Southwest Jiaotong University

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Southwest Jiaotong University [Chinese: 西南交通大学; Pinyin: xī'nán jiāotōng dàxué] is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in mainland China.

The university was originally founded at Shanhaiguan, Hebei in 1896, and it is currently located in Chengdu, Sichuan, a major city in the southwest part of the country. The University has three campuses: the main Xipu campus, the Jiulidi campus in downtown Chengdu, and Emei campus about 90 miles to the southwest of the city snuggled at the foot of the Emei Mountains, one of China’s four sacred Buddhist mountains. The university offers programs at the graduate and undergraduate level to approximately 40,000 students.

The home page of the University is [[1]].

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