Xi'an Jiaotong University
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Xi'an Jiaotong University (abbreviated Xi Jiao Da (西交大), Jiao Da (交大), or XJTU), also known as Xi'an Chiao Tung University, is a top Chinese university located in Xi'an
Xi'an
Xi'an is the capital of the Shaanxi province, and a sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang'an before the Ming Dynasty...

, Shaanxi
Shaanxi
' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...

 province, People's Republic of China. Xi'an Jiaotong University is located in Xi'an, the ancient capital of China. It is a member of the C9 League
C9 League
The C9 League is an association of nine Chinese universities, which were selected by the Chinese government in 1998.On May 4, 1998, Project 985 was initiated by the Chinese government in order to advance the higher education system. In the first phase, nine universities were selected and allocated...

.

History

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. It was renamed Shanghai High Industrial School of Postal Transmission Department.

In 1911, Xinhai Revolution
Xinhai Revolution
The Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, also known as Revolution of 1911 or the Chinese Revolution, was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing , and established the Republic of China...

 broke out. The school was renamed Grand Nanyang University; after Republic of China was founded in 1912, it was managed by traffic department and was renamed Shanghai Special Industrial School of Traffic Department; in 1921, Jiaotong university was set up by merging Shanghai Special Industrial School, Tangshan Special Industrial School, Beiping Railway Management School and Beiping Post Telecommunication School. So now the university was called Shanghai School of Jiaotong University. In 1922, Jiaotong University had three schools. The original Shanghai School was renamed Nanyang University of Traffic Department. In 1927, it was renamed the First Jiaotong University of the Traffic Department; In 1928, the Guomin Government issued "Organizational Outline of Jiaotong University". The three schools in Shanghai, Tangshan
Tangshan
"唐山"redirects here. For an alternative name of China, see Names of China#TangTangshan is a largely industrial prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has become known for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and killed at least...

 and Beiping were all called Jiaotong University. The headquarter was in Shanghai. In the same year, it was transferred to railway department.

During the period of Sino-Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War
There were two wars known as the Sino-Japanese War :* The First Sino-Japanese War between China and Japan , primarily over control of Korea....

, Jiaotong university was moved to French Concession and in 1940 State-run Branch of Jiaotong university was set up in Chongqing
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...

. In 1941, in order to prevent Wang Puppet Government
Wang Jingwei
Wang Jingwei , alternate name Wang Zhaoming, was a Chinese politician. He was initially known as a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang , but later became increasingly anti-Communist after his efforts to collaborate with the CCP ended in political failure...

 angst taking over the university, Jiaotong university was run continually in the name of Private Nanyang University; In 1942, Wang Puppet Government took over Shanghai School. The Education Department of Guomin Government chose Chongqing branch as the headquarter of Jiaotong university. After Sino-Japanese War was over, Chongqing headquarter went back to Shanghai and merged with Shanghai School. In 1946, the name of State-run Jiaotong University was recovered.
In 1955 after People's Republic of China was founded, the Communist State Council
State Council
State Council may refer to:In politics:* State Council of the Soviet Union, was the chief administrative authority of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...

 decided to move Jiaotong University to Xi'an in the west part of China to promote the education in the remote area and avoid any possible bombing from US Air Force and KMT in Taiwan. In May 1956, it began to move. In September 1957, Jiaotong University was split into two parts. One is in Xi'an. The other one is in Shanghai. Later, most departments, specialties, books, equipment and instruments and teachers, students and staffs moved to Xi'an; On July 31, 1959, No. 212 Guoerluzi document of State Council approved and agreed education department's decision that the Xi'an part and Shanghai part of Jiaotong university become independent and set up two universities which are Xi'an Jiaotong University and Shanghai Jiaotong University. The president of former Jiaotong University acted as the president of Xi'an Jiaotong University. In the same year, 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 the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It was also one of the universities that entered the construction of "211 project" of China. In September 1999, it was determined to be one of a few universities that had the target to build world famous high level University. In April 2000, approved by the State Council, Xi'an Medical University, Shaanxi Institute of Finance and Economics and Xi'an Jiaotong University were merged and formed the new Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Present

As one of the oldest and famous universities in China, Xi'an Jiaotong University is one of the nine universities in the elite C9 League of Chinese premier universities (China's 'Ivy League'). Today, XJTU has an enrollment of around 32,000 students and offers 199 Master
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

's and 114 PhD. programs in Science, Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

, Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

, Economics, Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

, Arts, Language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...

 and Law.

In 2006, in partnership with the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...

, XTJU opened a joint University in Suzhou
Suzhou
Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part...

, 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 AACSB-accredited School of Management is consistently regarded as one of the top Chinese business schools.

