1. Good geographical location: Although both universities are located on the eastern coast, Shanghai's international influence and popularity and economic volume are much larger than Tianjin's. Geographically, Tongji University is better than Tianjin University.

2. Teaching staff: Tongji University has 56 14 teaching staff and 2,792 full-time teachers, including 1096 full-time teachers and 17 academicians of the two academies. Tianjin University has 4,960 faculty members, including 887 professors and 7 academicians of the two academies/kloc-0. There are more faculty members than Tianjin University.