Beijing Jiaotong University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). The universities jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, the Beijing Municipal People's Government and China Railway Corporation rank as "2 1 1 Project", "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform" and "World-class Discipline Construction University".
University of Science and Technology Beijing is a national key university directly under the people of China and the Ministry of Education. It is the national "world-class discipline construction university", the national "21project" and "985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform", the first batch of "three-round education" comprehensive reform pilot universities of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of Beijing.