It is a double first-class university. Double first-class universities generally refer to world-class universities and first-class disciplines. Beijing Jiaotong University is a world-class discipline construction university, with a first-class discipline: system science.

National key disciplines (10) first-class disciplines (2)

Traffic engineering, information and communication engineering

Two disciplines (8)

Bridge and tunnel engineering, industrial economics, signal and information processing, communication and information system, vehicle application engineering, traffic planning and management, traffic information engineering and control, road and railway engineering.

Provincial key disciplines (20) civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, municipal engineering, heating/gas supply/ventilation and air conditioning engineering, disaster prevention and mitigation engineering and protection engineering, bridge and tunnel engineering, management science and engineering, optical engineering, computer application technology, solid mechanics, power electronics and power transmission, system analysis and integration, ideological and political education, information security, power system and its automation/electromagnetic field and microwave technology.