Universities like to change their names. The more they change, the better they sound, and the more they change, the more grand they become. The grade of the name continues to rise, giving people the impression that although the strength is not very good, the name is basically a well-known domestic university, such as East China Jiaotong University , North China University Polytechnic , etc.
However, there are also many universities that have changed their names again and again for various reasons. Now they are back to the original point. This is not called "reverse name change", but it also shows that the name is still old, and the old school name has the highest recognition. .
is the most powerful Peking University . It has changed its name n times in history, and finally returned to the original point: Peking University.
Peking University
Peking University is the first national university in China and the most comprehensive in China. In history, Peking University has also undergone many name changes. The school was founded on July 3, 1898. It was the first national university in modern China. It was also the country's highest educational administrative agency at the beginning. Its establishment marked the beginning of national higher education in modern China. Its earliest name was: Beijing University Hall
In May 1912, Capital University Hall was renamed Peking University, and was immediately crowned "National". It was the first university in Chinese history to be crowned A "national" university, Yan Fu became the first president of Peking University.
Between 1927 and 1929, Peking University was in a period of frequent name changes. The warlord announced the abolition of Peking University in 1927, along with eight other national universities in Beijing. It was merged into Beijing Normal University . In 1928, it was changed to Zhonghua University , and later it was changed to Peking University , and then it was changed again to National Peking University and Peking University College . In 1929, Peking University announced that it would resume school on its own. Restored National Peking University . Later, during the Anti-Japanese War, it merged with Tsinghua University and Nankai University to form Southwest Associated University . After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Peking University was restored, and later merged with Yenching University Liberal Arts and Sciences. The campus is the original campus of Yenching University.
The old name of Peking University still sounds good.
Peking Union Medical College
Peking University may have no choice but to change its name, and Peking Union Medical College often changes its name by itself.
Peking Union Medical College is the highest institution in the medical industry in China. Its predecessor was the Union Medical College jointly founded by the American and British Christian churches in 1906. In 1912, it was renamed Union Medical College. In 1917, Peking Union Medical College was established. It seems that it was called Peking Union Medical College 100 years ago.
In 1919, the name was changed to Peking Union Medical College. . In 1929, the name was changed to the private Peking Union Medical College. In January 1951, it was renamed Peking Union Medical College of China . In the period when 64 national key universities were announced in 1960, the name was China Medical University, and later changed to Capital Medical University and China Union Medical College. In 2006, it was named Peking Union Medical College.
You see, the name of Peking Union Medical College has come full circle, and finally returned to the original point: Peking Union Medical College. Northern Concordia doesn’t need a name to prove itself.
Henan University
The current strength of Henan University is relatively average. In the province, it was bullied by Zhengzhou University and dared not say a word. However, in history, Henan University was very glorious. Historically, Henan University was one of the three major preparatory schools for studying abroad. , tied with Tsinghua Jiaotong University, and later the fifth Sun Yat-sen University was also famous. Together with Sun Yat-sen University , Zhejiang University , Nanjing University , and Wuhan University, they became the Five Sun Yat-sen Brothers.
In August 1930, the school was first known as Provincial Henan University, and later became National Henan University .
Later, Henan University was dismantled for some reasons, and Henan University became Henan Normal University on August 6, 1953. , Henan University and Plains Normal College merged, collectively known as Henan Normal University.
Later, the name became even more unpleasant. In November 1956, the First Hospital of Henan Normal University was renamed Kaifeng Normal University. Just from the name, you can tell that this college student has been wronged.
In 1979, the school was renamed Henan Normal University . It was renamed from Kaifeng Normal College to Henan Normal University. Although the name was not good-sounding, it was not a step back and became the Iron Tower Normal University.
finally restored its original name in 1984: Henan University. Henan University has gone through many name changes in the past 50 years, and finally restored its old name. It can be said that Henan University has gone through many vicissitudes.
Shanxi University
Shanxi University was once one of the three major national universities and has a very good history. The predecessor of Shanxi University was Shanxi University Hall, which was founded in 1902. At that time, it was one of the three major universities in China (Jingshi University Hall and Peiyang University Hall). , renamed Shanxi University in 1912, determined as National Shanxi University in 1918, , renamed Shanxi University in 1931, renamed Shanxi Normal College in 1953, restored the name of Shanxi University in 1959, Shanxi Normal College existed Year.
However, Shanxi University currently lags behind Henan University. According to rumors, it has also entered a new round of first-class discipline construction universities.
Nanchang University
Nanchang University is a 211 key university in Jiangxi Province. This name has also gone through many vicissitudes. Why is it not called Jiangxi University ? Because there is a university in history: National Nanchang University.
The current Nanchang University is formed by the merger of Jiangxi University, Jiangxi University of Technology, Jiangxi Medical College, which makes everyone quickly change from a big name to a small name. In fact, historically, Nanchang University has a great background.
The predecessor of Nanchang UniversityJiangxi Medical College, Jiangxi University and Jiangxi University of Technology can be traced back to Jiangxi Public Medical College founded in 1921, National Chung Cheng University founded in 1958 and Jiangxi Institute of Technology founded in 1958.
National Chung Cheng University-National Nanchang University
In November 1945, National Chung Cheng University was founded, one of the 19 national universities in the country. In September 1949, "National Chung Cheng University " was renamed "National Nanchang University". After
, the part of National Nanchang University became Jiangxi University and Jiangxi University of Technology. On May 4, 1993, Jiangxi University of Technology and Jiangxi University merged to form Nanchang University.
changed again and again, and finally returned to Nanchang University.
Southeast University , East China Normal University, Hunan University
On October 16, 1951, East China Normal University was established based on Daxia University (1924) and Guanghua University (1925). In 1972, it cooperated with Shanghai Teachers College, Shanghai Institute of Physical Education and other institutions were merged and renamed Shanghai Normal University (different from the current Shanghai Normal University).
The name of East China Normal University was restored in 1980. Eventually it returned to its old name
Southeast University. It was originally called Nanjing Institute of Technology . Why was it renamed Southeast University? It turns out that the former Central University was historically called: National Southeast University .
So in terms of name, Southeast University can better show that it is the heir of Sanjiang Academy than Nanjing University.
Hunan University inherits Yuelu Academy founded in 976 AD. It was named Provincial Hunan University in 1926 and became National University in 1937.In 1953, the name was changed to Central South College of Civil Engineering and Architecture during the national adjustment of departments. In 1959, the school name of Hunan University was restored to . In 2000, it merged with Hunan University of Finance and Economics to form the new Hunan University.
Dear friends, the names of these universities have been changed over and over again, and finally changed back again. What do you think?
