Tsinghua University hosted an opening ceremony to welcome its new cohort of more than 9,000 graduate students on September 2.

More than 2,000 incoming graduate students attended the ceremony at the University Gymnasium, the main venue for the ceremony. Over 1,800 new graduate students from Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School attended the ceremony online. Family members and friends of the new students watched the live broadcast in sub-venues. The event was broadcast live via "Rain Classroom" in both English and Chinese.

By Guo Lili

Photos: Wei Minglun, Li Ang