The graduates of Southwest Jiaotong University are mainly oriented to railway system operators. This major does not require high academic qualifications. Transportation is the golden major of Jiaotong University. Undergraduate students basically eat meals from the National Railway Administration, and the employment rate is high.

Southwest Jiaotong University, referred to as "Southwest Jiaotong University", located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It was jointly established by the Ministry of Education, China Railway Corporation, Sichuan Provincial People's Government and Chengdu Municipal People's Government. It is a national "double first-class" construction university and a "2 1 1 engineering" construction university, and has been selected as the 985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform, "20 1 1 plan", "1plan" and "excellent". The new project of engineering research and practice, the scholarship of China government for overseas students in China, the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases in colleges and universities, and the training unit of Tibet aid program are members of the China-Europe elite university alliance.