Tsin Ku University

Tsin Ku University

津沽大学 Université de Tsin Ku
Gate of Tsin Ku University
Former name	Institut des Hautes Études Industrielles et Commerciales de Tientsin 天津工商大学（天津工商学院）
Motto	实事求是
Motto in English	Seek truth from facts
Type	Private University, later converted into a Public University.
Active	January, 1921: Founded as 天津工商大學 (Institut des Hautes Études Industrielles et Commerciales de Tientsin) August, 1933: Registered as 私立天津工商學院 (Tientsin Kung Shang College) October, 1948: Registered as a university: 私立津沽大學 (Tsin Ku Private University) September, 1951: Changed into a public university.–August, 1952
Religious affiliation	Jesuit Catholic
Address	Tianjin Machang Road, No. 141

Tsin Ku University (Chinese: 津沽大学, French: Université de Tsin Ku), was a Jesuit Catholic university established by the French Jesuits in Tianjin, China. It was the second Catholic university in China and one of the earliest universities in modern China to offer architectural education.^[1] Founded in 1921, its official name was originally French: Institut des Hautes Études Industrielles et Commerciales de Tientsin, translated into Chinese as 天津工商大学. In August 1933, it was officially registered under the Ministry of Education of the Nationalist Government as Private Tientsin Kung Shang College (私立天津工商学院). In October 1948, it was restructured into a university and named Private Tsin Ku University (私立津沽大学). In September 1951, it was converted from private to public and became subordinate to the Ministry of Education. In August 1952, as part of higher education restructuring, Tsin Ku University was dissolved. The engineering college merged into Tianjin University, the school of finance and economics merged into Nankai University, and based on its former campus, the Teacher Training College of Tsin Ku University became Tianjin Teacher Training College, which later evolved into Hebei University. In November 1970, Hebei University relocated to Baoding. Some faculty and students who did not move established Tianjin Foreign Studies Institute on the original Tsin Ku University campus, which has since been upgraded to Tianjin Foreign Studies University.

Currently, Tianjin University (School of Architecture), Nankai University (School of Economics), Nankai University (School of Business), Hebei University, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, and Tianjin University of Finance and Economics all have some lineage or geographical connection to Tsin Ku University. Tianjin Experimental High School also traces its origins to the affiliated high school of this university.