The Tibetan Official School ( Tanggute xue) in the Qing Dynasty was a special institution for training translators of Tibetan language. Based on Manchu,Mongolian and Chinese materials,this essay discusses the development and systematization of Tibetan Official School,and examines Tibetan students’ origins,approaches to officialdom,promotions and their roles in translating Tibetan documents,and offers a fresh perspective on the shaping and practicing of multilingual political culture in the Qing Dynasty at the institutional level.