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Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) is a leading university in China, covering a comprehensive range of subjects sciences, engineering, management and liberal arts. It is directly administered by the Chinese Education Ministry. The educational quality and the academic level of XJTU are among the best of over 1,000 universities in China. Xi'an Jiaotong University, as one of the earliest universities entering China's "211 Project" (of the 21st century, 100 key universities) in January 1995, is striving to become a first-class university of the world.

Jiaotong Universiy is one of the two oldest universities in China, with a history of over one hundred years. Her predecessor is Nanyang College, which was founded in 1896 in Shanghai. In 1956, the main body of Jiaotong University was moved to Xi'an according to the decision issued by the State Council, and formally named Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1959.

Currently, Xi'an Jiaotong University includes School of Electrical Engineering, School of Electronics and Information Engineering,School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering,School of Chemical Engineering, School of Architecture and Mechanics, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Management, School of Science, Graduate School, Research Institute of Engineering and Science, School of Chinese Language Study and School of Adult Education. There are over 14,000 full-time students, among whom about 2,000 are master's degree candidates and 1,000 are doctoral candidates. The number of the faculty totals up to 1,800, with 900 professors and associate professors, among whom there are five academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. XJTU has 75 Master's degree programs, 36 doctoral programs and 8 post-doctoral research stations. There are 72 laboratories. One State Engineering Research Center, 10 national key laboratories and esearch laboratories. The university's library, covering a floor area of 30,000 square meters, housed 1.85 million volumes of books. In addition, XJTU has a book publishing house and an audio-visual publishinghouse. The area of the campus is 133 hectares, with a building floor area of 670,000 square meters. XJTU has established broad cooperative relationships with over 90 universities in 20 countries and regions including the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Canada. Every year, about 2,000 professors, scholars and experts visit the University to give lectures, do scientific research or attend international conference.

Xi'an Jiaotong University is a well-known university, integrating traditional culture with modern higher education. It faces Xing Qing Park, the location of Xing Qing Palace of Tang Dynasty. To the south of the university is the Green Dragon Temple. On the campus of the university, the East Pavilion, the original residential site of a famous Tang poet Gai Juyi, has been discovered,