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丘成桐谈大学（Qiu chengtong talks about university） Professor Qiu Chengtong: in Higher Education Speech by Professor Qiu Chengtong at Southeast Universitys lecture on humanity A thinker Qiu Chengtong is a professor of Harvard University, a senior researcher and tenured professor in Princeton. He is also a member of the American Academy of Sciences and the first foreign academicians of the Chinese Academy of sciences. He solved a series of major issues and conjecture, named after his study of Calabi Yau manifolds -- in mathematics and theoretical physics play an important role. The research results have important influence in the world, known as the 1/4 centurys most influential mathematicians. In 1982 I won the Nobel prize for mathematics called Fields award, in 1994 won the special prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences clough received the National Science Award, 1997. University goals University students must be cultivated through various open thought, have the whole world in view, perspective; university should be generous to accommodate some well-known scholars of university should have the personal independence of conduct; their independent opinions, leading the society. The western worlds view of the university can be traced back to the Pythagorean School, Platon, Aristotle, Euclid and Ptolemy, among the ancient Greeks, and, of course, the values of Christian culture. Historically, almost all European University began in the late twelfth Century at the University of Paris. Education was then out of the church. The university teaches theology, law and medicine, and the Ministry of literature teaches logic, physics, mathematics, astronomy, psychology, ethics, and politics. The British elite schools, such as Oxford and Cambridge, are directly controlled by the Royal inspector, and theology is also an important part. The medieval university, they have the spirit of the world, the super national character, they used the same language (Latin), believe that the comm