西南交通大学 | |||||||
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Former names | National Jiaotong University | ||||||
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| Motto | “Diligence, Ambition, Decisiveness, Loyalty ” | ||||||
| Type | Public research university | ||||||
| Established | 1896 | ||||||
| President | Xuedong Yan | ||||||
Academic staff | 2,612 | ||||||
| Students | 43,503 | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 38,132 | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 11,356 | ||||||
| Location | , , 30°46′10″N 103°59′05″E / 30.76944°N 103.98472°E | ||||||
| Campus | Urban | ||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||
| Affiliations | Double First Class University, 211 Project, Association of MBAs | ||||||
| Mascot | 火车侠 | ||||||
| Website | swjtu.edu.cn | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 西南交通大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西南交通大學 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Southwest Transport University | ||||||
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Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU; 西南交通大学) is a national public science and engineering university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. It is a national key university co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, China Railway Corporation, the Sichuan Provincial Government, and the Chengdu Municipal Government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.
SWJTU was founded in 1896 and is one of China 's leading engineering universities. Known as the cradle of China's railway engineers, SWJTU is the birthplace of China's modern education in transportation, mining and metallurgy, and civil engineering. Through its history, the university has adopted different names such as “Imperial Chinese Railway College,” “Tangshan Jiaotong University,” and “Tangshan Institute of Railway.”[1]
SWJTU is consistently ranked as one of the top universities in China, placing 181-190 in The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2016[2] and ranking 161 in The Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies 2016. It was included as one of the first universities into Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211. To date, SWJTU faculty and alumni have won 57 fellowships to the United States and China National Academy of Sciences.[1] It is a Chinese state Double First Class University.[3]
- ^ a b "General Information of SWJTU".
- ^ "Southwest Jiaotong University". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2016-10-24.
- ^ "教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委 关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设 学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".