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Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a
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Shanghai, China Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
. The university is funded by the
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. The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋公學) by an imperial edict. The university is a member of the C9 League,
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,
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, and
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. The university underwent a number of reformations and gained its current name in 1959.
Shanghai Second Medical University The Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM, ), formerly Shanghai Second Medical University, is a public medical school in Shanghai, China. Clinical medicine of SJTUSM is consistently ranked first among medical schools nation ...
was merged into the university on July 18, 2005.


Name

The word "Jiao Tong" (), or historically, "Chiao Tung", means transportation or communication. It reflects the university's root — it was founded by the
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of the late
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. Jiao Tong or Chiao Tung could be translated as transport but it also means "extending in all directions".
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and managerial sciences are major academic focuses at the various Jiaotong universities, but not the only fields of research.


History

In 1896, the Nanyang Public School () was founded in
Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
by the imperial edict of the
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, under the Business and Telegraphs Office of the Qing imperial government. Four schools were established: a
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, a school of foreign studies, a
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, and a
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.
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, the mandarin who proposed the idea to the Guangxu Emperor, became the first president and is, along with missionary educator
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, regarded as the university's founder. The Ministry of Commerce assumed administration of the college in 1904, and in 1905 changed the college's name to Imperial Polytechnic College of the Commerce Ministry. In 1906, the college was placed under the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. Its name was changed to Shanghai Industrial College of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. When the Republic of China was founded, the college was placed under the Ministry of Communications and its name was once again changed, this time to Government Institute of Technology of the Communications Ministry. In 1918, the Republic of China government founded the School of Management. After a merger with two other colleges in 1920, the name changed to Nan Yang College of Chiao Tung. The college achieved world renown in the 1930s and was referred to as the "Eastern
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". In 1938, the Ministry of Education assumed administration of the university and renamed it to National Chiao Tung University ( zh, t=國立交通大學), the name by which daughter institution
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in
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is known to this day. In 1943, the graduate school was founded. When the Japanese surrendered in 1945, neither the
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(CCP) nor the
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KMT trusted each other or were actively cooperating. After American-sponsored attempts to negotiate a coalition government failed in 1946, the Chinese Civil War resumed. The CCP defeated the Nationalists in 1949, forcing Chiang's government to retreat to Taiwan. During the evacuation, a part of the faculty and alumni was taken to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek, founding
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in
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in 1958. After the
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, the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. Chiao Tung lost its "National" appellation and became Chiao Tung University to reflect that all universities under the new socialist state would be public, and was renamed Jiao Tong University.
Shanghai Second Medical University The Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM, ), formerly Shanghai Second Medical University, is a public medical school in Shanghai, China. Clinical medicine of SJTUSM is consistently ranked first among medical schools nation ...
was merged into Shanghai Jiao Tong University on July 18, 2005, under the name Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Since the reform and opening-up policy in China, SJTU has grown substantially. It comprises five campuses, including Xuhui,
Minhang Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wu ...
,
Luwan Luwan District (; Shanghainese: lu1uae1 chiu1, pinyin: Lúwān Qū), formerly romanized as Lokawei, was a district located in central Shanghai until its merger with Huangpu District in June 2011. It had an area of and population of 350,000 as o ...
,
Qibao Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, "Qibao Temple". Today, ...
, and Fahua (法华), taking up an area of about 3,225,833 square meters. In 2006, it established the University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) with the
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. In 2013, François Hollande inaugurated the SJTU-ParisTech Elite Institute of Technology (SPEIT), an institution based on the French engineering education system. The four founding member universities are
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and Télécom ParisTech.Overview
, SJTU-ParisTech Elite Institute of Technology


Academics, enrollment, and staff

Today SJTU has 31 schools (departments), 63
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programs, 250 masters-degree programs, 203
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programs, 28 post-doctorate programs, and 11 state key laboratories and national engineering research centers. Its total enrollment of students amounts to 40,711, of which 2,722 are international students. There are 16,221 undergraduates and 21,768 masters and Ph.D. candidates. The university has more than 1,900 professors and associate professors, including 22 academicians of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republi ...
, 24 academicians of the
Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
, 139 accredited professors, and chair professors of the "Chang Jiang Scholars Program".


Academic Ranking of World Universities

In 2003, Shanghai Jiao Tong University produced the '' Academic Ranking of World Universities'', making it the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators, which analyzes the top universities in the world on quality of faculty (40%), research output (40%), quality of education (10%) and performance vs. size (10%). Since 2009, ARWU has been published and copyrighted annually by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, an independent organization that is not legally subordinated to any universities or government agencies.


