Southwest Jiaotong University

Southwest Jiaotong University
西南交通大学

Motto	精勤求学，敦笃励志，果毅力行，忠恕任事
Type	Public university
Established	1896
President	Xu Fei (徐飞)
Academic staff	2,000
Students	40,000
Location	Chengdu, Sichuan, China 30°46′10″N 103°59′05″E / 30.76944°N 103.98472°E / 30.76944; 103.98472Coordinates: 30°46′10″N 103°59′05″E / 30.76944°N 103.98472°E / 30.76944; 103.98472
Campus	Suburban
Website	www.swjtu.edu.cn

Southwest Jiaotong University (Chinese: 西南交通大学; pinyin: Xīnán Jiāotōng Dàxué) is a national key university in Chengdu, Sichuan, affiliated to the Ministry of the Education of China. The university is a member of the 211 Project.

About SWJTU

The university was originally founded at Shanhaiguan, Hebei, in 1896, and it is currently located in Chengdu, Sichuan. 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 Mount Emei, one of China’s four sacred Buddhist mountains. The university offers programs at the graduate and undergraduate level to approximately 60,000 students.

Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) was founded at Shanhaiguan in 1896, named then Imperial Chinese Railway College. It is one of the oldest universities in China majoring in engineering. In 1905, it was moved to Tangshan, Hebei Province, and was renamed Tangshan Jiaotong University, Tangshan Railway Institute, and so on. In 1972, the university was removed to Emei, Sichuan province, and began to use its present name-Southwest Jiaotong University. In 1989, it was moved to Chengdu, and in 2002, the construction of a new campus covering an area of over 3,000 mu was started in Chengdu. With this, a new pattern of “ one university, in two places, with three campuses” is coming into being.

Currently, the university has 18 schools, 3 departments and 2 divisions, with students totaling more than 38000, teachers and staff over 3900, which including full-time teachers about 1800, professors and associate professors about 1000, 3 CAS academicians and 2 CAE academicians. In addition, there are also 29 academicians from CAS and CAE who serve as part-time professors at the university’s invitation. There are now 45 PHD programs, 95 master's degree accredit posts, 61 undergraduate majors and 7 post-doctorate research centers, 3 national basic scientific research and teaching talents training bases, 6 national key disciplines and 1 national key lab.

History

1972.03-present Southwest Jiaotong University
1952.05-1972.03 Tangshan Institute of Railway
1950.08-1952.05 Tangshan Engineering College, Northern Jiaotong University
1949.07-1950.08 Tangshan Engineering College, Jiaotong University of China
1946.08-1949.07 National Tangshan Engineering College
1942.01-1946.08 Guizhou Division, National Chiao Tung University
1931.08-1942.01 Tangshan Engineering College, Chiao Tung University
1928.09-1931.08 Tangshan Civil Engineering College, Chiao Tung University
1928.06-1928.08 The Second Chiao Tung University
1928.02-1928.06 Tangshan Chiao Tung University
1922.09-1928.02 Tangshan University
1921.07-1922.09 Tangshan College, Chiao Tung University
1913.08-1921.07 Chinese Government Engineering College
1906.04-1912.12 Tangshan School of Railway and Mining, by Ministry of Postal Service and Transmission
1905.10-1906.03 Tangshan School of Railway
1900.09-1905.05 (School Closure because of the invasion of Qing empire by the Eight-Nation Alliance)
1896.05-1900.09 Imperial Chinese Railway College

Schools and Departments

School of Civil Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering
School of Information Science and Technology
School of Economics and Management
School of Foreign Languages
School of Transportation and Logistics
School of Material Science and Engineering
School of Geological Science and Environmental Engineering
School of Architecture
School of Physical Science and Technology
School of Arts and Communications
School of Public Administration
School of Life Sciences and Engineering
School of Mechanics and Engineering
School of Mathematics
School of Political Science
Center for Psychological Research and Counseling
Training Center for Modern Industrial Technology
Department of Physical Education
School of Mao Yisheng
School of Zhan Tianyou
Tangshan Research Institute

People

Mao Yisheng: an expert on bridge construction and social activist.
Tung-Yen Lin: structural engineer best known as the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete.
Jianyou Cao: One of the earliest contributors to Chinese railway electrification, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an expert in electric power system; the founder of the school of electrical engineering of Southwest Jiaotong University.

External links

Official website

Universities and colleges in Sichuan

National	Sichuan University Ω University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Ω Southwest Jiaotong University Ω Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Ω Sichuan Agricultural University Ω Southwest University for Nationalities Civil Aviation Flight University of China

Provincial	Chengdu University of Technology Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sport University Chengdu University of Information Technology Xihua University Chengdu University Sichuan Conservatory Of Music Chengdu Medical College Southwest University of Science and Technology China West Normal University Sichuan University of Science and Engineering Sichuan University of Arts and Science Sichuan University for Nationalities Yibin University Panzhihua University Mianyang Normal University Leshan Normal University Neijiang Normal University Xichang College Luzhou Medical College North Sichuan Medical University Sichuan Police College Chengdu Technological University Chengdu Normal University Sichuan Tourism University

Private	Chengdu Neusoft University Sichuan University of Media and Communications Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences Sichuan College of Culture and Arts Sichuan Institute of Industrial Science and Technology Sichuan Film and Television College

See also: List of universities in China

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Sichuan topics

Chengdu (capital)

General

History

Nations	Sanxingdui Ba & Shu Chengjia Shu Han Cheng Han Western Shu Former Shu Later Shu Great Shu Great Xia Great Xi

Events	Sichuan-Mongol War Huguang Filling Sichuan Railway Protection Movement Home Front Period