2. The school was founded in 1896 Shanhaiguan Beiyang Railway Official School. Since then, it has been moved and renamed many times. Tangshan Jiaotong University enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, and is known as the "Cornell of the East", especially in civil engineering, mining and metallurgy. From 65438 to 0952, the department was renamed Tangshan Railway Institute after adjustment, specializing in the training of rail transit talents. 1964 The school moved to Emei, and 1972 was named Southwest Jiaotong University. In 2000, it was placed under the management of the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
3. As of 2065438+June 2009, the school has three campuses, Xipu, Jiuli and Emei, covering an area of more than 5,000 mu; There are graduate schools and two off-site graduate schools (Qingdao Graduate School and Tangshan Graduate School); There are 26 colleges, Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run schools 1 institute and affiliated hospitals 1 institute. There are two first-class disciplines and two disciplines 10 national key disciplines. There are 19 first-class doctoral programs, 3 professional doctoral programs and 39 first-class master programs, and1/postdoctoral research mobile stations; There are 26 full-time teachers10, 29 full-time undergraduates10/0, master students 13565438, 2227 doctoral students and 900 international students.