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Beijing Jiaotong University International Students Application Guide
[I. General Information of Beijing Jiaotong University]
Beijing Jiaotong University(BJTU)is a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education
and now is jointly supported by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Transport, the China Railway Corporation and
Beijing Municipal Government. BJTU is one of the first universities selected into the “National 211 Project” and the “985
Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project”, one of the first institutions authorize to confer Master’s and Doctoral
degrees. BJTU, as the leading organization, has established the Collaborative Innovation Center for Rail Transit Safety,
which is one of the first 14 collaborative centers selected into the “National 2011 Projects” by the Chinese government. In
2017, BJTU was selected into the ‘Double First-Class’ National Initiative. Based on the advantaged disciplines, BJTU will
focus on building ‘Smart Transportation’ as a world-class discipline.
BJTU has two 1st-level national key disciplines, Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Information and
Communication Engineering ; two 2nd-level national key disciplines, Industrial Economics and Bridget and Tunnel
Engineering. Together with the 2nd-level national key disciplines covered by the 1st-level disciplines, there are eight
2nd-level national key disciplines. There are 15 centre for post-doctoral studies, 21 1st-level discipline doctoral programmes,
33 1st-level discipline master programs and degree programs of 14 disciplines including MBA, Master of Engineering,
Master of Accounting, Master of Law, etc.
Our university regards strengthening cooperation and exchanges as an important way to upgrade the level of running school
and enhance its influences domestically and abroad. BJTU has established cooperative relations with more than 200
universities and famous multinational enterprises from 45 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom,
Germany and France. In order to enhance cultural exchange and mutual understanding,BJTU has established Confucius
Institutes at Group T of KU Leuven in Belgium, Texas Southern University in the United States,University of Campinas in
Brazil and Warsaw University of Technology in Poland. Beijing Jiaotong University attaches great importance to the
international education so as to bring out the power of a multidisciplinary system with preparatory, bachelor, master and
doctoral programs. A variety of scholarships are available for international students, such as Chinese Government
Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship, Beijing Municipal Government Scholarship and BJTU Scholarship. In 2019,
there were over 2000 international students from 120 countries studying at BJTU. BJTU graduates have very good job
opportunities. Some of them choose to work in their home countries embassies while others are hired by internationally
renowned companies such as IBM and BMW. In addition, more and more international students would like to work in
Chinese-funded companies including Sinopec, CRBC, CRCC, Huawei, and Baidu. And these days, there are quite some of
graduates choose to start their own business whether in China or in their home countries.
Our university has three campuses in Haidian district of Beijing, Weihai city of Shandong province and Tangshan city of
Hebei province. Beijing campus is close to the city center with convenient transportation and living facilities. Weihai
campus mainly focuses on joint-education and freshmen college of international students. The campus is 5.5 kilometers
away from the golden beach coastline, which is beautiful and comfortable but low living cost. Tangshan research institute,
as a demonstration plot of technology research and development, technology achievement transformation and international
education and training, is the preparatory program base for international students of our university.
BJTU Home Page: http://www.bjtu.edu.cn
BJTU International Student Service System: http://study.bjtu.edu.cn
BJTU College of International Education Portal: http://cie.bjtu.edu.cn