# President of Tsinghua University

The president of Tsinghua University is the chief administrator of Tsinghua University, a national public research university in Beijing, China. After 1992, each president of Tsinghua University is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university.
The university's current president is Li Luming, who assumed the office in December 2023.

## Presidents of Tsinghua University

| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Tsinghua College | February 1911 - April 1912 | Zhou Ziqi | 周自齐 | Columbia University |
| Tsinghua College | April 1912 - October 1912 | Tang Guoan | 唐国安 | Yale University |
| Tsinghua College | October 1912 - August 1913 | Tang Guoan | 唐国安 | Yale University |
| Tsinghua School |
| Tsinghua School | August 1913 - October 1913 | Zhao Guocai | 赵国材 | St. John's University, Shanghai Cornell University University of Wisconsin System |
| Tsinghua School | August 1913 - January 1918 | Zhou Yichun | 周诒春 | St. John's University, Shanghai Cornell University Yale University |
| Tsinghua School | January 1918 - July 1918 | Zhao Guocai | 赵国材 | St. John's University, Shanghai Cornell University University of Wisconsin System |
| Tsinghua School | January 1918 | Fan Yuanlian | 范源濂 | Tokyo Normal College |
| Tsinghua School | April 1918 - January 1920 | Zhang Yuquan | 张煜全 | Yale University University of California Peiyang University University of Tokyo |
| Tsinghua School | 30 January 1920 | Luo Zhongyi | 罗忠诒 | University of Cambridge |
| Tsinghua School | February 1920 - August 1920 | Yan Heling | 严鹤龄 | St. John's University, Shanghai Columbia University |
| Tsinghua School | August 1920 - April 1922 | Jin Bangzheng | 金邦正 | Cornell University Lehigh University |
| Tsinghua School | October 1921 - April 1922 | John Wong-Quincey | 王文显 | University of London Yale University |
| Tsinghua School | April 1922 - May 1924 | Cao Yunxiang | 曹云祥 | St. John's University, Shanghai Yale University University of London |
| Tsinghua School | May 1924 - January 1928 | Cao Yunxiang | 曹云祥 | St. John's University, Shanghai Yale University University of London |
| Tsinghua School | January 1928 - April 1928 | Yan Heling | 严鹤龄 | St. John's University, Shanghai Columbia University |
| Tsinghua School | April 1928 - June 1928 | Ying-Hsing Wen | 温应星 | Virginia Military Institute United States Military Academy |
| Tsinghua School | June 1928 | Stewart Yui | 余日宣 | Huachung University Princeton University University of Wisconsin System |
| Tsinghua School | June 1928 - September 1928 | Mei Yiqi | 梅贻琦 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| National Tsinghua University | August 1928 - May 1930 | Luo Jialun | 罗家伦 | Peking University Princeton University Columbia University University of London Humboldt University of Berlin University of Paris |
| National Tsinghua University | June 1930 | Qiao Wanxuan | 乔万选 | Tsinghua University Columbia University University of Wisconsin System |
| National Tsinghua University | April 1931 - October 1931 | Wu Nanxuan | 吴南轩 | University of California |
| National Tsinghua University | July 1931 - September 1931 | Weng Wenhao | 翁文灏 | Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) |
| National Tsinghua University | September 1931 - December 1931 | Ye Qisun | 叶企孙 | Tsinghua University University of Chicago Harvard University |
| National Tsinghua University | October 1931 - July 1937 | Mei Yiqi | 梅贻琦 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Changsha Temporary University | August 1937 - February 1938 | Mei Yiqi | 梅贻琦 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| National Southwestern Associated University | May 1938–July 1946 | Mei Yiqi | 梅贻琦 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| National Tsinghua University | August 1946–December 1948 | Mei Yiqi | 梅贻琦 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Tsinghua University | December 1948–May 1949 | Feng Youlan | 冯友兰 | Peking University Columbia University |
| Tsinghua University | May 1949–June 1952 | Ye Qisun | 叶企孙 | Tsinghua University University of Chicago Harvard University |
| Tsinghua University | June 1952–October 1952 | Liu Xianzhou | 刘仙洲 | University of Hong Kong |
| Tsinghua University | December 1952–June 1966 | Jiang Nanxiang | 蒋南翔 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | 9 June 1966–January 1972 | Red Guards | 文化大革命工作组等 | |
| Tsinghua University | 25 January 1969–January 1972 | Zhang Rongwen | 张荣温 | |
| Tsinghua University | January 1972–October 1976 | Chi Qun | 迟群 | |
| Tsinghua University | April 1977–June 1978 | Liu Da | 刘达 | Beijing period of Fu Jen Catholic University |
| Tsinghua University | June 1978–May 1983 | Liu Da | 刘达 | Beijing period of Fu Jen Catholic University |
| Tsinghua University | May 1983–October 1988 | Gao Jingde | 高景德 | Northwestern Polytechnical University |
| Tsinghua University | October 1988–January 1994 | Zhang Xiaowen | 张孝文 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | January 1994–April 2003 | Wang Dazhong | 王大中 | Tsinghua University RWTH Aachen University |
| Tsinghua University | April 2003–February 2012 | Gu Binglin | 顾秉林 | Tsinghua University Aarhus University |
| Tsinghua University | February 2012–March 2015 | Chen Jining | 陈吉宁 | Tsinghua University Brunel University London Imperial College London |
| Tsinghua University | March 2015–February 2022 | Qiu Yong | 邱勇 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | February 2022–December 2023 | Wang Xiqin | 王希勤 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | December 2023– | Li Luming | 李路明 | Tsinghua University |

## Communist Party Secretaries of Tsinghua University

| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Tsinghua University | March 1949 - March 1950 | Peng Peiyun | 彭珮云 | Nanjing University Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | March 1950 - September 1953 | He Dongchang | 何东昌 | National Southwestern Associated University |
| Tsinghua University | September 1953 - May 1956 | Yuan Yongxi | 袁永熙 | Communist University of the Toilers of the East |
| Tsinghua University | May 1956 - January 1972 | Jiang Nanxiang | 蒋南翔 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | 10 January 1970 - January 1972 | Yang Dezhong | 杨德中 | |
| Tsinghua University | January 1972 - October 1976 | Chi Qun | 迟群 | |
| Tsinghua University | April 1977 - July 1982 | Liu Da | 刘达 | Beijing period of Fu Jen Catholic University |
| Tsinghua University | July 1982 - February 1984 | Lin Ke | 林克 | Anti Japanese Military and Political University |
| Tsinghua University | February 1984 - September 1988 | Li Chuanxin | 李传信 | National Southwestern Associated University Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | September 1988 - September 1995 | Fang Huijian | 方惠坚 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | September 1995 - February 2002 | He Meiying | 贺美英 | |
| Tsinghua University | February 2002 - December 2008 | Chen Xi | 陈希 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | December 2008 - November 2013 | Hu Heping | 胡和平 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | December 2013 - February 2022 | Chen Xu | 陈旭 | Tsinghua University |
| Tsinghua University | February 2022 - | Qiu Yong | 邱勇 | Tsinghua University |