<p>During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Peking University moved to Kunming , a city in Yunnan Province , together with Tsinghua University and Nankai University , formed the National Southwestern Associated University . In 1946, after the victory of the war, Peking University moved back to Beiping (then the name of Beijing ). At that time, the university comprised six schools (Arts, Science, Law, Medicine, Engineering and Agriculture), and a research institute for the humanities. &l
...read more <p>During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Peking University moved to Kunming , a city in Yunnan Province , together with Tsinghua University and Nankai University , formed the National Southwestern Associated University . In 1946, after the victory of the war, Peking University moved back to Beiping (then the name of Beijing ). At that time, the university comprised six schools (Arts, Science, Law, Medicine, Engineering and Agriculture), and a research institute for the humanities. </p>
<p>The total enrollment of student grew to 3,000. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government carried out, in 1952, a nationwide readjustment of colleges and universities with the aim to promote higher education and quicken the training of personnel with specialized knowledge and skill by pooling the country's manpower and material resourses. After the readjustment, Peking University became a university comprising departments of both liberal Arts and Sciences and emphasizing the teaching and research of basic sciences. By 1962, the total enrollment grew to 10,671 undergraduate students and 280 graduate students. </p>
<p>Since 1949, Peking University has trained for the country 73,000 undergraduates and specialty students, 10,000 postgraduates and 20,000 adult-education students, and many of them have become the backbones on all fronts in China. At present, Peking University has 216 research institutes and research centers, and there are 2 national engineering research centers, 81 key national disciplines, 12 national key laboratories. It is a comprehensive and National key university. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan" -- the gardens of Yan, is situated at the northeast of the Haidian District at the western suburbs of Beijing . It stands near the Yuan Ming Gardens and the Summer Palace.</p>
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