Shijiazhuang tiedao university is a national key university. Hebei Provincial People's Government, People's Republic of China (PRC), Ministry of Education, State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and State Railway Administration jointly established colleges and universities, and were selected as "201Plan", "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities", "National Training Plan for College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship" and "National Research and Practice Project of New Engineering".

Shijiazhuang tiedao university, formerly known as the Chinese People's Liberation Army Railway Corps Engineering College, was founded in 1950. At that time, it was a key institution of the whole army. 1979, listed as a national key institution of higher learning; 1984, transferred to the Ministry of Railways and renamed Shijiazhuang Railway Institute; In 2000, it was transferred to Hebei Province, which was jointly built by the central and local governments and became a key university in Hebei Province. 20 10 changed its name to shijiazhuang tiedao university in March.

As of July 2020, the school has three campuses and the library has more than 2.5 million paper books. There are 19 colleges (departments and departments), 25 research institutes, 54 undergraduate majors, 4 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 2 postdoctoral mobile stations, 14 first-class disciplines authorized by master degrees, and 12 master degree authorization points; There are nearly1.800,000 faculty members, including more than 1.00 full-time teaching and research staff, and nearly 30,000 students, including more than 2,600 graduate students.