At present Tsinghua has 2877 teachers among which 1069 are professors, 1087 are associate professors and nearly 700 are doctoral advisers. There are 1849 teachers under the age of 45, accounting for sixty-three percent of the total. Nearly sixty-two percent of these young teachers hold Ph.D. degrees. Tsinghua has 34 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 28 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Tsinghua currently has the highest number of academicians of any college and university in China.

To accelerate the development of the young teachers, measures have been taken by the University to upgrade the faculty structure and to improve the teaching quality. These measures include the establishment of the ¡°Award for New Academics, ¡± the ¡°Award for Teaching Excellence by Young Teachers,¡± the ¡°100 Leading Faculty Recruitment Program,¡± and the ¡°Key Members of Support Program¡±.

Over the past few years, 47 young teachers have been selected by the Ministry of Education (MOE) as specially appointed professors and lecturers for the ¡°Changjiang Scholar Award Plan.¡± Seventy-three young teachers have received funding awards in recognition of their achievements, 42 have received the ¡°New-century Outstanding Scholars Fund¡± awards, and 18 have been granted MOE awards for excellence.

Chair Professors
In 2003, there are totally nine group of professors from world-famous universities joined Tsinghua University as Chair professors. The details are as follows:
- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology appointed Chair professor group headed by Professor Wang Xiaofan of Duke University;
- Department of Computer Science and Technology appointed Chair professor group headed by Professor Yao Qizhi of Princeton University;
- Department of Environmental Science and Technology appointed Chair professor group headed by Professor Perry L. McCary of Stanford University
- Zhou Peiyuan Institute of Applied Mathematics appointed Chair professor group headed by Professor Feng Yuanzhen of University of California, San Diego
- Department of Physics appointed Chair professor group headed by Professor Tan Zizhong of University of Washington
- Department of Mathematical Science appointed Chair professor group headed by Professor Jean-Marc Fontaine Of Universite Paris
- Department of Landscape Architecture appointed USA Architect Laurie D.Olin as Chair professor(also as first department director);
- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology appointed Professor Gerhard Schweitzer of The Federal Institute of Technology ( ETH, Swiss), professor G.H. Lohnert Chairman of German Nuclear Association, Doctor Jason of USA Electricity Research Institute, as Chair professors
- Department of Physics appointed Professor Pan Jianwei of University of Vienna as Chair professor
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By December 2003, Tsinghua has appointed 15 chair professorships.

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100 Leading Faculty Recruitment Program

In August 1998, The University launched the ¡°100 Leading Faculty Recruitment Program¡±, aiming at 100 outstanding people in academic fields and guide them to become leading figures in their own disciplines at The University. To date, 86 faculties have been selected.
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Senior Visiting Scholar Program
A senior visiting scholar system was established in August 1998, and a special fund for these top academics was also set up to attract distinguished people in various fields to come to Tsinghua. There are presently 158 people participating in the program.

Awards for New Academics and Awards for Teaching Excellence by Young Teachers
In 1995, the ¡°Award for New Academics in Tsinghua University¡± was set up to subsidize those exceptional young professors who have made remarkable achievements in teaching and research. By now, there are 72 young professors enjoyed the award. In 1996, the ¡°Award for Teaching Excellence by Young Teachers in Tsinghua University¡± was set up to aid young teachers. So far, 80 awards have been granted.