On August 19, Peking University welcomes freshmen. (Photo/Peking University)

With a new semester approaching, there's an atmosphere of youthful vigor at colleges and universities across China. Students step onto campus for the first time as university students, full of hopes and dreams, ready to embrace their new college lives.

Tsinghua University welcomes more than 3,800 new students. (Photo/Tsinghua University)

On Aug. 24, nearly 3,000 new students start their college lives at Renmin University of China. (Photo/Renmin University of China)

From Aug. 26, over 12,000 new students arrive at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. (Photo/Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)