Southwest Jiaotong University

Southwest Jiaotong University
西南交通大学 (Chinese)
Former names	National Jiaotong University
Motto	“Diligence, Ambition, Decisiveness, Loyalty ”
Type	Public research university
Established	1896
President	Dan Yang
Academic staff	2,612
Students	43,503
Undergraduates	38,132
Postgraduates	11,356
Location	Chengdu, Sichuan, China; 30°46′10″N 103°59′05″E
Campus	Urban
Language	Chinese
Affiliations	Double First Class University, 211 Project, Association of MBAs
Mascot	火车侠
Website	swjtu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	西南交通大学
Traditional Chinese	西南交通大學
Literal meaning	Southwest Transport University
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnán Jiāotōng Dàxué

Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU; Chinese: 西南交通大学) is a national public science and engineering university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. It is a national key university co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, China Railway Corporation, the Sichuan Provincial Government, and the Chengdu Municipal Government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan.

SWJTU was founded in 1896 and is one of China 's leading engineering universities. Known as the cradle of China's railway engineers and “the Cornell of the East,” SWJTU is the birthplace of China's modern education in transportation, mining and metallurgy, and civil engineering. Through its history, the university has adopted different names such as “Imperial Chinese Railway College,” “Tangshan Jiaotong University,” and “Tangshan Institute of Railway.”[1]

SWJTU is consistently ranked as one of the top universities in China, placing 181-190 in The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2016[2] and ranking 161 in The Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies 2016. It was included as one of the first universities into Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211. To date, SWJTU faculty and alumni have won 57 fellowships to the United States and China National Academy of Sciences.[1] It is a Chinese state Double First Class University.[3]

About SWJTU

The university was founded at Shanhaiguan, Hebei, in 1896, and it is currently located in Chengdu, Sichuan. The University has three campuses: the main Xipu campus, the Jiulidi campus in downtown Chengdu, and Emei campus about 90 miles to the southwest of the city snuggled at the foot of the Mount Emei, one of China's four sacred Buddhist mountains. The university offers programs at the graduate and undergraduate level to approximately 60,000 students.

Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) was founded at Shanhaiguan in 1896, named then Imperial Chinese Railway College. It is one of the oldest universities in China majoring in engineering. In 1905, it was moved to Tangshan, Hebei Province, and was renamed Tangshan Chiao Tung University, Tangshan Railway Institute, and so on. In 1972, the university was removed to Emei, Sichuan province, and began to use its present name-Southwest Jiaotong University. In 1989, it was moved to Chengdu, and in 2002, the construction of a new campus covering an area of over 3,000 mu was started in Chengdu. With this, a new pattern of “one university, in two places, with three campuses” is coming into being.

Currently, the university has 18 schools, 3 departments and 2 divisions, with students totaling more than 38000, teachers and staff over 3900, which including full-time teachers about 1800, professors and associate professors about 1000, 3 CAS academicians and 2 CAE academicians. In addition, there are also 29 academicians from CAS and CAE who serve as part-time professors at the university's invitation. There are now 45 PHD programs, 95 master's degree accredit posts, 61 undergraduate majors and 7 post-doctorate research centers, 3 national basic scientific research and teaching talents training bases, 6 national key disciplines and 1 state key laboratory.

History

Historical Footprints

A locomotive driving simulator of a China Railways HXD3B electric locomotive, produced by CNR Dalian and Southwest Jiaotong University