Reputation and rankings


General Rankings

Shanghai Jiao Tong University is consistently ranked among the top universities in the Asia-Pacific according to major international university rankings. Shanghai Jiao Tong University graduates are highly desired worldwide, with its Graduate Employability rankings 2017 placed at 33rd in the world in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings. The institution came 7th in the ''
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2019,'' and 5th in the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021 by ''
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''. As of 2022, the
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ranked SJTU 46th in the world. The Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed SJTU 54th in the world, 6th in Asia and 4th in China after (
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,
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and
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). The Times Higer Education World University Rankings ranked SJTU 52nd in the world, with its industry income and research performance indicator placed at =1st and 26th respectively in the world''.'' Shanghai Jiao Tong University was ranked 28th among the most reputable universities in the world by the ''
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''.


Research Performance and Subjects Rankings

As of 2021, Shanghai Jiao Tong University was ranked 14th among universities around the world by ''
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2022 ranks SJTU the 8th university in China, the 9th university in the Asia Pacific region, and 22nd in the world among the global universities. As of 2021, Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks 11th globally and 2nd in the Asia & Oceania region by the
University Ranking by Academic Performance The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) is a College and university rankings, university ranking developed by the Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University. Since 2010, it has been publishing annual national and glob ...
. SJTU is ranked 2nd in the Asia & Oceania region and 17th globally by the
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities or NTU Ranking is a ranking system of world universities by scientific paper volume, impact, and performance output. The ranking was originally published from 2007 to 2011 by the ...
with specific fields and subjects, ranked in the top 25 globally, including "Chemistry", "Mathematics", "Physics", "Chemical Engineering", "Civil Engineering", "Computer Science", "Electrical Engineering", "Material Science", "Molecular Biology & Genetics" "Mechanical Engineering", "Pharmacology & Toxicolog", "Energy Science & Engineering", "Environmental Science & Engineering" and "Biomedical Engineering". In the 2021 ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, the SJTU had 11 disciplines in the world's top 20, 21 disciplines in the world's top 50 and 29 disciplines in the world's top 100.


Organization


Academic schools

*Continuing Education *Biomedical Engineering *Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering *Mechanical Engineering *
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute *SJTU – ParisTech Elite Institute of Technology (SPEIT) *China-UK Low Carbon College *Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering *Materials Science and Engineering *Sciences: Mathematics and Physics *Life Science and biotechnology *Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine *Humanities *Chemistry and Chemical Engineering * Antai College of Economics and Management *Finance and MBA *International and Public Affairs *Foreign Languages *Agriculture and Biology *Environmental Science and Engineering *Pharmaceutics *Medical *Law *Design *Micro-electronics *Information Security Engineering *
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Directly affiliated departments

*Department of Plastic Technology *Department of Sports


Graduate school

*Global Executive MBA Program (in collaboration with the
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)


Affiliated institutes

* Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology * Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology * Institute of Energy


Affiliated hospitals

* CWI International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital * Ruijin Hospital *
Renji Hospital Renji Hospital () is a general hospital in the Pudong District of Shanghai, China, with the rank of "Grade 3, Class A". The hospital is a university hospital affiliated to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. History Renji ...
*
Xinhua Hospital Xinhua Hospital () is a general hospital in Shanghai, China, with the rank of "Grade 3, Class A ()". The hospital was established in 1958. It is a university hospital affiliated with School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Xinhua Hosp ...
*
Shanghai General Hospital Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
( zh) (also translated as Shanghai First People's Hospital) * Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital * Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital * Shanghai Third People's Hospital (Baosteel Hospital) *
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* Shanghai Chest Hospital * Shanghai Mental Health Center * Shanghai Children's Hospital


Student organizations


SJTU Dancing Team

Diversified genres including Latin, Ballet, Chinese Folk Dance, Chinese Classical Dance and Yang Go. * Awards: Second-class prize on National University Art Competition


Campuses


Xuhui Campus

The previous main campus was located in
Xujiahui Xujiahui (, , romanized as: Zikawei, Ziccawei, or Siccawei) is a locality in Shanghai. It is a historic area of commerce and culture administratively within Xuhui District, which is named after the locality. The area is a well-known precinct for ...
, in the
Xuhui District Xuhui District is a core urban district of Shanghai. It has a land area of and a population of 982,200 as of 2008. The Xuhui District is named after its namesake, the historic area of Xujiahui. Xujiahui was historically land owned by Ming dyn ...
of Shanghai, formerly a mostly
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area and a site of several educational institutions. The main gate, built in 1935, is of traditional Chinese style reflecting the university's earlier status as the "Imperial Polytechnic College". he main gate approaches were via a series of marble bridges, similar to, although smaller than, those built in front of
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. However, recent road expansions have demolished the river as well as most bridges. A copy of this famous gate scene has been built on the east of the Minhang campus. The construction of the campus never came to an end in the past century. Existing buildings: the Middle College building (built in 1898), the original library (built in 1919), the gymnasium (built in 1925), the administrative building (built in 1933), the Xinjian building (built in 1953), the new Upper College building (built in 1955), the second teaching building (built in 1960), Bao Zhaolong library (built in 1985) and Haoran high-tech building (built in 1996) were constructed one after another. The university's School of International Education is located here, where many international students take classes throughout the academic year (however, most international students who take degree courses are in Minhang campus). The campus still houses various scientific research institutions, State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, for instance, although most moved to the new campus since 1987.


