Chongqing Jiaotong University is a polytechnic university and a key university in Chongqing.

School's national soft science ranking in 20021year 189, and national alumni association ranking in 2022 167. In addition, the university ranked 80 th in the country in 2022. It is understood that there are more than 1 1,000 undergraduate colleges and universities in China, ranking within 200 in both lists. It can be said that the strength of the school is still very strong.

During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the school has three first-class disciplines and 12 Chongqing key disciplines, and eight disciplines have been included in the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education. In terms of specialty construction, the school has 13 national first-class undergraduate majors, 38 Chongqing first-class undergraduate majors and 3 national specialty majors.