Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) is a key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of
Education of China and is one of the oldest universitiesin China. XJTU, as one of the first batch of the
universities in China, was supported by the central Government at the seventh and eighth five-year plan, as
well as China's “Project 211” and “Project 985” to develop into a world-class university. Now, Xi’an Jiaotong
University is on the List of World-class Universities and First-class Disciplines (abbreviated as “Double
First-class”) released in 2017 by the Ministry of Education of China, as a Double First-class universityin
Category A, which means that the government will support it financially to develop into a world-class
university, and its eight disciplines into the first-class level in the world.
During its more than 120-year history, Xi'an Jiaotong University has upheld the principles of developing
education to make China strong, pioneering with painstaking efforts, advocating virtues and pragmatism,
seeking meticulous scholarship, and pursuing excellence. It has developed such fine traditions as loving China
and the University, seeking after the truth, working steadily and conscientiously, hard-working and
plain-living, and has formed a school running characteristic of higher starting point, more solid foundation,
stricter requirements, and more emphasis in practice.
Xi'an Jiaotong University has established extensive internationalties. Since 2000, 15 Nobel laureates, 1
Fields Prize winner and over 2,000 foreign professors have visited XJTU and gave lectures. XJTU also exchanged
or established cooperation relations with over 20,000 scholars, CEOs, and high-level government officials from
around the world or developed other kinds of collaborative projects. More than 28,000 XJTU teachers and
students have been abroad to visit, study, do research, or participate in degree programs, and over 2,000
faculty members, and researchers have traveled abroad for conferences. XJTU has had relations and exchanges
with 165 universities and research institutions in 42 countries and regions, including the United States,
Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and Korea. In 2017, there are 2,400 foreign
students from over 132 countries studying at XJTU.
Motto: Study assiduously, resolve to succeed, act decisively, and manage affairs with magnanimity.
Orientation: Taking root in western China, giving service to the country, and striving to be world-class.
Westward Relocation Spirit：Keep in mind the overall situation, work selflessly for our country, carry forward
traditional culture, pioneer with painstaking efforts.
Mission: Xi'an Jiaotong University is committed to cultivating outstanding students who advocate pursue
science, make practical innovations, work hard and steadily, and have noble-minded virtues and a strong sense
of social responsibility, and to preserving, generating, and disseminating knowledge so as to contribute to
science and technology advances, social development, and human civilizationin China and the world at large.
Vision: XJTU works hard to take the lead in student education, scientific research, and social service to
achieve preeminence. By the middle of 21st century, we aim to make XJTU a world-class university, where
prestigious teachers gather, talented students are charmed to attend, talents graduated from it in large
numbers, the international influence is considerable.
website:
http://men.xjtu.edu.cn/
About SOEF(School of Economics and Finance)
School of Economics and Finance (SOEF) is a young and passionate school. The School currently has one national
key discipline (Industrial Economics), one post-doctoralstation of Applied Economics, two first-level
doctorate conferring rights in Applied Economics and Statistics, 12 doctoral programs of sub-disciplines, five
professional Master degrees, and five undergraduate programs including Economics, Finance, Public Finance,
International Economy and Trade, and E-commerce. The School has one provincial and ministerial key
laboratory(Shaanxi E-commerce and E-government laboratory), five provincial and ministerial key research
bases, one XJTU-level teaching experiment center, one national elite course (Panorama to E-commerce), and
three Shaanxi privileged subjects (E-commerce, International Economy and Trade, and Finance). In 2017,the
School cooperated with the Illinois Institute of Technology and Business School by launching the 3+2 bachelor
and master degree program. In 2018, the School and HSBC started a joint undergraduate program -- HSBC Elite
Class for Financial Technology. International Economy and Trade, Finance, and E-Commerce was selected as the
national first-grade undergraduate majors by 2020.
Since the School was founded,faculties have presided more than 100 national research projects, including the
major projects supported by the National Social Science Fund of China and the Ministry of Education Social
Science Fund of China, and more than 500 provincial and ministerial projects, totally with an annual average
research fund of nearly ten million Yuan. Moreover, they have published more than 3000 Chinese / English
academic papers in high-ranked journals, such as Economic Research, the World of Management, China Industrial
Economy, and SSCI indexed Journals, and a series of books entitled XJTU Economist published by the Economic
Science Press. Furthermore, they have won more than 100 provincial and ministerial scientific research awards.
In 2017, Economics (SOEF) and Commercial Science (School of Management) of XJTU entered the top 1% in the ESI
world ranking for the first time, which made XJTU the fourth university in mainland China to accomplish this
achievement following the achievements of Beijing University, Tsinghua University and University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences. According to the results of the fourth round of discipline evaluation issued by the
Ministry of Education in 2017, Applied Economics of the School,the first-grade discipline, entered category A
and ranked 8th in parallel with Tsinghua University and other universities.
website:
http://men.xjtu.edu.cn/info/1222/1864.htm
About SOM(School of Management)
Originally constructed in 1928, and restored and reconstructed in Dec. 1984, the School of Management, Xi’an
Jiaotong University is one of the earliest management schools in China. It now has two state first-level key
disciplines---Management Science and Engineering and Business Administration, and doctoral program and
postdoctoral research station of the above two disciplines. It is also one of the first experimental schools
offering MBA and EMBA. Our school has always been one of the most influential education bases for management
science research and for cultivating management talents. Under the guidance of high standard, strict
requirements and quality first, our school has cultivated a lot of top management talents. Since 2002, the two
discipline namely Management Science and Engineering and Business Administration consecutively ranked among
the top places in the discipline appraisal by the Ministry of Education. In 2011, our school was officially
granted with the international certification AACSB.
In the discipline construction process of the “985 Project” (from 2010 to 2013), our school continues its
30-years plan of combining internationalization strategy with discipline construction and school development.
It refines its discipline orientation by confirming the big data management and application, advanced
manufacture and logistics management, and leadership and strategic innovation as discipline development
direction under the general strategic framework. Through decades of efforts, it has better and more high-level
thesis, it has enhanced its ability to undertake key projects of Natural Science Foundation of China,
supporting plans of national science and technology and major programs of national social science fund, and it
has presented more policy proposals to government and provided more management consulting services to
enterprises. Its capability of serving regional government and enterprises has been further expanded. For more
than 30 years, our school has completed more than 100 projects including national key scientific research
programs, national scientific fund major projects, natural science foundation items and preeminent youth fund
programs. It has gained 3 National Science & Technology Advance Prizes, 4 National Teaching Production Prizes,
1 China Population Prize, more than 100 scientific and technology prizes awarded by the National Science and
Technology Ministry, Chinese Ministry of Education, provinces, cities and universities. It has thousands of
papers published on important journals home and abroad and issued on international academic conferences. It
has composed and published more than 100 various academic monographs and teaching materials.
website：
http://som.xjtu.edu.cn/en/
