西安交通大学 | |||||||
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| Motto | 精勤求学，敦笃励志，果毅力行，忠恕任事 | ||||||
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| Type | Public | ||||||
| Established | 1896; 130 years ago (1896) | ||||||
| President | Zhang Liqun[1] | ||||||
Academic staff | 6,538[2] | ||||||
| Students | 32,000 | ||||||
| Location | ,, 34°14′50″N108°58′45″E / 34.24722°N 108.97917°E /34.24722; 108.97917 | ||||||
| Affiliations | C9 Double First-Class Construction McDonnell International Scholars Academy University Alliance of the Silk Road Top International Managers in Engineering (T.I.M.E.) UASR | ||||||
| Website | en | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 西安交通大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西安交通大學 | ||||||
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Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU;西安交通大学) is apublic university inXi'an,Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with and funded by theMinistry of Education of China. The university is part ofProject 211,Project 985, and theDouble First-Class Construction.[3] It is a member of theC9 League.[4]
XJTU houses fivestate key laboratories, four state special laboratories, and two state engineering research centers.[5] Two of its eight affiliated teaching hospitals are ranked among China's top 100 hospitals.[6] It is the hub of theUniversity Alliance of the Silk Road, an international academic alliance under the umbrella of China'sBelt and Road Initiative that aims to build educational collaboration and fuel economic growth in countries along theSilk Road Economic Belt and key partners worldwide.[7][8][9]
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In 1896, theNanyang Public School (南洋公学) was founded inShanghai based on an imperial edict issued by theGuangxu Emperor, under the Business and Telegraphs Office of theimperial government. Four schools were established: anormal school, a school of foreign studies, a middle school, and ahigh school.Sheng Xuanhuai, the mandarin who proposed the idea to the Guangxu Emperor, became the first president and is regarded as the founder of the university, along withJohn Calvin Ferguson, a missionary educator.[citation needed]
The university underwent a series of transitions. In 1904, the Ministry of Commerce took over the school, and in 1905 changed its name toImperial Polytechnic College of the Commerce Ministry. In 1906, the college was placed under the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs, and its name was changed toShanghai Industrial College of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. When theRepublic of China was founded, the college was placed under the Ministry of Communications and its name was once again changed, this time toGovernment Institute of Technology of the Communications Ministry.[citation needed]
The Republic of China founded the School of Management in 1918. In 1920, the Government Institute of Technology of the Communications Ministry merged with two other colleges and changed its name toNan Yang College of Chiao Tung. In 1938, the Ministry of Education took over the university and renamed it,National Chiao Tung University (Chinese:国立交通大学). During theSecond Sino-Japanese War, the university moved to theFrench Concession, and in 1940 the state-run branch of Jiaotong University was set up inChongqing. In 1941, to prevent theWang puppet government from taking over the university, it continued operations under the name of Private Nanyang University. In 1942, the Wang government took over Shanghai School. So the Education Department of Guomin Government chose Chongqing Branch as the headquarters of Jiaotong University.[citation needed] In 1943, the graduate school was founded. After the anti-Japanese War was won, Chongqing headquarter went back to Shanghai and merged with Shanghai School. In 1946, the name of state-run Jiaotong University was recovered.[10]
After theKuomintang were defeated in 1949, a part of the faculty retreated to Taiwan withChiang Kai-shek and, in 1958, formed the eponymousNational Chiao Tung University inTaiwan. The institution that remained in Shanghai was renamed Chiao Tung University to reflect the fact that all universities under the new socialist state would be public. In the 1950s, thepinyin romanization system was developed in mainland China and Chiao Tung University changed its English name toJiao Tong University.[citation needed]
The national strategy adopted in 1956 dictated that the majority of Jiao Tong University would be moved to Xi'an, Shaanxi (Chinese:交通大学西迁). During the movement, the national strategy was changed and there were questions on necessity of the move. Since the majority of the facilities, staffs, faculties and students had already arrived inXi'an and the campus had started operated, the university decided to operate two campuses, one inXi'an and another inShanghai. However, the operation with two campuses were difficult and moving theXi'an campus back toShanghai was impossible. Thus, from July 31, 1959, with the approval fromState Council of the People's Republic of China, two campuses became independent. The Xi'an campus changed its name to Xi'an Jiaotong University and the Shanghai campus changed its name toShanghai Jiao Tong University. Xi'an Jiaotong University was immediately listed as aNational Key University. Later, it became one of a handful of universities built according to the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" and "Eighth Five-Year Plan." In 2000, the State Council approved a merger of Xi'an Medical University and the Shaanxi Institute of Finance and Economics into Xi'an Jiaotong University.[citation needed]
Xi'an Jiaotong University has been part of all major government efforts to establish world-class universities in China, includingProject 211,Project 985, theC9 League, and theDouble First-Class Construction (Class A).[citation needed] In March 2025, the university signed an agreement with the ShaanxiInternational Communication Center to provide a pipeline of talent.[11]
