The history of psychology department of Tsinghua University is very long. It was first established in 1926. Mr. Tang Yue, Mr. Sun Guohua and Mr. Zhou Xiangeng, who founded the Department of Psychology, were all famous figures in the education field at that time.
At the beginning of its establishment, the Department of Psychology was one of the six earliest departments of Tsinghua University Science College. During the period of the National The National SouthWest Associated University, the Department of Psychology of Tsinghua University was merged into the Department of Philosophy and Psychology of the College of Liberal Arts of the United Nations General Assembly and changed to the Psychology Group, but it was still managed by Tsinghua Institute of Science.
1952, Tsinghua underwent a major adjustment of departments, and the Department of Psychology and the School of Science merged into Peking University. At the same time, many other liberal arts majors have also transferred to other institutions.
1979, Tsinghua University re-established the education laboratory and established the applied psychology laboratory. 1987 Tsinghua University established the earliest psychological counseling center for college students to provide professional psychological services for students.