Tongji University has a long history and an outstanding reputation. It is one of the earliest national universities in China and a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Shanghai. After 1 15 years of development, Tongji University has become a comprehensive, research-oriented and international university with distinctive characteristics and great influence at home and abroad, and its comprehensive strength ranks among the top universities in China.

The school started at 1907, German doctor erich? With the support of Chinese and German governments and all walks of life, Baolong founded Tongji German Medical College.

19 12, together with the newly established Tongji German Medical College, is called Tongji German Medical College. 19 17 was taken over by China people and renamed as Tongji Medical College, a private Tongji Medical College. 1923 was named Tongji University, and 1927 became a national university. 1937 After the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Tongji University moved to Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Yunnan for six times, and 1940 moved to Lizhuang Ancient Town, Yibin, Sichuan. 1946 after moving back to Shanghai, it developed into a comprehensive university famous for its five colleges of science, engineering, medicine, literature and law.