On August 22, the month for newcomers at Tsinghua University started. This year, 50 YaoClass undergraduates and 38 graduates joined IIIS and made up Grade 2018.

YaoClass freshmen 2018 arrived on Aug. 22, and YaoClass admission from other departments also started on the registration day. After the written test and interview, 25 out of over 200 applicants were selected into YaoClass 2018.

Graduates 2018 registered on Aug. 28, including 27 PhD candidates and 11 master candidates. With the careful planning and support from students and teachers, freshmen and graduate move-in went smoothly.

In the following 4 weeks, all the newcomers will take part in opening ceremony, academic guidance, lectures on various topics and other activities, to help them start a new chapter of their lives at this lovely university.

(By Shuai Sun, Qin Xie)