Pakistan Medical & Dental Council

Xi'an Jiaotong university has been recognized by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) on July 22, 2009 under the effect of a meeting of the special task force on China which was chaired by President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister....

. Masood Khan
Masood Khan
Masood Khan is a career diplomat who is the current Pakistan Ambassador to China since September 2008. Before that he was the ambassador and permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 2005 to 2008...

, ambassador to China by Pakistan was a key personality in this meetings. Xi'an Jiaotong university is being given recognition for five years after which they will be reinspected for extension.

Campus and Student life

XJTU property totals 410 acres (166 ha), including the main campus (Xingqing campus) and the medical campus. Recently, XJTU is developing another new campus named Qujiang campus southeast to the main campus.

Facilities of Students' houses

Four undergraduates share one furnished dorm room. Each room has a set of combined furniture. The upper is bed, under the bed there are computer desks, wardrobes, cabinets of sundry articles and small bookshelves; There is a full bathroom inside each dorm room. Inside the room, there are heat radiators, electric fan and telephone; The apartment has IC card washing machines. The students can buy cards and wash clothes. The university also hosts public spa which opens from 15:00 to 20:00 daily.

Network, television and telephone

The students' dorms all have cable TV and internet. If the students have computers, they can apply for IP addresses in the university network center at the price of 100 Yuan.

Faculty and Staff

Teachers and Staffs

Total:15278

Subtotal of the number in the statements: 5662

The number of teachers and staffs here: 4041

Professional teachers: 2104

Ancillary teaching personnel: 283

Administrative personnel:791

Rear-service personnel: 863

Personnel of scientific research institutions: 629

Staff of the School-run enterprises: 509

Personnel of subsidiary bodies: 483

The subtotal of other personnel: 4948

Personnel of three attached hospitals: 3476

Personnel of the attached middle schools, primary schools and kindergartens: 353

Personnel of collective ownership: 231

Teachers invited outside: 888

Left and retired personnel: 4668

Among which: the left and retired personnel of the three attached hospitals: 1260

Staffs Titles:

Total: 4041

Senior: 514

Vice-senior: 914

Medium: 1114

Junior: 511

Among which professional teachers: 2104

Senior: 500

Vice-senior: 742

Medium: 653

Junior: 209

Medical School

The School of Medicine of Xi'an Jiaotong University, which used to be the School of Medicine of National Peking University, was founded in 1937. It was renamed Xi'an Medical University in 1985. After the affiliation of the Xian Medical University with Xian Jiaotong University in April, 2000, it was given the name of "The School of Medicine" of Xi'an Jiaotong University. Famous for the Unity, Diligence, Preciseness and Innovation as its tradition, the school is like a cradle which has cultivated advanced medical experts in the Northwest region of China. It is the only top medical science school directly attached to the Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health may refer to:*Ministry of Health *Ministry of Health *Ministry of Health *Ministry of Health...

 in the Northwest region, as well as a branch of Academy of Medical Science in China. About 40,000 advanced medical experts have been cultivated in 70 years since its founding.

Through the pain taking efforts and hard work of many generations, the college has developed a collective ability for administration. At present, students on campus are over 4500, including 400 doctoral students, 900 post graduates and 3500 undergraduates. The school has excellent and experienced faculty as well as working staff, and the number has been over 4000 (staff in the affiliated hospitals also included). It has more than 620 professors and associate professors, 81 doctoral mentors, 13 experts who have made outstanding contributions on the state and provincial level and besides, 35 domestic and overseas visiting professors (3 are members of Chinese Academy of Science). There are 28 departments (18 clinical departments included); 3 Clinical Teaching Hospitals: The First Affiliated Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital and The Affiliated Dental Hospital; 6 centers (Biological Medicine R&E Center, Long-Distance Medicine Center, All-Division Medicine Center, Medical Information Center, Animal Experimentation Center and Medical Testing and Training Center); 27 Graduate Schools; 1 keystone lab belonging to Ministry of Education, 2 keystone labs belonging to Ministry of Health and 3 keystone labs at Provincial level; 2 keystone subjects as Physiology and Medical Jurisprudence at State level and another 7 keystone subjects at Provincial level. Meanwhile the School of Medicine has 2 first-level research stations for the Post doctorates, Fundamental Medicine and Clinical Medicine.

It has gradually established a complete administrative system for educating and training both undergraduate and graduate students. For undergraduates, at present, there are subjects as Clinical Medicine (5-year duration and 7-year duration), Dental Medicine, Nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....

, Medical Jurisprudence
Medical jurisprudence
Medical jurisprudence, or forensic medicine in the broad sense , now embraces all matters which may bring the physician into contact with the law...

