The president of Tsinghua University is the chief administrator of Tsinghua University, a national public research university in Beijing, China. After 1992, each president of Tsinghua University is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university.[1]
The university's current president is Li Luming, who assumed the office in December 2023.
| Period | Year | Photo | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
| Tsinghua College | February 1911 - April 1912 | Zhou Ziqi | Columbia University | |||
| April 1912 - October 1912 | [2] | Yale University | ||||
| October 1912 - August 1913 | ||||||
Tsinghua School | ||||||
| August 1913 - October 1913 | Zhao Guocai | St. John's University, Shanghai Cornell University University of Wisconsin System | ||||
| August 1913 - January 1918 | St. John's University, Shanghai Cornell University Yale University | |||||
| January 1918 - July 1918 | Zhao Guocai | St. John's University, Shanghai Cornell University University of Wisconsin System | ||||
| January 1918 | Fan Yuanlian | Tokyo Normal College | ||||
| April 1918 - January 1920 | Yale University University of California Peiyang University University of Tokyo | |||||
| 30 January 1920 | Luo Zhongyi | University of Cambridge | ||||
| February 1920 - August 1920 | Yan Heling | St. John's University, Shanghai Columbia University | ||||
| August 1920 - April 1922 | Cornell University Lehigh University | |||||
| October 1921 - April 1922 | John Wong-Quincey | University of London Yale University | ||||
| April 1922 - May 1924 | Cao Yunxiang | St. John's University, Shanghai Yale University University of London | ||||
| May 1924 - January 1928 | ||||||
| January 1928 - April 1928 | Yan Heling | St. John's University, Shanghai Columbia University | ||||
| April 1928 - June 1928 | Virginia Military Institute United States Military Academy | |||||
| June 1928 | Stewart Yui | Huachung University Princeton University University of Wisconsin System | ||||
| June 1928 - September 1928 | Mei Yiqi | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
National Tsinghua University | August 1928 - May 1930 | Peking University Princeton University Columbia University University of London Humboldt University of Berlin University of Paris | ||||
| June 1930 | Qiao Wanxuan | Tsinghua University Columbia University University of Wisconsin System | ||||
| April 1931 - October 1931 | University of California | |||||
| July 1931 - September 1931 | Weng Wenhao | Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) | ||||
| September 1931 - December 1931 | Ye Qisun | Tsinghua University University of Chicago Harvard University | ||||
| October 1931 - July 1937 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | |||||
| Changsha Temporary University | August 1937 - February 1938 | |||||
| National Southwestern Associated University | May 1938–July 1946 | |||||
| National Tsinghua University | August 1946–December 1948 | |||||
Tsinghua University | December 1948–May 1949 | Feng Youlan | Peking University Columbia University | |||
| May 1949–June 1952 | Tsinghua University University of Chicago Harvard University | |||||
| June 1952–October 1952 | Liu Xianzhou | University of Hong Kong | ||||
| December 1952–June 1966 | Jiang Nanxiang | Tsinghua University | ||||
| 9 June 1966–January 1972 | Red Guards | |||||
| 25 January 1969–January 1972 | Zhang Rongwen | |||||
| January 1972–October 1976 | Chi Qun | |||||
| April 1977–June 1978 | Liu Da | Beijing period of Fu Jen Catholic University | ||||
| June 1978–May 1983 | ||||||
| May 1983–October 1988 | Gao Jingde | Northwestern Polytechnical University | ||||
| October 1988–January 1994 | Zhang Xiaowen | Tsinghua University | ||||
| January 1994–April 2003 | Wang Dazhong | Tsinghua University RWTH Aachen University | ||||
| April 2003–February 2012 | Gu Binglin | Tsinghua University Aarhus University | [3] | |||
| February 2012–March 2015 | Chen Jining | Tsinghua University Brunel University London Imperial College London | [4] | |||
| March 2015–February 2022 | Qiu Yong | Tsinghua University | [5] | |||
| February 2022–December 2023 | Wang Xiqin | Tsinghua University | [6] | |||
| December 2023– | Li Luming | Tsinghua University | [7] |
| Period | Year | Photo | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
Tsinghua University | March 1949 - March 1950 | Nanjing University Tsinghua University | ||||
| March 1950 - September 1953 | National Southwestern Associated University | |||||
| September 1953 - May 1956 | Yuan Yongxi | Communist University of the Toilers of the East | ||||
| May 1956 - January 1972 | Jiang Nanxiang | Tsinghua University | ||||
| 10 January 1970 - January 1972 | Yang Dezhong | |||||
| January 1972 - October 1976 | Chi Qun | |||||
| April 1977 - July 1982 | Liu Da | Beijing period of Fu Jen Catholic University | ||||
| July 1982 - February 1984 | Lin Ke | Anti Japanese Military and Political University | ||||
| February 1984 - September 1988 | Li Chuanxin | National Southwestern Associated University Tsinghua University | ||||
| September 1988 - September 1995 | Fang Huijian | Tsinghua University | ||||
| September 1995 - February 2002 | He Meiying | |||||
| February 2002 - December 2008 | Chen Xi | Tsinghua University | ||||
| December 2008 - November 2013 | Hu Heping | Tsinghua University | ||||
| December 2013 - February 2022 | Chen Xu | Tsinghua University | ||||
| February 2022 - | Qiu Yong | Tsinghua University |