What are the eight old HVAC schools?

Tsinghua, Harbin Institute of Technology, Tongji University, Northeastern Polytechnic University (the school-based major was later adjusted to Xi Institute of Metallurgy and Architecture, now Xi University of Architecture and Technology), Tianjin University, Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering (now merged into Chongqing University), Taiyuan University of Technology (now Taiyuan University of Technology) and Hunan University are commonly known as HVAC Old Eight Schools.

Tsinghua University, Harbin Institute of Technology and Tongji University are the first famous universities to offer this major. As early as 1953, these three universities began to recruit four-year undergraduate courses.

The major of Building Environment and Equipment Engineering in Harbin Institute of Technology is the longest-running major in China, formerly known as the major of heating, gas supply and ventilation, because it is the earliest major in the education system of the former Soviet Union and the earliest pillar major in the Department of Thermal Energy Engineering. It can be traced back to 1950, the specialty of sanitary engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology, and 1952, the five-year undergraduate specialty of heating, gas supply and ventilation engineering, was formally established.

Tongji University once had a building equipment college in 1952, and the architecture department had a two-year academic system. It is the embryonic form of HVAC major, and Tongji University began to recruit graduate students in the 1950s. In the early days, Tsinghua University was majoring in HVAC engineering, belonging to the Department of Civil Engineering, and was later transferred to the Department of Thermal Energy.

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At that time, a large number of outstanding talents emerged in this field, such as Professor Wang Buxuan from Tsinghua University, Professor Gu from Harbin Institute of Technology and Professor Xu Bangyu.

Internationally, this major was established in 1930s and 1940s. Famous universities include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Leningrad Institute of Architecture and Engineering in the former Soviet Union, University of Bochum in Germany, University of Liege in Belgium, etc. China mainly learned from these countries, but mainly imitated the former Soviet Union to establish this major.

From 1953 to 1966, it has sent batches of outstanding engineering research talents to the country and made great contributions to the construction of new China. Tsinghua, Harbin Institute of Technology and Tongji University have always been in a leading position in this major. Professor Chao Qinglin of Tongji University is an authority on this major. /kloc-0 went to the former Soviet union for further study from August 1957 to February 1958, which was the earliest international exchange of this major.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Building Environment and Equipment Engineering