The world-famous "Tangshan Jiaotong University" and "Tangshan College" are the school names inscribed by Comrade Mao Zedong. The school is named Tangshan Jiaotong University, Tangshan Engineering College of Jiaotong University, China Jiaotong University, Northern Jiaotong University and Tangshan Railway Institute. 1964 moved to Sichuan, and 1972 was renamed Southwest Jiaotong University.
The south gate of Southwest Jiaotong University was donated by Tangshan Municipal Government. Its shape is the same as that of the old Tangyuan, and it retains the simplicity, vicissitudes and kindness of the old Tangyuan Gate (the old school gate of Tangshan Road Mining School). At the same time, the use of new materials and technologies has a sense of the times and beauty, which means "inheriting history and looking forward to the future". It embodies the perfect combination of classical beauty and modern science and technology.