กก The building that houses the School of Science was built and put into use just before Tsinghua's 50th anniversary in 1961. It was designed in the Western Classical style by professors from the School of Architecture and Guan Zhaoye, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

กก The School of Science has a long and brilliant history. It was established in 1929. The first president was renowned physicist Ye Qisun, one of the founders of modern science education in China. Since it opened, it has produced a number of outstanding scholars. By the end of 1940, the department of Physics alone had produced many academicians for the Chinese Academy of Science, including Wang Jinchang, Zhou Tongqing, Gong Zutong, Zhao Jiuzhang, Fu Chengyi, Wang Zhuxi, Weng Wenbo, Zhang Zongsui, Qian Weichang, Peng Huanwu, Qian Sanqiang, He Zehui, Wang Daheng, Yu Zhongzheng, Ge Tingsui, Qin Xinling, Lin Jiaqiao, Zhang Enqiu, Hu Ning, Chen Fangyun, Li Zhengwu, and Lu Xueshan.

กก Graduating from other departments were noted scholars Xu Baolu, Ke Zhao, Duan Xuefu, Chen Xingshen, Yuan Hanqing, Hua Luogeng, Zhang Dayi, Wang Dexi, Cao Benxi, Zhang Qinglian, Feng Xinde, Chen Xinmin, Huang Peiyun, Sun Dehe, Zhu Yajie, Shen Panwen, Tang Aoqing, Yan Dongsheng, Xiao Lun, Shi Jun, Chen Guanrong, Wu Chi, Gao Zhenheng, Wang Shizhen, Wang Fuxiong, Wu Zhengyi, Wang Zhijun, Lou Chenghou,Xu Ren, Huang Shaoxian, Cheng Chunshu, Xie Yibing, Wang Hongzhen, Cheng Yuqi, Dong Shenbao, Wu Heng, Zhang Bingxi, YeDuzheng, Guan Shicong, Yang Zunyi, Song Shuhe.

กก Today, the School has four departments: Mathematical Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Biological Science. The current president is academician Zhou Guangzhao, a former president of the Chinese Academy of Science and a 1952 graduate of Tsinghua.