Tsinghua eyes global diversity with hybrid courses By ZOU SHUO | China Daily | Updated: 2021-03-04 09:46 Share Tsinghua University [Photo/Xinhua] Tsinghua University recently launched a Global Hybrid Classroom project, offering online courses for its students and others overseas. Tsinghua is hosting the courses, and several international universities are participating. Students from those universities can obtain credits, Tsinghua said. The project aims to provide students with a more international, diverse and high-quality learning experience and help them have a hand in shaping the global perspective, said Chen Wenguang, a professor in Tsinghua's Department of Computer Science and Technology. Seventeen of the classes are open to the founding members of the Global MOOC (massive open online courses) Alliance, which include St Petersburg State University in Russia, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University and the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. A wide range of fields are covered including computer sciences, economics, humanities, architecture, civil and electronic engineering and languages, Tsinghua said.