Compared with Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xiamen University is better than Shanghai Jiaotong University for the following reasons:

1, school level. Shanghai Jiaotong University is a comprehensive, research-oriented and internationalized national key university, and Xiamen University is a comprehensive, research-oriented and internationalized high-level university.

2. Academic strength. In the latest soft science ranking of China University in 2023, Shanghai Jiaotong University ranked 4th. Xiamen University ranks 24th.

3. Teachers. Shanghai Jiaotong University has well-known scholars such as Nobel Prize winners and academicians of the two academies, and has a strong faculty. Xiamen University also has many famous scholars, but it is slightly inferior to Shanghai Jiaotong University.