Research on the status quo of the education ecosystem in Tsinghua university

Song+Mengmeng

Abstract： Tsinghua university as the first batch of Chinese to conduct entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities， the entrepreneurship education ecological system to the success of their students' entrepreneurial activities play an important role， at the same time， it is worth reference for China's colleges and universities. In this paper， through the study of Tsinghua university entrepreneurship education ecological system， analyses the specific components of the ecological system for entrepreneurship education of Tsinghua university and its operation situation， so as to have a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem.

Key words： Tsinghua university； the entrepreneurship education ecological system； Research on the status quo

1 The components of the education ecosystem in Tsinghua university

1.1Intramural microsystem

Education's curriculum system is the core of the university's effective entrepreneurship education， and also the key to launch the entrepreneurship education. Tsinghua university has set out to build the education system for innovation and entrepreneurship， which has formed an entrepreneurship course closely integrated with practice.

Tsinghua university is one of the first universities in China to start an entrepreneurship education， which is not only having full-time teachers who teach the education curriculum， but also part-time teachers from the top of the enterprise. Teachers who teach entrepreneurship education are also relatively professional. There are teachers who teach theoretical courses and teachers who teach practical courses .

Tsinghua university has a large number of entrepreneurial organizations， among which the fastest growing is the Tsinghua x-lab. Tsinghua X- lab was established in April 2013， relying on theinstitute of economic management. It is jointly constructed by 14 departments including the institute of economics and management of Tsinghua university and the institute of mechanical engineering. Also it has established a strategic cooperative partnership with Tsinghua science and technology park， Tsinghua holdings and Tsinghua entrepreneurs' association. Tsinghua X-lab is a nonprofit opening platform.

Tsinghua university in 1999 held the first session of "challenge cup" college students entrepreneurial plan competition. It has held the 11th， has produced dozens of start-ups， making it successful of many students creativity. Business plan competition is a product of technological innovation and the integration of risk investment. The contestants team put forward a feasible idea， and according to the creativity to complete a business plan to get the investment of venture capitalist.endprint

1.2External macro system

In the entrepreneurship education ecological system， the government is the top designer， and the status is not trivial. In Tsinghua university entrepreneurship education ecological system， the government mainly providesthe field and policy support.In the aspect of the field， the government provides the Tsinghua university students entrepreneurship field， such as Tsinghua science park， and so on. In the aspect of the policy， giving tax breaks and other preferential policies for students to start a business.

Because of the "brand effect" of Tsinghua university， the support and affirmation of social support is also an important support for the successful entrepreneurship of students in Tsinghua university. Tsinghua university has established a start-up funding system to help students with innovative and entrepreneurial ideas to help students make their ideas come true. The support mainly from outside the enterprise have two aspects： the funds and technology.On the funding to help students with new ventures.

The support that alumni is also not negligible. The successful alumni of Tsinghua university will give back to their school in two forms. The first is to share their own successful experience. Tsinghua university has a special alumni organization， which will conduct entrepreneurial lectures on a regular basis and invite different alumni to share their own entrepreneurial success stories. Now， in the x-lab and student makers space association of Tsinghua university， there are alumni to guide students' entrepreneurial projects and solve the problems that students have encountered during the process of entrepreneurship. The other is donation.

The communication between Tsinghua university and the international community is dominated by cooperation. It has established a global innovation academy with the help of university of Washington and Microsoft， and has enrolled students. Establish a design innovation base with Italian polytechnic university of Milan. Students are engaged in social practice activities in Europe and Middle East. In addition， Tsinghua university entrepreneurial organizations are also cooperating with many international organizations， such as Chinese entrepreneurship research center in Tsinghua university， Stanford university and MIT university.

2 The operation of education ecosystem in Tsinghua university

Entrepreneurship center of China， Tsinghua university， every year will carry out different conferences on entrepreneurship education， to discuss some problems，for example， the plight of the entrepreneurship education， the development direction and so on. In this way， the entrepreneurship education curriculum content can be updated in Tsinghua university， problems can be solved quickly， also make the students more extensive exposure to entrepreneurship education， and pass the entrepreneurship education concept and contents of the latest to students. Students who have been in business with education， will go into the school incubator with their ideas and creativity.Tsinghua university has many incubators， and Tsinghua x-lab is just one of them. After entering the x-lab of Tsinghua university， we will not only have practice site， but also have a chance to continue to study. The problems encountered in the Tsinghua x-lab can be helpful to the resident entrepreneurs and the school angels. When an idea is mature， it will be helped by the government， society， alumni and international community. If the idea goes to the market， a company will need to be established， and the government will have a preferential policy to exempt the tax. Funds can be applied to social venture capitalists through a start-up plan competition， or you can apply for a venture fund. In addition， there are several highly skilled professionals， such as machinery and automation， which can improve their innovation ability by discovering new technologies and patents.

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