Tongji University's four ace majors are marine geology, traffic engineering, architecture and civil engineering. Tongji University, referred to as "Tongji" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Shanghai. National "World-class University Construction University", National "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project" Construction University; Selected into the national "Everest Plan", "Strong Foundation Plan", "20 1 1 plan", "kloc-0/1plan", excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent legal talent education and training plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, national innovative experiment plan for college students, and national public school for building high-level universities. National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Plan, National Demonstration Base for Innovative Talents Training, New Engineering Research and Practice Project, National Model University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform, China-US "10+ 10" Plan, the first batch of independent degree authorization audit units, and the chairman unit of the United Nations Environment Programme's Global Environment and Sustainable Development University Cooperation Alliance. Member of International Union of Design and Art Colleges, 2 1 Century Academic Union, University of Excellence Alliance, China-Russia Engineering University Alliance, China-Europe Engineering Education Platform, China Green University Alliance, International Green Campus Alliance, Tongji-Berkeley Engineering Alliance.