Tongji University, referred to as "Tongji" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the State Oceanic Administration and Shanghai. It is a famous institution of higher learning in China with a long history and a high reputation. Directly managed by the central government, the national "World-class University Construction University" and the national "2 1 1 Project" were selected as the national "Everest Plan", "201Plan" and "1/.

Excellent legal talents education and training plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, national undergraduate innovation experiment plan, national postgraduate plan for building a high-level university, China government scholarship receiving institution for international students, national undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, national innovative talents training demonstration base, new engineering research and practice project, national demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, China-US "/kloc-0+10" plan, and independent examination unit for degree authorization.

Chairman of the University Cooperation Alliance for Global Environment and Sustainable Development of the United Nations Environment Programme, member of the International Union of Design and Art Colleges, 2 1 Century Academic Alliance, University of Excellence Alliance, China-Russia Engineering University Alliance, China-Europe Engineering Education Platform, International Green Campus Alliance and Tongji-Berkeley Engineering Alliance.