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Shanghai Jiaotong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
上海交通大学
Shanghai Jiao Tong University seal
Former names
Nanyang Public School
Nan Yang College of Chiao Tung
National Chiao Tung University
Jiao Tong University
Motto 饮水思源, 爱国荣校
Motto in English
Gratitude and Responsibility.
Type Public
Established 1896
President Zhang Jie
Party Secretary Jiang Sixian
Academic staff
2,979
Undergraduates 16,802
Postgraduates 19,436 Master Candidates
5,059 Ph.D. Candidates
Location Shanghai, China
31°12′03″N 121°25′47″E / 31.20083°N 121.42972°E / 31.20083; 121.42972 (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)Coordinates: 31°12′03″N 121°25′47″E / 31.20083°N 121.42972°E / 31.20083; 121.42972 (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Campus Urban
Affiliations C9, Universitas 21
Website www.sjtu.edu.cn
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
As of September 2016
University rankings
Global
ARWU 101–150
Times 301–350
QS 61
Asia
ARWU 6–15
Times 40
QS 22

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; Chinese: 上海交通大学) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict issued by the Guangxu Emperor, the university is one of the first national institutions of higher learning in China, and renowned as one of the oldest, most prestigious and selective universities in China. It is one of the nine members in the C9 League of universities.

The word "Jiao Tong" (交通), formerly romanized as "Chiao Tung", means transportation or communication. It reflects the university's root — it was founded by the Ministry of Posts and Communications of the late Qing dynasty.

In 1896, the Nanyang Public School (南洋公學) was founded in Shanghai by an imperial edict issued by the Guangxu Emperor, under the Business and Telegraphs Office of the imperial government. Four schools were established: a normal school, a school of foreign studies, a middle school, and a high school. Sheng Xuanhuai, the mandarin responsible for proposing the idea to the Guangxu Emperor, became the first president and is regarded as the founder of the university, with the assistance of John Calvin Ferguson, a missionary educator.

In 1904, the Ministry of Commerce took over the school, and in 1905 changed its name to Imperial Polytechnic College of the Commerce Ministry.

In 1906, the college was placed under the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs, and its name was changed to Shanghai Industrial College of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs.

When the Republic of China was founded, the college was placed under the Ministry of Communications and its name was once again changed, this time to Government Institute of Technology of the Communications Ministry.


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