Founded in 1896, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) was originally named Imperial Chinese Railway College at Shanhaiguan by Beiyang Railway Bureau. In 1900, due to the invasion of the allied forces of the eight imperialist powers, it was forced to shut down. And in 1905, it was relocated to Tangshan and renamed Tangshan Railway Institute. In 1906, it added the subject of mine and renamed Shanhaiguan College of Railway and Mining. In 1908, it was renamed Tangshan College of Railway and Mining, directly under the jurisdiction of the postal department of Qing Government, which was replaced in 1912 with the Ministry of Transport in Republic of China. Then the college was renamed Tangshan Railway Institute of the Ministry of Transport, under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport. In 1913, it renamed Tangshan School of Technology under the order of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Transport. In 1921, the Ministry of Transport of Beiyang government founded Jiaotong University, with its headquarter in Beijing, and three branches in Beijing, Tangshan and Shanghai. The university was renamed Tangshan Institute of Jiaotong University. In 1922, the Ministry of Transport restructured Jiaotong University and divided it into Tangshan University and Nanyang University. The school was renamed as Tangshan University of the Ministry of Transport. In February 1928, Tangshan University was renamed Tangshan Jiaotong University under the instruction of Beiyang government. And in June, 1928, it was renamed the Second Jiaotong University after National Government's unifying South and South. In the same year, the Ministry of Transport restructured Jiaotong University and set its headquarter in Shanghai. The school was renamed Tangshan Civil Engineering Institute of Jiaotong University. In October, 1928, National Government founded Ministry of Railways, and the school was under its direct jurisdiction. In November, Jiaotong University was renamed Jiaotong University of the Ministry of Railways, with its headquarter in Shanghai, and its branches of Peiping Railway Management Institute and Tangshan Engineering Institute. The school was renamed Tangshan Engineering Institute of Jiaotong University.

After the Lu Gou Qiao Incident in 1937, the campus was occupied by the Japanese army. With the effort of staff and students, the university was re-established in Xiangtan, Hunan at the end of 1937. In March 1938, Peiping Railway Management Institute was merged into Tangshan Engineering Institute. In May, the university was moved to Yang Jiatan, Xiangxiang, Hunan. In 1938, Wuhan fell to enemy occupation, and the university was forced to move westward. In 1939, the university restarted classes in Pingyue city (Fuquan City nowadays) Guizhou. In July 1941, with the decision of Ministry of Education, the university was renamed as National Tangshan Engineering Institute of Jiaotong University, Peiping Railway Management Institute which aroused controversy within the university. Thus, in January 1942, Ministry of Education established National Jiaotong University, Guizhou, including Tangshan Engineering Institute and Peiping Railway Management Institute. In November 1944, owing to the occupation of Japanese army of Dushan Guizhou, the university was forced to remove to Bishan, Sichuan. After the Anti-Japanese War, in August 1946, with the decision of Ministry of Education, the university was renamed National Tangshan Engineering Institute, directly under Ministry of Education, and was moved back to its original site in Tangshan. In 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the university was taken over by Ministry of Railways of Central Military Commission. China Jiaotong University was established, with headquarter in Beijing, and branches of Tangshan Engineering Institute and Beijing Railway Management Institute. And the university was renamed Tangshan Engineering College of China Jiaotong University. In August 1950, the university was renamed as Tangshan Engineering College of Northern Jiaotong University. In 1952, with the Adjustment of Departments in Chinese Colleges, the major of Mining, Metallurgy, Chemicals, Architecture, Water Conservancy, Communication etc. were moved out, and the university was renamed Tangshan Railway Institute. In September 1964, the university was moved to Emei Sichuan, according to the decision of Ministry of Railways and national policies. In 1972, the university began to use its present name: Southwest Jiaotong University. In 1989, the headquarter was moved to Chengdu (with Emei as its branch, later a campus). In 2002 Xipu Campus was founded, thus a new pattern of “one university, in two places, with three campuses” is coming into being.

