Southwest Jiaotong University, referred to as "Southwest Jiaotong University", is located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is jointly built by the Ministry of Education, China Railway Corporation, Sichuan Province and Chengdu. Ranked among the first world-class discipline construction universities in China, it is a research university focusing on the innovation platform of 21KLOC-0/Engineering and 985 Engineering Advantage Discipline.
Southwest Jiaotong University has been selected into 20 1 1 plan,1plan, outstanding engineer education and training plan, national undergraduate innovation experiment plan, national high-level university graduate program, new engineering research and practice project, China government scholarship receiving institution for overseas students in China, the first batch of universities' scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases, and Tibet aid training units.
Southwest Jiaotong University was founded in Shanhaiguan Beiyang Railway Institute 1896. Since then, it has been moved and renamed many times. Tangshan Jiaotong University enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, and is known as "Cornell of the East", especially in civil engineering, mining and metallurgy. From 65438 to 0952, the department was renamed Tangshan Railway Institute after adjustment, specializing in the training of rail transit talents. 1964 The school moved to Emei, and 1972 was named Southwest Jiaotong University.