Pelking University View of the central campus

After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937（and the resulting expansion of Japanese territorial control in east China），Peking University moved to Changsha and formed the Changsha Temporary University along with Tsinghua University and Nankai University.In 1938，the three schools moved again，this time to Kunming，and formed the National Southwestern Associated University.In 1946 after World War IⅡ Peking University moved backto Beijing.At that time，the university comprised six schools（Arts，Science，Law，Medicine，Engineering and Agriculture）and a research institute for humanities.The total student enrollment grew up to 3，000.

In 1952，three years after the People’s Republic of China was established，Yenching University was merged into Peking University and Peking University lost its“national”appellation to reflect the fact that all universities in the new socialist state would be public.子In 1952 Peking University moved from downtown Beijing to the N former Yenching campus.Also in 1952，Peking University’s forestry department was spun-off and merged with faculty from Tsinghua University and the Beijing Agricultural University to form the new Beijing Forestry University.

The first disturbances of the Cultural Revolution began at Peking University in 1966；education there ceased between 1966 and 1970.

In 2000，Beijing Medical University was merged into Peking University and became the Peking University Health Science Department.Peking University now has eight affiliated hospitals and 12 teaching hospitals.In 2001，Peking University set up a satellite campus in Shenzhen.The university’s second business school was launched on this campus in 2004.

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