Who we are?
With a history of more than one hundred year, XJTU property totals 410 acres, comprised of the main campus (xingqing campus) and the medical campus. Recently, XJTU is developing another new campus named Qujiang southeast to the main campus.
The predecessor of Xi'an Jiaotong University is Nanyang Public University that was founded in Shanghai in 1896; in 1905, it was transferred to the commercial department and was renamed High Industrial School; in 1906, it was under the command of postal transmission department.
In 1959, Xi'an Jiaotong University was listed as the key university in China. Later, it became one of a few universities built according to the "Seventh Five- Year Plan" and "Eighth Five- Year Plan" of China. It was also one of the universities that entered the construction of "211 project" of China. In September, it was determined to be one of a few universities that had the target to build world famous high level University. In April of 2000, approved by the State Council, Xi'an Medical University, Shannxi Institute of Finance and Economics and Xi'an Jiaotong University were merged and formed the new Xi'an Jiaotong University.
At present, Xi'an Jiaotong University passed the key construction of national "Seventh Five-Year Plan" "Eighth Five-Year Plan","211 Project" and "985 Project”. It has developed into a university that has the feature of science and Engineering and covers 9 subjects such as science, engineering medicine, economics, management, art and law. It has become an important base that is the integration of talents training, scientific research and social services and propels the social development.
Today, Xi'an Jiaotong University has an enrollment of around 32,000 students and offers 199 Master's and 114 Ph.D. programs in Science, Engineering, Medicine, Economics, Management, Arts, Language and Law.
In 2006, in partnership with the University of Liverpool, XTJU opened a joint University in Suzhou, the Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). This is an independent University in its own right, and as such is the first Sino-British University to be approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education. XJTLU currently offers degree courses in Electronics, Communications, Computer Science, and Management (including Financial Mathematics and E-commerce). When fully operational, this independent University will have a student population of up to ten thousand.
Based on the Ministry of Education's academic assessment ranking, XJTU is currently top-ranked in the disciplines of management science, business administration, and power engineering. Its School of Management is consistently regarded as one of the top Chinese business schools.