On December 18, the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) held the 2025 Annual Work Review Meeting. The meeting consisted of two sessions: a review of faculty and staff work reports, and a performance review of leadership team and administrative officers. The meeting was chaired by Jiang Jingkui, Director of the Institute. Xue Jian, Party Secretary of the School of Economics and M...

Recently, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council issued the Notice on the List of Degree Authorization Points to Be Revoked and Newly Established by Self-Review Degree-Granting Institutions in 2024 (Degree [2025] No.10) and the Notice on the List of Specially Arranged Degree Authorization Points for 2025 (Degree [2025] No.15). According to the notices, Tsinghua University has been ...

From July 2 to 4, 2025, the 4th Tsinghua Area Studies Forum was held, hosted by the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS), Tsinghua University. With the theme of “Beyond Regions: Emerging Issues and New Visions for the Global South”, the forum brought together more than 200 scholars from over 40 countries to engage in in-depth discussions on the latest transformations, cooperati...

On April 25, 2025, a delegation from the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University visited Kyoto University. The two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and held a joint academic seminar.At 10:00 a.m. on the 25th, the MoU signing ceremony took place in the Inamori Center at Kyoto University. The signing parties were IIAS and Kyoto University's Insti...

From February to March 2025, the Rwanda Field Station of the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS)，Tsinghua University，successfully held academic roadshows on "African Resilience and Development Prospects" at the University of Rwanda. Five African studies scholars from Rwanda, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and China were invited to deliver thematic lectures focusing on Africa...

On December 7, 2024, the 1st Biennial Conference of the Youth Forum for Area Studies was convened at the Main Building of Tsinghua University. Hosted by the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University, the event centered on the theme “Area Studies Through a Transregional Lens.”Peng Gang, Vice President of Tsinghua University, attended and delivered speech. Jiang...

On December 6, 2024, the 2nd Academic Advisory Committee meeting of the Youth Forum for Area Studies was held at the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University. The hybrid meeting was attended by Professor Jiang Jingkui, Director of IIAS; Professor Adam Hanieh, Joint Professor of the IIAS, and the College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University o...

On November 5, 2024, the inauguration ceremony of the Mexico Unit of Fieldwork of IIAS, Tsinghua University, and the academic symposium on ‘Development and Sustainability in the Global South from a New Developmentalist Perspective’ was held at El Colegio de México. Established by the Institute for International and Area Studies of Tsinghua University (hereinafter referred to as ‘IIAS’) and ...

On 10 October 2024, the fifth plenary meeting of the Degree Evaluation Committee of Tsinghua University in 2024 was held in the Reception Hall of the Central Main Building. Li Luming, President and Chairman of the Degree Evaluation Committee of the University, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.Speech by Li LumingPhoto credit: Tsinghua University NewsAt the meeting, Jiang Jingkui,...