Partly funded by the "Gengzi Indemnity," also known as "Boxer Indemnity," it performed at first as a preparatory school called "Tsinghua Xuetang (Tsing Hua Imperial College) " for those students who were sent by the government to study in the America.
ໄດ້ຮັບທຶນຈາກສ່ວນຫນຶ່ງໂດຍ "Gengzi ຊົດເຊີຍ," ຊຶ່ງເອີ້ນກັນວ່າ "Boxer ຊົດເຊີຍ," ມັນເຮັດຫນ້າທີ່ໃນຄັ້ງທໍາອິດເປັນໂຮງຮຽນກຽມເອີ້ນວ່າ "Tsinghua Xuetang (Tsing Hua Imperial College) " ສໍາລັບນັກສຶກສາຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຖືກສົ່ງໄປລັດຖະບານໃນການສຶກສາໃນສະຫະລັດ ລັດອາເມລິກາ.