As one of the three sources of Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University can be traced back to 1896 at the earliest. Its predecessor was the Beijing Railway Management Institute founded by the Qing government. It is the first institution of higher learning in China that specializes in training management talents, and it is the birthplace of modern railway management and telecommunications education in China.

Beijing Jiaotong University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, the Beijing Municipal People's Government and China Railway Corporation.

2 1 1 Project "and" 985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform "project to build universities, and the first batch of doctoral and master's degrees with graduate schools in China were awarded to universities; The "20 1 1 Plan" and "Rail Transit Safety Collaborative Innovation Center" led by the school are one of the first batch of 14 certified collaborative innovation centers in China;

In 20 17, the school officially entered the ranks of national "double-first-class" construction, and will strive to build a world-class discipline field of "smart transportation" around advantageous and characteristic disciplines.