, Preventive Medicine
Preventive medicine
Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...

, Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...

, Medical Engineering and so on. There are 10 authorized places for awarding doctorates and 29 places for master's degrees. The authorized places for awarding these degrees cover all medical specialities and most of the related medical specialities. For undergraduate student education the emphasis is on practice with basic knowledge and extensive education. The school has built up a training mode of "Broad Entrance, Strong Foundation and Emphasis on Practice", and under this training mode, the graduates have got high praises from their employers. For postgraduate student education, the emphasis is on training on innovative thoughts and abilities. Besides, the school has actively developed recruitment and training for the students with bachelor's degree of Clinical Medicine and MPH.

International Students

In 1995, former Xi'an Medical University established the Program of Clinical Medicine for International Students, began to enroll qualified international students, aiming to produce clinicians and doctors served in clinics and hospitals. Currently, nearly 500 international students from Pakistan, Nepal, India, Maldives, Canada, Iran, Sudan, USA and other countries are studying in.

Cooperation with American University of Texas at Arlington

Xi'an Jiaotong University and the American University of Texas at Arlington currently operate a program leading to the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA
EMBA
EMBA may refer to:*Executive Master of Business Administration degree*Eastern Marching Band Association...

) degree. XJTU is the only university in the northwest to offer such a program, and only the third university in China to undertake such cooperation with UTA.

The program is open to those with a Bachelor's Degree, and at least 5 years of work experience and at least two years of management experience. All those enrolled in the program participate in one and a half years of on-the-job training. Instruction will be primary jointly taught in English by American Teachers in Xi'an with the additional classes in Chinese. Besides accounting, financial management, finance and other courses, the two cooperative parties also lay out some frontier topics like supply chain management, restructuring and innovation of enterprises, WTO, capital market and project management, making it possible to introduce the newest conceptions on operation and management in the world from all kinds of business. The course layout fully displays the main stream of MBA education in American business schools and tries to be responsive to current area of interest in China. Those who finish the required credits will get the EMBA certificate granted by Xi'an Jiaotong University and the EMBA certificate granted by American UTA at the same time.

Internet education

As the rapid development and the fast growth of requirement of e-learning
E-learning
E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...

, Internet Education School of Xi'an Jiaotong University was founded in March 2001 as one of the first 15 experimental universities approved by Education Ministry of P. R. China. As one of the important projects of "Action Plan", more than RMB 5 million has been invested to E-Learning project since 1999, now a hybrid international standard distance-learning system based on satellite and CERNET
Cernet
The China Education and Research Network is the first nationwide education and research computer network in China. The CERNET project is funded by the Chinese government and directly managed by the Chinese Ministry of Education...

 was built up and more than 100 multimedia
Multimedia
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 coursewares had been developed.

With the strong support of excellent XJTU educational resources and management experience, IES is striving for establishing a multi-level and multi-form distance education. With the basic maxim of "Basing on the western, Orienting towards the whole country, Connecting overseas", XJTU's E-Learning emphasizes at after-school education to meet the increasingly growth of continue education.

So far there are 51 distance learning sites scattered in all of China and about 2,800 students, majoring in Computer, Nursing, Management, Law, and Economics. The goal before 2005 is to build up 80 distance learning sites, and recruit about 8000 students.

With the satellite and the internet, XJTU has some cooperations with WAS of Japan and Taiwan Xinzhu Jiaotong University. University has already made some live teaching and resources transmission experiments. Since September 2002, XJTU has begun to cooperate with Shanghai Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

, so three universities take the cooperative teaching method such as sharing some optional courses and admitting the corresponding credits. Now there are more than 6,700 students taking such elective courses from 37 shared courses provided by three universities.

The university also earnestly pays attention to the study of E-Learning theory, technology and application. Since 1998, the university has undertaken 12 very important national projects, such as Action Plan project "Multi-media Distance Education System and Project"; Education Ministry approved large project "the Demonstrate Project of Internet Education Based on Satellite and Terrestrial Networks"; "Tenth Five-Year Plan" key project "real-time teaching system"; National Science Fund project "Study of Individual and Interactive Virtual Collaborative Learning Environment" and "Study and Application of Personality Mining in E-Learning". By research, the University has already applied 3 invention Patents of P. R. China. The achievement of "the distance learning system over satellite and internet" was awarded as second prize for scientific and technology development of state education ministry. Another achievement was awarded as the first prize by Shaanxi Province. XJTU also got an IBM SUR project, which provided the university two IBM H85 Servers. Now, the university has 7 servers, more than 80 lab PCs, and own an advanced network infrastructure. XJTU has established a set of supporting platform based on the combinative utilization of satellite and terrestrial networks. In general, Internet Education School is progressing at an unprecedented speed.

