United Southwest University

國立 西南 聯合 大學 National Southwestern Associated University
founding	1937
place	* Changsha , China (1937-1938) Kunming , China (1938-1946)

University song (autograph by Feng Youlan )

The United Southwest University ( Chinese  國立 西南 聯合 大學 , Pinyin Guólì Xīnán Liánhé Dàxué , short: Chinese  西南 聯大 , Pinyin Xīnán Liándà ) was a merger of Peking University , Tsinghua University and Nankai University .

history

The United Southwest University was founded (under a different name) in Changsha during the anti-Japanese war and then fled to Kunming in Yunnan . After the war, the universities resumed their activities in the old places.

The former site of the United Southwest University in Kunming , Yunnan , has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-1062) since 2006 . It is located on the Yunnan Pedagogical University (Yunnan shifan daxue) campus .

Graduates

Nobel Prize winners Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee studied at the university .

Professors

Shiing-Shen Chern , Chen Yinke , Jin Yuelin , Hua Luogeng , Zhao Jiuzhang and Feng Youlan taught at the United Southwest University .

literature

• John Israel. Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution , 1999. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2929-8

Web links

Commons : National Southwestern Associated University  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Xinan Lianhe Daxue - Chinese
• Zutu: Ershi shiji Zhongguo yingxiang zuida de shi suo xuefu - Chinese (photo of the entrance gate)

Footnotes

1. ↑ chinatoday.com.cn: Cities hold silent memories - found on August 16, 2010

Coordinates: 25 ° 3 ′ 20.8 ″  N , 102 ° 41 ′ 51.3 ″  E