A prestigious public research university in Beijing, China, specializing in teacher education and liberal arts; often abbreviated as [[北师大|北師大|bei3 shi1 da4]]

School of Combined Learning established in Beijing in 1862 during the Qing dynasty for teaching Western languages and sciences

The first national university in modern China, established in Beijing in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty as part of the Hundred Days' Reform ([[戊戌变法|戊戌變法|wu4 xu1 bian4 fa3]]); renamed [[北京大学|北京大學|bei3 jing1 da4 xue2]] in 1912