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About the university

Chongqing Jiaotong University (CQJTU), abbreviated as Chongqing Jiaotong University, is a multi-disciplinary university with a focus on transportation and engineering, supervised by the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission and jointly built by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Transport. It is selected into the National 'Midwest University Basic Capacity Building Project' and the 'Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan' implementation universities. It is an excellent school in the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education, a first-class discipline construction university in Chongqing, one of the first batch of 'National Typical Universities for Graduate Employment', 'National Typical Universities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship', and a high-level new engineering construction university in Chongqing. The predecessor of Chongqing Jiaotong University was the Southwest Transportation College, founded in 1951. Later, the school was renamed Southwest Transportation School, Chongqing Highway School, etc., successively under the Southwest Highway Administration of the Central Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Transport, etc. In 1960, Chongqing Jiaotong College was established, with the Civil Engineering Department of Chengdu Institute of Technology and the Metallurgy Department of Sichuan Metallurgy College merging into it. In 1985, the school was added as the third batch of master's degree granting units. In 2000, it was transferred to the management of Chongqing Municipality, becoming a province-ministerial co-built university. In 2006, it was renamed Chongqing Jiaotong University and added as a doctoral degree granting unit. In 2011, the first phase of the Shuangfu Campus (now Science City Campus) of Chongqing Jiaotong University was completed. In 2022, it was selected into the list of high-level 'Four New' construction universities in Chongqing (cultivation). As of November 2025, the university has two campuses, Nan'an and Science City, covering nearly 2,900 mu, with total fixed assets of 4.4 billion yuan and a building area of 950,000 square meters. It has 20 colleges (departments), 5 first-level doctoral degree authorization points, 2 professional doctoral degree authorization points, 4 postdoctoral research stations, 18 first-level master's degree authorization points, and 15 professional master's degree categories. It has 2,221 faculty members, over 23,000 undergraduates, over 8,200 postgraduates, over 330 international students, and a total student population of nearly 31,000. The predecessor of Chongqing Jiaotong University was the Southwest Transportation College. In 1951, to meet the urgent needs of building the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, the Southwest Military and Political Committee led by Deng Xiaoping decided to establish the Southwest Transportation College in Chongqing; on November 7, the Southwest Transportation College was officially established. The school underwent several name changes: in 1952, it was renamed the Southwest Transportation School (secondary specialized school); in 1953, it was renamed Chongqing Highway School, under the leadership of the Southwest Highway Administration of the Central Ministry of Transport; in 1954, it was renamed the Southwest Highway School of the Ministry of Transport, directly led by the Central Ministry of Transport from September; in 1955, it was renamed the Chongqing Highway Engineering School of the Ministry of Transport, directly led by the Ministry of Transport; in December 1956, it was placed under the leadership of the Highway General Administration of the Ministry of Transport, and in November of the same year, it was transferred to the Education Bureau of the Ministry of Transport; in July 1958, the system of secondary specialized schools under the Ministry of Transport was decentralized, and the Chongqing Highway School of the Ministry of Transport was transferred to the management of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Communications; in August, the school was renamed the Sichuan Chongqing Highway Engineering School, which was the last name change during the secondary specialized school period. In August 1960, the Civil Engineering Department of Chengdu Institute of Technology, the Hydraulic Engineering Department of Wuhan Water Transport College, and the Metallurgy Department of Sichuan Metallurgy College moved into the Sichuan Chongqing Highway Engineering School, jointly forming Chongqing Jiaotong College, located at Qigongli, Nan'an District, Chongqing. In July 1963, with the approval of the State Council, Chongqing Jiaotong College was again placed under the leadership of the Ministry of Transport. In September 1971, Chongqing Jiaotong College merged with Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering. In 1972, it merged with Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering. In 1979, the establishment of Chongqing Jiaotong College was restored, and Chongqing Navigation Engineering School was merged into it. In January 1979, the Ministry of Transport decided to restore Chongqing Jiaotong College and directly manage it. In May of the same year, Chongqing Navigation Engineering School merged with Chongqing Jiaotong College, and the main campus moved from Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering to the site of Chongqing Navigation Engineering School in Huangshaxi, Yuzhong District, Chongqing. In July 1984, the main campus of Chongqing Jiaotong College gradually moved back to Qigongli, Nan'an District, Chongqing. In 1985, with the approval of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, Chongqing Jiaotong College was added as the third batch of master's degree granting units. In 1986, the Southwest Water Transport Engineering Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport merged into Chongqing Jiaotong College. In December 1999, Chongqing Jiaotong School (Heyun School) was transferred to the university as a whole; in January 2000, the university was transferred from the Ministry of Transport to Chongqing Municipality, implementing a central-local co-building system with Chongqing as the main management. In December 2000, Chongqing Traffic Technical School (Chongqing Traffic Science and Technology School) was placed under the management of the university. In February 2006, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Jiaotong College was renamed Chongqing Jiaotong University, located at No. 66 Xuefu Avenue, Nan'an District, Chongqing. In the same year, the university was approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council as a doctoral degree granting unit. In June, the university was selected into the list of National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Bases. In 2007, the university received the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education, with the conclusion of 'Excellent'. In 2009, the state approved the establishment of a postdoctoral research station for the first-level discipline of Civil Engineering at Chongqing Jiaotong University. In 2010, the university became a national typical university for graduate employment. In July 2011, the first phase of the 2,400-mu Shuangfu Campus (now Science City Campus) of Chongqing Jiaotong University was completed, forming a dual-campus pattern. In September 2011, the university was selected into the second batch of universities for the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan.