Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), located in Haidian District, Beijing, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. It is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, the Beijing Municipal People's Government and China Railway Corporation. It is the national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform".

The history of Beijing Jiaotong University can be traced back to 1896, when Beijing Railway Management Institute was founded by the Qing government. From 19 17 to 1923, it was renamed Beijing Jiaotong University after three reorganizations, and then to 1950 as "Northern Jiaotong University", 1952 as "Beijing Railway Institute",1. It was not until 2003 that it was officially renamed as "Beijing Jiaotong University".