Alumni

Alumni include Qian Xuesen, Wu Wenjun
Wu Wenjun
Wu Wenjun is a Chinese mathematician and academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences .-Biography:Wu's ancestral hometown is Jiashan, in Jiaxing of Zhejiang. Wu was born in Shanghai, China where he would later graduate from Chiao Tung University in 1940...

, Zhang Guangdou
Zhang Guangdou
Zhang Guangdou is a world-known specialist in hydraulic engineering, a professor at Tsinghua University, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.-Biography:...

, Jiang Zhenghua, Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...

, and Han Qide
Han Qide
Han Qide , is a prominent politician and medical scientist of the People's Republic of China....

. Engineers at Xi'an Jiaotong University have, over the years, produced several technological breakthroughs in China, including the country's first dynamo, the first radio-station, the first diesel engine and the first Chinese typewriter in China.
  • Fellows of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...

    , Ma Yinchu
    Ma Yinchu
    Ma Yinchu was a prominent Chinese economist.-Early life:Ma Yinchu was born in a family at now Shengzhou City, a county-level city that is administered by Shaoxing, in northeastern Zhejiang province. He was the fifth child of the owner of a small distillery that specialized in fermented rice liquor...

    , Mao Yisheng
    Mao Yisheng
    Dr. Mao Yisheng was a Chinese structural engineer, an expert on bridge construction, and a social activist in China.-Biography:Mao was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. He entered Jiaotong University's Tangshan Engineering College and earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1916...

    , Qian Xuesen, Qian Zhonghan, Zhang guangdou
    Zhang Guangdou
    Zhang Guangdou is a world-known specialist in hydraulic engineering, a professor at Tsinghua University, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.-Biography:...


  • Fellows of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
    Chinese Academy of Engineering
    The Chinese Academy of Engineering 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...

    , Lu Bingheng, Qian Xuesen, Zhang Guangdou
    Zhang Guangdou
    Zhang Guangdou is a world-known specialist in hydraulic engineering, a professor at Tsinghua University, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.-Biography:...

    ,

  • politicians (Ranked by Date of Birth)

Sheng Xuanhuai
Sheng Xuanhuai
Sheng Xuanhuai , November 4, 1844—April 27, 1916, 盛宣懷) was the Minister of Transportation during the Qing Dynasty. He is also known as Sheng Gongbao ....

, Tang Wenzhi, Cai Yuanpei
Cai Yuanpei
Cai Yuanpei was a Chinese educator and the president of Peking University. He was known for his critical evaluation of the Chinese culture that led to the influential May Fourth Movement...

, Li Shutong
Li Shutong
Hong Yi , born Li Shutong was a Chinese Buddhist monk, artist and art teacher. He also went by Wen Tao, Guang Hou, and Shu Tong, but was most commonly known by his Buddhist name, Hong Yi. He was a master painter, musician, dramatist, calligrapher, seal cutter, poet, and Buddhist monk...

,

Shao Lizi, Cai E
Cai E
Cai E or Tsai Ao was a Chinese revolutionary leader and warlord. He was born Cai Genyin in Shaoyang, Hunan, and his courtesy name was Songpo...

, Zou Taofen,

Mao Yisheng
Mao Yisheng
Dr. Mao Yisheng was a Chinese structural engineer, an expert on bridge construction, and a social activist in China.-Biography:Mao was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. He entered Jiaotong University's Tangshan Engineering College and earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1916...

, Peng Kang, Lu Dingyi
Lu Dingyi
Lu Dingyi was a former leader of the Communist Party of China. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China and before the Cultural Revolution, he was credited as one of the top officials in socialist culture.-Biography:...

, Qian Xuesen,

Zhang Guangdou
Zhang Guangdou
Zhang Guangdou is a world-known specialist in hydraulic engineering, a professor at Tsinghua University, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.-Biography:...

, Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan , was the former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits .-Biography:...

, Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...

, Ding Guangen
Ding Guangen
Ding Guangen is a politician of the People's Republic of China and a former Minister of Railways of China.- Biography :Ding was elevated to Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China in 1987, and was expected to succeed more prominent posts. However, he was forced to resign due to a...


See also

  • List of universities in the People's Republic of China
  • BlueSky Open Platform
    BlueSky Open Platform
    BlueSky Open Platform is an open source e-learning solution designed to balance education resources between well-developed cities and poor regions of China. It was a collaboration between Xi'an Jiaotong University and IBM. In 2006 BlueSky won the China National Science and Technology Progress Award....


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