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Think of the source while drinking the water, love the country, and honor the alma mater." Today, with 120 years of glorious history, Beijing Jiaotong University carries on her mission, following the motto of "Learn and Practice" and the spirit of modesty, caution, and innovation, remembering the demand and expectations of the former national leaders, and striding towards the goal of building a world-renowned university with high-level distinction.
As one of the three origins of Jiaotong University, the history of BJTU can be dated back to 1896. BJTU grew out of Beijing Railway Management Institute, China's first higher educational institution, committed to fostering railway management talents and initiating modern China's education in railway management and telecommunication. In 1950, the school was named Northern Jiaotong University, and the president was the famous bridge expert Mao Yisheng. In 1952, the Northern Jiaotong University was revoked. Therefore, the Beijing and Tang campus became independent, and the school was renamed Beijing Railway Institute.
On September 10th, 2016, BJTU has held a solemn and straightforward celebration under the theme "Jiao Tong, Chinese Dream." In the celebration meeting, the congratulatory letter of Liu Yandong was readout. Wang Anshunm, mayor of Beijing, and Du Zhanyuan, deputy minister of the Ministry of Education, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Moreover, ministers of the Ministry of Transport of Russia and Mongolia also sent their congratulatory letters. Five presidents of five Jiaotong Universities jointly issued the Beijing Declaration of Jiaotong University, which marked a new chapter for Jiaotong University in the new future. Representatives from China Railway Association, the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, the Chinese Society of Higher Education, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the State Secrecy Bureau, the State Railway Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Committee and the relevant districts and counties, school directors and co-building units, more than 20 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Chinese Embassy officials, 31 overseas universities, 6 Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan universities and 22 mainland universities, as well as alumni, teachers, and students attended the celebration meeting. Simultaneously, BJTU also held more than ten significant activities, such as the 2016 Global University Presidents Summit, China Transportation Senior Forum, and celebration party.
Disciplines BJTU is ranked well in the third round of the national academic assessment. System science was the first, transportation engineering information ranked the third, and communication engineering was the 8th. So far, System science ranked the first nationwide in three consecutive rounds of assessment.
After three centuries of development, the school formed an advantage of information, management, and other disciplines for science and technology's traffic characteristics. The university has a complete curriculum system of industry, management, economy, literature, law, and philosophy. BJTU has 14 schools, including the school of electronic and information engineering, school of computer and information technology, school of economics and management, school of civil engineering, school of mechanical, electronic and control engineering, school of electrical, school of science, school of software engineering, school of marxism, school of architecture and design, law school, school of national security, graduate school and school of distance and continuing education. Beijing Jiaotong University Haibin campus was co-founded with enterprises in Huanghua, Hebei province.
BJTU has won 1 national award in grand prize, 3 national awards in third prize, 12 national wards in second prize, 1 Beijing municipal award in grand prize, 27 Beijing municipal awards in first prize, 29 Beijing municipal awards in second prize in recent three years' teaching achievement award approved 3 education pilot projects and 1 national education reform pilot school by the state in recent 5 years has 8 disciplines of national plan for educating and training outstanding engineers and 7 national professional pilot comprehensive disciplines reformation awarded 2 "12th Five-Year" national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 national centers of virtual simulation experiment teaching, 3 national extracurricular practice bases, 7 national engineering practical education centers, 2 Beijing municipal demonstrative innovation practical bases established national teaching demonstration center approved 4 national quality video open classes, 22 excellent resource sharing course projects, 42 "12th Five-Year" general higher education undergraduate national planning teaching materials of 34 kinds.
BJTU has established cooperative relations with over 205 universities and famous multi-national enterprises from more than 38 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, to cultivate first-class talents with a global vision. The university has established Confucius Institutes with KU Leuven in Belgium, Texas Southern University in the United States, and the University of Campinas in Brazil.


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