Southwest Jiaotong University

Southwest Jiaotong University is one of the five Jiaotong Universities in China, originally founded in Shanhaiguan in 1896, and now located in Chengdu, the provincial capital of the Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China.

History

The Imperial Chinese Railway College at Shanhaiguan 1896---1900

Shanhaiguan Railway and Mining College 1905---1908

Tangshan Railway and Mining College 1908---1912

Tangshan Railway College 1912---1913

Tangshan Industrial Institute 1913---1921

Tangshan Jiaotong University 1921---1922

Tangshan University of the Jiaotong Ministry 1922---1928

Tangshan Jiaotong University 1928.2---1928.6

The Second Jiaotong University 1928.6---1928.8

Tangshan Cibil Engineering College of Jiaotong University 1928---1931

Tangshan Engineering College of Jiaotong University 1931---1937

Tangshan Engineering College if National Jiaotong University 1937---1942

Guizhou Civision of National Jiaotong University 1942---1946

The National Tangshan Engineering University 1946---1949

Tangshan Engineering College of China Jiaotong University 1949---1950

Tangshan Engineering College of Northern Jiaotong University 1950---1952

Tangshan Railway Institute 1952---1972

Southwest Jiaotong University 1972---

Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) was founded at Shanhaiguan in 1896. Having been relocated a number of times; it is presently situated in Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan Province. It is a key university directly under the administration of Ministry of Education, and has developed into an engineering-highlighted multi-disciplinary university incorporating science, management, economics, liberal arts and law.

With over 100 years of history, SWJTU has established a complete higher education system consisting of undergraduate, postgraduate, doctorate, continuing education and distant education programs. The university has 11 schools, 38 departments, 32 undergraduate specialties, master's programs in 58 fields, doctorate programs in twenty-four fields and six postdoctoral centers. There are around 23,000 students on campus now, SWJTU has a high-qualified staff with 1,400 teachers, including almost 900 professors and associate professors, three members of the Chinese Academy of Science, andtwo members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. There are also more than 100 visiting professors from other educational institutes within and outside China presently employed by theuniversity. In its 100 years of steady development, SWJTU has cultivated over 70,000 engineers, technicians andmanagers; a few of the most notable being Mao Yisheng, Zhu Kezhen and Lin Tongyan. However, may other world-famous experts andscholars, including more thanforty academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering have either studied or taught at the university. Furthermore, SWJTU is well known for its rigorous scholarship and has long been considered to be an excellent center of higher educationpursued by many young students at home and abroad.

SWJTU is a center of both education and research. It has three key disciplines at the state level, and seventeen at the ministerial and provincial level. Eight of its disciplines are authorized to engage special professors under the Changjiang Scholar Plan. Located at the university are also 16 research institutes and 15 research institutes involved in cross disciplines. Traction Power Lab, the only key state laboratory of the national transportation system, is based at SWJTU. There are also 10 key laboratories at the ministerial level and another 66 teaching and research laboratories. The Modem Industry Technique Training Center and the National CAD Application Education and Training Center are located at the university as well. During the "Eighth Five-year Plan", over 180 scientific research projects have won prizes awarded by the state, the province and the Railway Ministry. Over 9,000 research papers have been published in academic journals within and outside the nation. SWJTU has established cooperative links with a large number of cities, enterprises, universities and research institutes. In addition to this, the network of SWJTU is now connected with the Internet. At the end of 2000, the first man-loading high-temperature superconducting maglev test vehicle in the world was born at SWJTU. At the exhibitions of great national achievements held in celebrations of the Fifteenth Representative Conference of Communist Party of China and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the testing maglev train was highly regarded and very positively remarked upon by Jiang Zemin and other Party and State leader.

Located on the second ring road of Chengdu, SWJTU is less than two kilometers from the North Chengdu Railway Station and the Passenger Transportation Center. It is thus very convenient for foreign students and guests to get here. SWJTU covers an area of 1.69 square kilometres: the Chengdu campus consists of 760,000 square metres and the Emei campus 930,000 square metres. The total area of the school grounds is approximately 670,000 square meters. Both campuses feature beautiful environments and novel architecture. The Chengdu Campus is highlighted by the Zhan Tianyou Gymnasium and also includes a swimming pool and other standard sports grounds. Its library contains a collection of over 1,400,000 volumes and various periodicals and journals. The modern buildings all around the campus offer an excellent study environment for students.

In 2000, SWJTU passed undergraduate education evaluation of excellence the first time it had ever been held. And in 2001, the university passed the "211 Projects Test" held in conjunction with the " Ninth Five-Year Plan". These achievements serve as a beginning for a university that is dedicated to initiating new undertakings. In light of the inscription by General Secretary Jiang Zemin, "Carry forward the cause and forge ahead into the future, be bold in scaling heights, and strive even harder to turn Jiaotong University into a first-class university in the world", the university will carry on the fine traditions and spirit displayed by its forerunners and will accelerate its development so as to make new contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!

External links

• Southwest Jiaotong University website (Chinese) (http://www.swjtu.edu.cn/)
• Southwest Jiaotong University website (English) (http://www.swjtu.edu.cn/english/)zh:西南交通大学