China is offering 100 scholarships to qualified tutors working in Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutes in East Africa.

Fifteen universities across Asia have formed a consortium in order to capitalise on the region's economic power to facilitate intra-Asian mobility and enhance academic and research collaboration.

Tsinghua University has lightened its admission requirements for international students, which includes the abolishment of an entrance exam.

Johns Hopkins University in the US is establishing a doctoral degree with Tsinghua University in public health management, with the first intake of students expected next year.

The University of California, Berkeley and Tsinghua University have signed an agreement with Shenzhen’s municipal government to launch a joint research institute based in Tsinghua’s South China campus focusing on nanotechnology and nanomedicine, low-carbon and new energy technologies, and data science.

The University of Melbourne and Tsinghua University have partnered to develop a cloud-based 'virtual campus' that will enable joint course delivery and research collaboration. This is the latest agreement in a longstanding relationship between the two universities.

A financier is to channel $100 million of his personal fortune along with $200 million from private sector donors into a scholarship scheme that allows more Americans to study in China. The scheme aims to take in 10,000 students over the next 50 years, say organisers.