XJTU's faculty and staff of more than 5500 includes twelve members of the Chinese National Academy of Engineering, nine of whom are also members of theChinese National Academy of Sciences[citation needed]; 38Changjiang (Yangtze River) Scholars; and 25 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars award winners.[citation needed] From the perspective of teaching, XJTU's faculty and staff include five recipients of national teaching awards, 142 participants in theMinistry of Education's "New Century Program for Promising Young Talent", and 547 recipients of government stipends for outstanding contributions to China.[5]
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XJTU's student body comprises 30,000 people, including 15,000 graduate students. The school offers 84 undergraduate majors, 200 master's degree disciplines, and 115 doctoral disciplines. Among these, eight are designated as first-order key disciplines by the Chinese government.[citation needed]
XJTU's four campuses (Xingqing, Yanta, Innovation Harbor, and Qujiang) cover over 250 hectares.[12] The Qian Xuesen Library (Xingqing campus) houses 5 million books, 4,100 current periodicals, 30,000 electronic periodicals, and more than 1 million electronic books. The library's computer system is fully integrated with the campus network, CERNET, and the Internet.[5]
TheHonors Youth Program of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Chinese: 西安交大少年班, also translated asSpecial Class for the Gifted Youngof Xi'an Jiaotong University),[13] established in 1985, admits 140 high school freshmen annually to coursework atHigh School Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University, Suzhou High School-SIP, orTianjin Nankai High School. Students who pass can matriculate to XJTU without taking theGaokao.[14][15] Students who subsequently pass their undergraduate courses can begin master's programs at XJTU without taking thePostgraduate Admission Test.[citation needed]
XJTU's Internet Education School was founded in 2001 as one of 15 experimental universities approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education to establish distance education. The university partners with a number of leading universities in China for this project. XJTU was involved in a number of nationwide experiments and pilot projects including the Ministry of Education "Demonstration Project of Internet Education Based on Satellite and Terrestrial Networks"; "Tenth Five-Year Plan" key project "real-time teaching system"; and the National Science Fund projects "Study of Individual and Interactive Virtual Collaborative Learning Environment" and "Study and Application of Personality Mining in E-Learning".[16]
| BCUR National[17] | Domestic | 10 | |
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| Wu Shulian National[18] | Domestic | 13 | |
| CUAA National[19] | Alumni | 15 | |
| QS National[20] | General | 15 | |
| THE National[21] | General | 14–19 | |
| QS Asia (Asia version)[22] | General | 72 | |
| THE Asia (Asia version)[23] | General | 41 | |
| ARWU World[24] | Research | 92 | |
| QS World[25] | General | 305 | |
| THE World[26] | General | 201–250 | |
| USNWR World[27] | General | =141 | |
XJTU is one of the elite universities in China with its status as aDouble First-Class Construction university,C9 League University, and a member of theUniversity Alliance of the Silk Road. It is the only university inWestern China to be included in theC9 League and one of only two universities in the Western China region (alongsideSichuan University) that consistently rank among the top-15 comprehensive research universities nationwide.[28]
As of 2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University was ranked among China's top-10 research comprehensive universities and ranked first inWestern China region, with a combined population of almost 300 million.[29]
For 2025, XJTU was ranked #141 byU.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking,[30] #138 by theCenter for World University Rankings,[31] and # 92 byAcademic Ranking of World Universities.[32]
Xi'an Jiaotong graduates are highly desired in China and worldwide. In 2017, its Graduate Employability rankings placed at #101 in the world in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings.[33] Internationally, XJTU is regarded as one of the most reputableChinese universities by theTimes Higher Education World Reputation Rankings where it ranked 176-200th globally.[34]
Regarding scientific research output, theNature Index 2025 ranked XJTU the No.20 university in the Asia Pacific region, and 32nd in the world among the global universities.[35] The 2025CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked XJTU 8th in the world by total publications and 30th in the world based on the number of their scientific publications belonging to the top 1% in their fields for the time period 2020–2023.[36]
As the major trading site of theSilk Road, Xi'an has emerged as the site of a major international university alliance associated with theOne Belt, One Road initiative. The program was initiated by the principal Shuguo Wang, and it has held forums for it since 2015. The university is home to a vigorous international program of research and exchange, centered around theUniversity Alliance of the Silk Road that was formed in 2015.[37]
The university has partnerships with several other universities that have not been incorporated into theUniversity Alliance of the Silk Road andWashington University in St. Louis through the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.[38][39]
On September 9, 2019, XJTU-POLIMI Joint School opened as a joint school of Xi'an Jiaotong university and thePolytechnic University of Milan.
Among XJTU's alumni are many renowned scholars, includingHuajian Gao,Tsien Hsue-shen,Zhigang Suo,Tony Jun Huang, Changqing Chen, Xi Chen, Xi Yao,Yilu Liu,Shouren Ge (Ernest S. Kuh),Wu Wenjun,Xu Guangxian,Zhang Guangdou andAn Wang.
Among XJTU's alumni are numerous famous entrepreneurs in both China and abroad, including the following:
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