 thumb|renmin university entrance renmin university of china; ruc, also known as people's university of china (), colloquially renda (), is a major research university in haidian district, beijing. its campus neighbors those of peking university and tsinghua university. renmin university is one of the most prestigious universities in china, with a distinct focus on humanities and social sciences. renmin university has produced many influential figures in china's reform and development, and is home to many outstanding scholars in law, economics, journalism and other fields. as measured by admission scores of china's national higher education entrance examination, renmin university has consistently ranked among the top three most selective chinese universities in the liberal arts and social science division. the high school affiliated to renmin university of china is one of the most prestigious high schools in beijing, and a sister school of phillips academy in massachusetts, phillips exeter academy in new hampshire and punahou academy in honolulu. ==history== the predecessor of the university was shan bei public school (t: éåå¬å­¸, s: éåå¬å­¦, p: shÇnbÄi gÅngxuÃ©), established in 1937 by the communist party of china during the second sino-japanese war. later it was renamed the north china united university and north china university. renmin university of china was officially established in 1950. wu yuzhang, cheng fangwu, guo yingqiu, yuan baohua, huang da, li wenhai and ji baocheng have successively held the presidential posts. the current university president is prof. chen yulu, a renowned professor in the finance field. ==present== [[image:rendamottorock.jpg|thumb|230px|left|the rock h
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