Minhang Campus

The Minhang campus is located in the
Minhang District Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wu ...
on the outskirts of metropolitan
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. This young campus, which was founded in 1987, covers 2,822,903m2 once farmland. Zizhu Science Park, where
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,
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, and other high-tech companies placed their research and development centers, south of this campus. Currently, most of the university's administrative and academic framework and the majority of undergraduate and graduate students are situated at this campus, and the campus has three libraries and seven dining halls.


South Chongqing Road Campus

It used to be the campus of
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, which is located in the
Luwan District Luwan District (; Shanghainese: lu1uae1 chiu1, pinyin: Lúwān Qū), formerly romanized as Lokawei, was a district located in central Shanghai until its merger with Huangpu District in June 2011. It had an area of and population of 350,000 as o ...
of Shanghai. The
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, a pre-eminent Catholic university in Shanghai, was located there before 1952.


Qibao Campus

In 1999, Shanghai Agricultural College was merged into SJTU. Its campus, located at 2678 Qixin Road, became the
Qibao Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, "Qibao Temple". Today, ...
Campus of SJTU.


Shangzhong Road Campus

In 2006, Shanghai Jiao Tong University sold this campus to
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.


Fahuazhen Road Campus

This campus is where Jiao Tong's Antai College of Economics and Management and the School of Continuing Education are located.


Lingang Campus

This campus is located at No 3 Yinlian Rd in the Lingang area. Jiao Tong's China-UK Low Carbon College moved to this campus in Step. 2018.


Notable alumni

Today, associations organized by Jiao Tong's alumni can be found in the United States, Japan, European Union countries, Canada, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China. They call themselves Jiao Tong (Jiaoda) people. The routine services of these alumni associations include: updating contact lists, holding conferences, conducting Sino-foreign cultural exchanges, and keeping contact with other alumni associations throughout the world. Famous alumni of SJTU or its predecessors include
Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as pr ...
,
Wang Daohan Wang Daohan (), (27 March 1915 – 24 December 2005) was a Chinese politician who was president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) from 1991 to 2005. Biography Wang was born in Jiashan County (present day Minggua ...
,
Ding Guangen Ding Guangen (; September 1929 – July 22, 2012) was a Chinese politician who served in senior leadership roles in the Chinese Communist Party during the 1990s. He was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party between 1992 and 2 ...
, Huang Yanpei, Cai Er,
Chen Zhu Chen Zhu (; born August 17, 1953) is a Chinese hematologist, molecular biologist, and politician. He is a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and President of the Red Cross Society of China. He was also the c ...
,
Qian Xuesen Qian Xuesen, or Hsue-Shen Tsien (; 11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009), was a Chinese mathematician, cyberneticist, aerospace engineer, and physicist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineer ...
, Mao Yushi,
Wu Wenjun Wu Wenjun ( zh, s=吴文俊; 12 May 1919 – 7 May 2017), also commonly known as Wu Wen-tsün, was a Chinese mathematician, historian, and writer. He was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), best known for the Wu's method o ...
, Yan Junqi,
Shen Xiaoming Shen Xiaoming (; born May 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving from 2017 to 2020 as the Governor of Hainan. A pediatrician by training, Shen rose through the ranks in the health and education bureaucracy of Shanghai. He successively served as p ...
, Yang Yuanqing and many more. More than 200 of the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering are alumni of Jiao Tong University.


See also

*
National Chiao Tung University National Chiao Tung University (NCTU; ) was a public research university located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict of the Guangxu Emperor, it was one of China's leading universities. After th ...
*
Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University ( Chinese: 北京交通大学), formerly Northern Jiaotong University, is one of the oldest public universities in mainland China. The main campus is located in the Haidian District in central Beijing. Its coordinates ...
*
Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU, ) is a public research university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. As a member of Double First Class University Plan, C9 League, Project 985, and Project 211, it is a leading national university with special strengths ...
* Southwest Jiaotong University


References


External links

* {{Authority control Project 211 Project 985 Plan 111 Educational institutions established in 1896 Jiaotong University 1896 establishments in China C9 League Vice-ministerial universities in China Xuhui District Universities and colleges in Shanghai