Beijing Jiaotong University (Weihai), located in Weihai City, Shandong Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. It is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, the Beijing Municipal People's Government and China Railway Corporation. It is a national "double-class", "21project" and "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform" project. So the university belongs to 2 168.