Why is Tsinghua University poor and Peking University rich?

The reasons why Tsinghua University is poor and Peking University is rich are as follows:

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tsinghua University's facilities were relatively backward, coupled with its remote location, and the financial allocation for scientific research at that time was relatively large. There were relatively few schools, and Tsinghua University at that time was far from its current status. Therefore, many children with better family conditions at that time would not choose Tsinghua University, and many students at Tsinghua University came from rural areas.

So at that time, Tsinghua University was relatively "poor" in terms of school conditions and students' family situations, so it was called "Poor Tsinghua".

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Peking University at that time could be said to be "rich" in terms of infrastructure and faculty! In addition, Peking University was directly under the jurisdiction of the government at that time, and its annual education funding was one of the best in the country. Many children from well-off families at that time chose to study at Peking University.

So contrary to Tsinghua University, Peking University was "much richer" than Tsinghua University in terms of school conditions, teachers and students at that time! That’s why the term “enriching Peking University” came into being.

"Tsinghua University is poor, Peking University is rich, and the University of Science and Technology of China is desperate!" Although it is just a joke, the current status of the three schools is definitely at the top level of domestic higher education institutions, and the annual college entrance examination of these three schools The admission scores are all very high. Generally, candidates who are not among the top one or two hundred candidates in the province cannot apply to these three schools.