Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), located in Chengdu, was founded in 1896 and is one of China’s oldest higher education institutions, being on the list of China’s first batch of 211 Project Universities and “985 Project” Universities. SWJTU is one of the earliest universities in modern times and the birthplace of China’s modrn education in transportation, mining & metallurgy and civil engineering.
SWJTU boasts a well-developed student training system granting bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees. It consists of 19 schools with 75 ke
Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), located in Chengdu, was founded in 1896 and is one of China’s oldest higher education institutions, being on the list of China’s first batch of 211 Project Universities and “985 Project” Universities. SWJTU is one of the earliest universities in modern times and the birthplace of China’s modrn education in transportation, mining & metallurgy and civil engineering.
SWJTU boasts a well-developed student training system granting bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees. It consists of 19 schools with 75 key undergraduate majors. The university confers PhD degree to 15 first-level disciplines and master’s degree to 43 first-level disciplines and it also hosts 11 centers for post-doctoral study. The first-level discipline of Traffic Engineering tops the national list among all the universities and other leading majors are Geomantics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Management Science & Engineering. At present, 30000 undergraduates, 13000 graduates and 600 international students study on campus. SWJTU has more than 4000 faculty members and 2600 teachers. With “the service first, Jiaoda as home” as the aim of its international education, SWJTU offers the best academic quality, comfortable living environment and kinds of scholarships. SWJTU welcomes students from all over the world.
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