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Brief introduction of Shanghai

Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
a striving-for-excellence intellectual community
SJTU is now recruiting talents at home and abroad. Welcome
people with lofty ideals Join us in creating a brilliant career
together.
For
more
information,
please
visit
our
website:
http://www.sjtu.edu.cn

History

Shanghai Jiao Tong University was founded in 1896 as Nan Yang College.
Inspired by patriotism, devotion to the people, a scientific spirit of seeking
truth and pursuing excellence, pioneering and ever-progressing zeal, SJTU
always stands at the forefront of modern university development. Over the
past 118 years, SJTU has assumed the responsibility of national salvation and
rejuvenation, taken the first-class talent cultivation as its principal mission,
promoted the values of Gratitude and Responsibility, and developed the
culture of Truth-seeking, hardworking, pioneering and everprogressing. It
has cultivated nearly 300,000 outstanding graduates for the country. Today,
SJTU is forging ahead towards a world-class, comprehensive, researchintensive and internationalized university.
Internationalization
SJTU extensively implements internationalization strategies, expands and
deepens substantial cooperation with top-notch peers around the world. SJTU
China Europe International Business School, the SJTU-UM Joint Institute and
SJTU-ParisTech Elite Institute of Technology have become models of
international cooperation in China. The creation of an international
environment has enabled the SJTU students to develop a
global vision and an all-inclusive mentality.
Academic Programs
As a comprehensive university, SJTU offers a wide range of academic
programs, with sciences as foundation; engineering, bio-medicine, and
management as backbone; and law, agriculture, economics, humanities and
social sciences developing their own unique features. The three disciplines of
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, and Clinical Medicine continue to rank first in China, 9 disciplines
rank top 3 and 15 disciplines rank top 5 among Chinese universities. 16
disciplines have entered the top 1% in the Essential Science Indicators (ESI),
which ranks second among domestic colleges and universities.
Faculty
SJTU regards building the first-class faculty as its core strategy for
development. The university boasts a large number of high-caliber scholars,
including scientists engaged in cutting-edge research internationally,
professionals contributing to the national economy, and a great majority of
faculty members committing themselves to teaching and research through
quiet constancy.
Education
SJTU takes cultivating innovative future leaders as its principal mission, with
an education philosophy of knowledge discovery, capability building, and
integrity development. SJTU integrates teaching with research, sciences with
humanities, and curricular with extracurricular activities, thus forming a

complete talent education

system.
Research
Driven by the national strategic demands and aimed at world scientific
frontiers, SJTU have created many firsts in modern and contemporary
Chinese and even world history. The University is actively engaged in original,
high-tech and multi-disciplinary research. The number and the funds of the
projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China have been on
the rise steadily, and have continued to rank first in China; the number of
scientific papers and citations rank first among universities in China; and the
number of SCI papers maintains second place among Chinese universities.