintain the leading position in the research on engineering education policy, top-level engineering talent development, multiplayer collaborated talent nurturing, values and ethics, and future engineering education maintain leadership in nurturing high caliber talent in engineering education.

AI-Empowered Education Research Division

Focusing on redefining paradigms for learning and education in the AI era, this Division conducts cutting edge research across multimodal learning analytics, cognitive neuroscience of learning, learning models, teaching methodologies, and governance frameworks. It drives the development of distinctive Chinese educational theories for intelligent learning, formulates standards and policies for AI-education integration, and exerts profound impact in shaping talent cultivation and educational innovation in the digital age.

Basic Education Research Division

Dedicated to promoting synergistic innovation between educational theory and practice, the Division aims to tackle China’s most critical challenges in K-12 education. Our research focuses on various domains including connection and integration between K-12 and higher education, youth values education, cultivation of elite and innovative talents, educational assessment reform, and family-school-community collaboration. Through conducting cutting-edge, forward-looking, and high-level research, we support the high-quality development of basic education in the new era, as well as the construction of a leading country in education.