[3] In 1937, Yih entered the National Central University and studied civil engineering.
Yih graduated in 1941 then did research at a hydrodynamics laboratory in Guanxian (or Guan County; 灌县; current Dujiangyan) of Sichuan province.
In 1945, Yih went to study at the University of Iowa in the United States, where he obtained his PhD in 1948.
Yih served as a professor of the University of Michigan for most of his academic career.
In his first classes in high school, he could talk fluently with his American English teacher.