They are: Peking University, Tsinghua University, yenching university and Fu Jen Catholic University.
Peking University's predecessor was Shi Jing University Hall founded by 1898, Tsinghua University's predecessor was Tsinghua School founded by191,and yenching university's predecessor was Fu Jen University founded by 19 19.
Among these four famous universities, Peking University and Tsinghua University are both state universities, yenching university is a missionary university, and Fu Jen Catholic University is a private university, with two founders, Hema. Lianzhi Ying is the main founder of Ta Kung Pao. Ma is a famous educator in modern China. He founded Fudan University, Aurora University, Fudan Middle School and Xiangming Middle School.
Cai Yuanpei has made great contributions to Peking University's reputation.
Before Cai Yuanpei 19 16 became Peking University, Peking University still had the shadow of its old school. Cai Yuanpei carried out a series of rectification and reform on Peking University according to the principle of "freedom of thought and inclusiveness", hired a group of outstanding young and middle-aged heroes such as Hu Shi, Lu Xun, Liu Bannong and Liang Shuming, and implemented the principle of "professor running the school", which promoted the transformation of Peking University into a modern university, not only making it a first-class university in China, but also having a great influence in the education field in China.
Tsinghua University was founded by the American "boxer indemnity". Its original purpose was to train international students in the United States, and it was not a comprehensive university in the strict sense.
I don't know whether it is historical accident or fate. 193 1 year, the first batch of students studying in the United States, Mei Yiqi, became the president of Tsinghua University. Mei Yiqi has a famous saying: "A university is not a building, but a master." In order to build Tsinghua University into a modern university, Mei Yiqi has hired a group of well-known scholars at home and abroad to teach in Tsinghua University. A few years later, Tsinghua has become a prestigious school that keeps pace with Peking University.
Yenching university is a first-class university founded by Si Tuleideng.
Influenced by various factors, it is difficult for missionary universities to become truly modern universities. During his tenure in yenching university, Si Tuleideng tried to downplay the color of missionary universities. According to Si Tuleideng, all professors and lecturers can be non-religious, and they have great autonomy in teaching. After 10 years of development, yenching university has finally become a first-class university in Beiping, and many educational methods and courses have been learned and used for reference by Peking University and Tsinghua.
The achievements of Fu Jen Catholic University are closely related to Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan is an outstanding historian and educator in China. From 65438 to 0929, Chen Yuan became the president of Fu Jen Catholic University. For more than 20 years, Chen Yuan has been the president of Fu Jen Catholic University. He made great efforts to turn the obscure Fu Jen Catholic University into one of the "four famous schools in Peiping".