2. The school was founded in 1896 Shanhaiguan Beiyang Railway Official School. 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 the "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. 1989 The main body of the school moved to Chengdu. In 2000, the school was placed under the management of the Ministry of Education.
3. As of March 20021year, the school has three campuses, namely Xipu, Jiuli and Emei, covering an area of more than 5,000 mu; There are 27 colleges (hospitals and centers), as well as graduate schools, clinical medical colleges and affiliated hospitals; Two disciplines has two first-class disciplines and 10 national key disciplines. Postdoctoral research mobile stations 1 1, first-class doctoral programs 19, 3 professional doctoral programs and 40 first-class master programs; There are 2448 full-time teachers, 29025 full-time undergraduates, 2364 doctoral students and 900 international students.