Tsinghua University is a leading university in mainland China, with strengths in engineering, management, science, economics, communication, law, medicine, philosophy, literature, art, and history. Tsinghua is one of the two key universities supported by the Chinese government, one of the first "211 Project" and "985 Project" series of national key universities, and a member of the Consortium of Nine Universities (C9). Tsinghua is one of the most important universities in Asia and the world.