Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Higher EducationShanghai, China5001-10000 Employees
Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a national key university in higher education, directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly built with Shanghai Municipality, located at 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China. The university operates a broad academic and clinical footprint with 34 schools/departments, 12 affiliated hospitals, 13 affiliated research institutes, 23 directly affiliated units and 5 directly affiliated enterprises. It has about 18,004 full-time undergraduates, 28,439 full-time master's degree candidates, and 1,858 overseas students; its faculty comprises 3,887 full-time teachers, including 30 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 27 of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; the institution has 128 years of history and has educated more than 400,000 talents. Shanghai Jiao Tong University offers 75 undergraduate programs across nine major disciplines—economics, law, literature, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, and arts. The university describes its vision as constructing a comprehensive, innovative and international world-class university. Notable alumni include Jiang Zemin, Tsien Hsue-shen, Wu Wenjun, and Wang Zhenyi, and more than 200 alumni are members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering.