The school started from 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. 1989 The main body of the school moved to Chengdu. In 2000, the school was placed under the management of the Ministry of Education.

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As of March, 2002 1, the school has 27 colleges (colleges and centers), 1 affiliated hospital (Chengdu Third People's Hospital), 2 graduate schools in different places (Qingdao Graduate School and Tangshan Graduate School), 1 affiliated middle school,1children's primary school, and

In the academic year of 20 17, the school registered 83 undergraduate majors in the Ministry of Education, including 43 in engineering, 7 in science, 3 in management 10, 3 in economics, 3 in literature 10, 5 in law, 5 in agriculture 1, and 0 in medicine 1.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-southwest jiaotong university