Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; simplified Chinese: 上海交通大学; traditional Chinese: 上海交通大學) is a major public research university in Shanghai, China. Established on April 8, 1896, as Nanyang Public School (南洋公學) by an imperial edict issued by the Guangxu Emperor, it is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Directly governed by the Ministry of Education of China, SJTU is a member of the C9 League and Class A Double First Class Universities, standing for top national universities of China. It is also designated a leading institution in the Double First Class University Plan, Project 985, and Project 211.
Back in the 1930s when SJTU had not yet been separated from National Chiao Tung University, its predecessor had already achieved world renown and been referred to as the “Eastern MIT“. The university underwent a number of reformations and gained its current name in 1959. Shanghai Second Medical University was merged into the university on July 18, 2005, and developed into a medical school in China under the name Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University consistently features in the world’s top 100 universities as ranked by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the QS World University Rankings, and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It is ranked No. 3 nationwide by the U.S. News, and No. 46 in the world according to the QS World University Rankings, with several subjects like Marine Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering and Transportation Engineering ranked top 10 globally by ARWU.
| University Rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World | 59 (2021) |
| CWUR World | 80 (2022) |
| QS World | 46 (2023) |
| QS Employability | 41 (2022) |
| THE World | 84 (2022) |
| THE Reputation | 50 (2021) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Asia[ | 10 (2021) |
| QS BRICS | 7 (2019) |
| THE Emerging Economies | 5 (2021) |
| USNWR Asia | 10 (2022) |
| National – Overall | |
| BCUR National | 4 (2022) |
| USNWR National | 3 (2022) |