1, Southwest Jiaotong University is a 2 1 1 university, not a 985 university. Southwest Jiaotong University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It has been selected as an innovation platform for 21KLOC-0/Engineering and 985 Engineering, and is a world-class discipline construction university.

2. Southwest Jiaotong University is located in Chengdu, a national central city which is a famous historical and cultural city and enjoys the reputation of "Land of Abundance". It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education jointly established by the Ministry of Education, China Railway Corporation (formerly the Ministry of Railways), Sichuan Province and Chengdu. It is the first batch of national key universities, including "2 1 1 Engineering", "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform", 1 1 Plan, "201Plan" and "Excellent Plan".