The school is one of the three sources of Jiaotong University, and its historical origin can be traced back to 1896. Its predecessor was the Beijing Railway Management Institute founded by the Qing government. It is the first institution of higher learning in China to train management talents and the birthplace of modern railway management and telecommunication education in China.
192 1 Participate in the merger and formation of Jiaotong University; 1923 was renamed as Beijing jiaotong university; 1970, restore the name of "Northern Jiaotong University"; In 2003, the name of "Beijing Jiaotong University" was restored.
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In April 2020, the school official website showed that the school has electronic information engineering college, computer and information technology college, economic management college, transportation college, civil engineering college, mechanical and electronic control engineering college;
School of Electrical Engineering, School of Science, School of Language and Communication, School of Software, School of Architecture and Art, School of Law, National Secrecy College, Weihai International College, etc. 15 College. There are also graduate schools and distance continuing education colleges. The school offers 62 undergraduate majors.
This university is one of the first universities in China to award doctoral and master's degrees. The school has two first-level disciplines, namely, transportation engineering and information and communication engineering, and two national key disciplines, including two disciplines and eight national key disciplines covered by the first-level discipline.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Jiaotong University