Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Overview

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. It was founded in 1896 by the Ministry of Posts and Communication as Nanyang Public School. One of the oldest institutions of higher education in China, SJTU is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University and a C9 League university.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Key Statistics

The university comprises 31 academic schools, affiliated departments, a graduate school, affiliated institutes, and affiliated hospitals. Some of its core academic units include the School of Biomedical Engineering, the University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, and the School of International and Public Affairs.

SJTU has 31 schools (departments), 63 undergraduate programs, 250 masters-degree programs, 203 Ph.D. programs, 28 post-doctorate programs,

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's student population is approximately 40,711, comprising 16,221 undergraduates and 21,768 postgraduates and Ph.D. candidates. It has around 3,061 academic personnel.

It has seven campuses, which include the Xuhui Campus (main), Lingang Campus, Fahuazhen Road Campus, Shangzhong Road Campus, and the South Chongqing Road Campus.

The other Shanghai Jiao Tong University key statistics include several notable alumni such as the former National People's Congress Vice Chairman Huang Yanpei, former Shanghai Mayor Wang Daohan, former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo member Ding Guangen, and former CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin.

It also has several affiliated hospitals, including the Shanghai General Hospital, Xinhua Hospital, Renji Hospital, and the CWI International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Research

SJTU is a research-intensive Chinese university, with research projects spanning ministerial, provincial, and national levels. It has numerous research facilities, including 11 national engineering research centers and state key laboratories.

Its top fields of research are medicine, materials science, and computer science. Shanghai Jiao Tong University research outputs have been published in prestigious journals like the Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials. Its researchers have attended major scholarly conferences such as the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the International Conference on Computer Vision.

The most cited Shanghai Jiao Tong University research publication is Zhu et al.’s (2020) “A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019.” This was published in The New England Journal of Medicine and has been cited 15,031 to date.

The university’s second most cited publication is Lozano et al.’s (2012) “Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010,” which was featured in The Lancet and has received 14,359 citations.

In addition, the university’s third most cited publication is Chen et al.’s (2020) “Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: A descriptive study,” which was also published in The Lancet and has been cited 12,942 times so far.

The university has several research centers and institutes. These include the Institute of Energy, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, and the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology. Its Minhang Campus’ Zizhu Science Park hosts the R&D centers of numerous global high-tech companies such as Sandisk, Microsoft, STMicroelectronics, and Intel.