Beijing Jiaotong University


Beijing Jiaotong University, formerly Northern Jiaotong University, is one of the oldest universities in mainland China. The main campus is located at Haidian District, near Xizhimen in central Beijing. Its longitude and latitude coordinates are 116.348 degrees east and 39.959 degrees north. The university's name is often abbreviated by locals to BeiJiaoDa. JiaoDa is a participant in the Ministry of Education's Project 211, classifying it as a top Chinese university. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines. Beijing Jiaotong university is one of the prominent universities in the world in regard of Transportation Science and Technology. According to the shanghai subject ranking 2018 for Transportation Science and Technology, BJTU has achieved the first place all over the world.

History

The university was a component of Jiaotong University. In September 1909, the Postal Department of the Qing government founded the Railway Management Institute in Beijing. In 1920, the Republic of China founded, it was attached to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and its name was changed to "Ministry of Communications Traffic Training Institute". Meanwhile, it increased some subjects including the electrical engineering, cable broadcast and radio. In 1921, it merged with two technical schools in Shanghai and Tangshan to form the Jiaotong University, which had three campuses in Beijing, Shanghai and Tangshan, respectively, changing its name to Beijing Jiaotong University. The Beijing campus was named National Jiaotong University, Beijing in 1949. In 1950, the Beijing campus was renamed Northern Jiaotong University. In September, 2003, it was once again renamed Beijing Jiaotong University to make its favorable locality explicit. The Shanghai campus has since separated into two universities which are now Shanghai Jiaotong University and Xi'an Jiaotong University. There are five Jiaotong Universities in China named: Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Southwest Jiaotong University and National Chiao Tung University.
Beijing Jiaotong University is listed in "211 Project" universities and 985 Project Innovation Platform.
In 2017, Beijing Jiaotong University enters the ranks of double first-class construction.
Schools and faculties
As of 2009, Beijing Jiaotong University has the following under its administration:
Altogether, the university has 22 research institutes and research centers, and 39 laboratories which include the transportation system simulation laboratory and transportation automation laboratory, which are the best of their kinds in China.
The university library has over a million books, 3000 Chinese and foreign journals, as well as numerous documents on microfiche, and audio- and video-documents on various modern media.
Beijing Jiaotong facilities include its own transmitter tower, hospital, hotels, TV station, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, gym, arboretum, moot courts, lip balm monkeys, museum, art gallery, railway line, and stadium.
As of 2017, there are 25569 full-time students on the campus, of whom are 7,527 graduate students working on masters or PhD programs, 500 international students, and 8,767 engaged in correspondence programs, night schools, and other full-time programs.
There are 2844 faculty members and scientists at the university, 10 of which are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 286 full professors, and 588 associate professors. The Transportation, Engineering, Law and ICT Faculties are particularly well-regarded.

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Undergraduate Programs

Note:
1. The table is made with reference to “The Catalog of Undergraduate Programs of Regular Higher Education Institutions of China, 2012”. 2. Length of Schooling: Urban and Rural Planning-5 years; Architecture-5 years; Others-4 years. 3. The programs marked with * are accredited by Washington Accord.

International students

The university is a member of the Beijing university of science and technology alliance. According to the official website of the university in July 2018, the university has established cooperative relations with 235 universities and famous multinational enterprises in 45 countries including the United States, Britain, Germany and France. Confucius institutes have been established in Leuven, Houston, and Campinas to actively spread Chinese culture. In 2017, the school officially joined the international railway cooperation organization, which enhanced the school's influence and voice in the international railway field. Joining the china-ceec association of colleges and universities has laid a solid foundation for the university to expand its cooperation and exchanges with central and eastern European countries. Hosted the "One Belt And One Road" rail transit education training school-enterprise cooperation dialogue and the annual meeting of china-asean rail transit education training alliance. Signed a cooperation agreement with Russian Jiaotong University to jointly hold zhan tianyou college; China and Indonesia signed a cooperation agreement on jointly building a China-Indonesia high-speed railway research center with Bandung institute of technology of Indonesia.
Beijing Jiaotong University is one of the earliest universities which authorized by the Chinese government to enroll overseas students. Ever since BJTU has received over 3,000 foreign students and visiting scholars from as many as 71 countries and regions of Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, etc. Jiaotong has agreements with universities in the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Australia, and others. U.S. President Barack Obama saw JiaoDa on a state visit to Beijing.

"Entering China" project

"Entering China" is an international students' exchange program which is organized by Beijing Jiaotong University and the China Women and Children Development Center.
The project's objective is to promote international education and cultural exchanges, promote Chinese culture and promote exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign students. The program is jointly organized by Beijing Jiaotong University and the China Women and Children Development Center in order to provide comprehensive education services for international students.
In 2007, Beijing Jiaotong University appointed Studypath as a strategic technology partner to co-ordinate and liaise with students and agencies to enroll in the project. The online service is a 'technological study-path' available worldwide that supports the exchange program, both before and after the students arrive in China. Beijing Jiaoda still cooperates on some level with its sister, Shanghai Jiaotong University, with business and economics students being able to switch campus.

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