The Sino-British International Low Carbon College of Shanghai Jiaotong University is an international experimental zone in the field of low-carbon technology and carbon resource management, which is established by Shanghai Jiaotong University with the strong support of Shanghai and in cooperation with top universities in Britain such as Edinburgh University and University College London. College is the first low-carbon college in China that integrates talent training, high-end training, scientific research and industrial incubation.

The College will closely integrate China's green development strategy, provide talents, technology and industrial support for China's deep participation in global governance and China's low-carbon sustainable development, and provide solutions for China to cope with global climate change. The college will gather world-class experts in the low-carbon field and build an interdisciplinary teaching and research institution in the low-carbon field with international influence. The College is committed to cultivating compound and international top innovative talents in low-carbon field, organizing forward-looking and systematic high-end training in low-carbon industry, carrying out cutting-edge and innovative scientific research, promoting the incubation of low-carbon technological achievements, realizing the integrated and coordinated development of Industry-University-Research, and building a national-level dual-innovation demonstration base in low-carbon field, which provides strong support for promoting the development of low-carbon industry in Shanghai and even in the world.