China railway colleges can be divided into three categories:
Category I: Eight universities under the former Ministry of Railways, all of which left the Ministry of Railways in 2000;
1. Southwest Jiaotong University, formerly known as Tangshan Railway Institute, was founded in 1896 and is one of the five official jiaotong universities in China. There are three campuses: Jiuli, Xipu and Emei. The school covers an area of 5,400 mu with a total construction area of 960,000 square meters. In 2000, it was placed under the management of the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Education.
2. Beijing Jiaotong University, formerly known as North Jiaotong University and Beijing Railway Institute, was founded in 1896 and is one of the five official jiaotong universities in China. 19 17 was reorganized into Beijing Railway Management School and Beijing Post and Telecommunications School. 192 1 merged with Shanghai institute of technology and Tangshan institute of technology to form jiaotong university. 1923, after the reorganization of jiaotong university, Beijing branch was renamed Beijing jiaotong university. From 65438 to 0950, the school was named Northern Jiaotong University. In April 2000, it merged with Beijing Electric Power Institute and was placed under the management of Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Education. In 2003, the school resumed using the name of "Beijing Jiaotong University".
3. Lanzhou Jiaotong University, formerly known as Lanzhou Railway Institute, was transferred to Gansu Province by the Ministry of Railways in 2000. Founded in 1958, it was established by Tangshan Railway Institute (now Southwest Jiaotong University) and Beijing Railway Institute (now Beijing Jiaotong University) and moved to Lanzhou. In 2000, according to the overall national planning, the management system of "joint construction by the central and local governments, with local government management as the mainstay" was implemented. In 2003, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it was renamed Lanzhou Jiaotong University. After 50 years of construction and development, the school has now become a teaching and research university with coordinated development of multiple disciplines and distinctive school-running characteristics. The school campus covers an area of 1566 mu, with two campuses and 1 university science park, forming a pattern of one school and three districts.
4. Changsha Railway Institute of Central South University, formerly known as Central South Institute of Architecture and Engineering, was established in 1953. 1960 Changsha Railway Institute was established on the basis of some established departments and teaching and research offices, and is affiliated to the Ministry of Railways. In 2000, it merged with Central South University of Technology and Hunan Medical University to form Central South University, which is called Railway Campus of Central South University and managed by the Ministry of Education.
5. Tongji University Shanghai West Campus, formerly known as Shanghai Railway Institute, merged with Shanghai Railway Medical College in May 1995 to form Shanghai Railway University, and merged with Tongji University in April 2000 to form a new Tongji University. The former Shanghai Railway University (headquarters) became the Shanghai West Campus of Tongji University.
6. Dalian Jiaotong University, formerly known as Dalian Railway Institute, was founded in 1956 and originally belonged to the Ministry of Railways. In 2000, it was placed under the management of Liaoning Province by the Ministry of Railways. In May 2004, it was renamed Dalian Jiaotong University with the approval of the Ministry of Education.
7. East China Jiaotong University,1971On September 22nd, the State Council and the Central Military Commission jointly issued the Notice on the System Adjustment and Leadership Relations of Six Universities, and decided to merge the Department of Locomotive and Rolling Stock of Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Department of Railway Engineering of Tongji University into Shanghai Railway Institute and move it to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province (it stopped moving two years later, so it still exists), and changed its name to East China Jiaotong University. In 2000, it was placed under the management of Jiangxi Province by the Ministry of Railways.
8. Shijiazhuang Railway Institute, founded in 1950, formerly known as the Railway Corps Engineering College of the People's Liberation Army, was a national key institution of the whole army at that time. 1984 was transferred to the Ministry of Railways and became Shijiazhuang Railway Institute. In 2000, it was placed under the management of Hebei Province by the Ministry of Railways. On March 10, the Ministry of Education officially agreed to change the name of Shijiazhuang Railway Institute to shijiazhuang tiedao university. At this point, all railway institutes have withdrawn from the historical stage.
The second category is more than 30 technical secondary schools (junior colleges) under the former Ministry of Railways, which are actually entrusted to the Railway Bureau, Engineering Bureau and Locomotive Works. Around 2002, the Ministry of Railways, China Railway, China Railway Construction, China South Locomotive and CNR were placed under the local government, some of them were merged into local universities, and some of them established vocational and technical colleges.
The third category is the schools affiliated to the former Railway Bureau and Engineering Bureau, including technical secondary schools, technical schools, adult colleges and police schools. Since 2005, most of them have been cancelled, and some adult colleges and police schools are still running.