Shanghai Jiaotong University, referred to as "Shanghai Jiaotong University", located in Shanghai, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, which is jointly established by Shanghai and universities directly under the central government. It ranks among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 project". As a member of the Nine Schools Alliance, he was selected into the Everest Plan, Strong Foundation Plan,11Plan, 20 1 1 Plan, Excellent Doctor Education and Training Plan, Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan, Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan, Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents Education and Training Plan, etc.

The school was founded in 1896, formerly known as Nanyang Public College,191renamed Nanyang University Hall, 1929 renamed national chiao tung university, and 1949 renamed Jiaotong University; 1957 experienced westward separation and was divided into Shanghai part of Jiaotong University and Xi 'an part. 1959, the name of "Shanghai jiaotong university" was introduced by Shanghai part of jiaotong university; 1999, the former Shanghai Agricultural College merged; In 2005, it merged with the former Shanghai Second Medical University.

The top ten institutions in Shanghai are:

Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fudan University, Tongji University, East China Normal University, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University, Donghua University, Naval Medical University.

Nine-School Alliance refers to Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, China University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi Jiaotong University.