May 1896-September 1900 Imperial Chinese Railway College
September 1900-May 1905 (School Closure because of the invasion of Qing empire by the Eight-Nation Alliance)
October 1905-March 1906 Tangshan Railway College, Imperial Railways of North China
April 1906-December 1907 Tangshan Engineering & Mining College, Imperial Railways of North China
January 1908-December 1912 Tangshan Engineering & Mining College (by the Ministry of Posts and Communications)
August 1913-July 1921 Tangshan Engineering College
July 1921-September 1922 Tangshan College, Chiao Tung University
September 1922-February 1928 Tangshan University
February 1928-June 1928 Tangshan Chiao Tung University
June 1928-August 1928 The Second Chiao Tung University
September 1928-August 1931 Tangshan Civil Engineering College, Chiao Tung University
September 1931-August 1937 Tangshan Engineering College, Chiao Tung University
August 1937-January 1942 Tangshan Engineering College, National Chiao Tung University
January 1942-August 1946 Guizhou Division, National Chiao Tung University
August 1946-July 1949 National Tangshan Engineering College
July 1949-August 1950 Tangshan Engineering College, Jiaotong University of China
August 1950-May 1952 Tangshan Engineering College, Northern Jiaotong University
May 1952-March 1972 Tangshan Institute of Railway
March 1972-present Southwest Jiaotong University

In 1928, after the establishment of national government, Jiaotong University was re-established by Ministry of Communication with headquarter in Shanghai. The name of the university then was Tangshan Civil Engineering College of Jiaotong University.

Schools and Departments

School of Civil Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering
School of Information Science and Technology
School of Economics and Management
School of Foreign Languages
School of Transportation and Logistics
School of Material Science and Engineering
School of Geological Science and Environmental Engineering
School of Architecture
School of Physical Science and Technology
School of Arts and Communications
School of Public Administration
School of Life Sciences and Engineering
School of Mechanics and Engineering
School of Mathematics
School of Political Science
SWJTU-Leeds Joint School
Center for Psychological Research and Counseling
Training Center for Modern Industrial Technology
Department of Physical Education
School of Mao Yisheng
School of Zhan Tianyou
Tangshan Research Institute

Alumni

Mao Yisheng: an expert on bridge construction and social activist.
Tung-Yen Lin: structural engineer best known as the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete.
Jianyou Cao: One of the earliest contributors to Chinese railway electrification, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an expert in electric power system; the founder of the school of electrical engineering of Southwest Jiaotong University.

References

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Universities and colleges in Sichuan
National	Sichuan University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Southwest University for Nationalities Civil Aviation Flight University of China
Provincial	Sichuan Agricultural University Chengdu University of Technology Southwest Petroleum University Sichuan Normal University Chengdu University Chengdu University of Information Technology Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu Sport University Xihua University Sichuan Conservatory of Music Chengdu Medical College Southwest University of Science and Technology China West Normal University Sichuan University of Science and Engineering Sichuan University of Arts and Science Sichuan University for Nationalities Southwest Medical University Yibin University Panzhihua University Mianyang Normal University Leshan Normal University Neijiang Normal University Xichang College North Sichuan Medical University Sichuan Police College Chengdu Technological University Chengdu Normal University Sichuan Tourism University
Private	Chengdu Neusoft University Geely University of China Sichuan University of Media and Communications Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences Sichuan College of Culture and Arts Sichuan Institute of Industrial Science and Technology Sichuan Film and Television College Chengdu Institute, Sichuan International Studies University
See also: List of universities in China

Former Project 211
Higher education and universities in China
Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences (Beijing) China University of Petroleum (Beijing) China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing
Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University
Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University
Chongqing	Chongqing University Southwest University
Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China
Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University
Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University
Guizhou	Guizhou University
Gansu	Lanzhou University
Hainan	Hainan University
Hebei	Hebei University of Technology
Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University
Henan	Zhengzhou University
Hubei	China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology
Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University China University of Mining and Technology
Jiangxi	Nanchang University
Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University
Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University
Qinghai	Qinghai University
Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University
Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China
Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology
Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yunnan	Yunnan University
Zhejiang	Zhejiang University
Guangxi	Guangxi University
Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University
Ningxia	Ningxia University
Tibet	Tibet University
Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University
See also: Project 985

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