​The video conference on the proposed collaborative program of high-speed railway between Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) and Khon Kaen University (KKU) of Thailand was held on May 25, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Beijing Time (BJT). Mr. Liao Junyun, Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China in Khon Kaen, Assoc. Prof. Charnchai Panthongviriyakul, M.D., President of Khon Kaen Univ...

​The Agreement on the Collaborative Bachelor’s Degree Program of Fire Protection and Safety Technology was extended online between Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) and Oklahoma State University (OSU) of United States at 8:00 p.m. on May 20, 2021 (7:00 a.m. EST). Presidents Yang Dan and Burns Hargis were present at the ceremony and SWJTU Vice President Yao Faming hosted the ceremony.In hi...

The gold medal goes to a SWJTU team consisting of Zhang Hansheng, Wang Haoyuan and Zheng Xingyu at the Asian final of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). The Contest was held at Northwestern Polytechnical University from April 16 to 18 with 291 participating teams from universities across the country, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ...

From August 13 to 14, students from the School of Information Science and Technology of Southwest Jiaotong University claimed 1 first prize, 1 second prize and 1 third prize at the final of the 16th “Zhaoyi Innovation Cup” China Graduate Electronic Design Contest (CGEDC). SWJTU teams have won the first prize for three consecutive years at this national competition and the university was also ...

From July 24 to 25, the four teams from Southwest Jiaotong University were decorated with two first prizes, one second prize and one third prize in the final of the 16th Yoodao·Didi Cup National Competition of Transport Science and Technology for Undergraduate Students held at Chongqing Jiaotong University. SWJTU has reaped the best results ever in the competition, ranking top among all the par...

Recently, a team composed of doctoral students from Southwest Jiaotong University, the first one of the nation, is established to assist the construction of Sichuan-Tibet Railway. The team includes more than 20 doctoral candidates from different disciplines and programmes and provides their social service from July 22 to 26 in Tibet.Southwest Jiaotong University is one of the earliest instituti...

​On July 6, the Second International Conference on Rail Transportation (ICRT2021), sponsored and hosted by Southwest Jiaotong University and chaired by Academician Zhai Wanming, concluded with great success after the completion of two days’ tightly scheduled academic presentations, exchanges, and discussions. Under the influence of COVID-19 pandemic, the 2nd ICRT was held both online and offl...

The International Student Forum and Inaugural Ceremony of World Transport Convention (WTC) 2021 International Student Operating Committee, the theme activities of the 2021 WTC, were held on June 18 in Xi'an, capital of the northwestern Shannxi Province. Nearly 100 international students from more than 20 universities in China attended the convention, including those from Southwest Jiaotong Univ...

China already possesses the world's largest high-speed railway network, and it will only expand more ambitiously, according to the country's new Five-Year Plan. But it's not just the railroads that are extending. China may also get a major boost in the speed of its bullet trains. A prototype maglev train recently unveiled at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan Province aims to set...

Professor Wang Chenping, alumnus of 1983, was nominated ASCE Class 2021 Distinguished Member by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This is the second time that the alumnus from the University has been awarded such a title after the nomination of Lin Tongyan in 1984.Distinguished Member of ASCE, abbreviated as Dist. M. ASCE, was first granted by the American Society of Civil Enginee...

Two SWJTU teams scooped their respective national first prizes at the final of the 7th National Contest on Logistics Design by University Students (NCLDUS) held in Beijing from April 22 to 25. In addition, one of the two named “E Zhou Yun Yun” was granted the “Most Valuable Business Award”, its five member students were accepted into the Special Talent Direct Admission Scheme, and the super...

​Following fierce contentions, the SWJTU team composed of Lin Chen, Zhang Jidan, Zhang Ming, and Chen Chen from the Programme of Building Environment and Energy Engineering at the School of Mechanical Engineering beat the other seven teams and won the only grand prize in China Division of the 2020 CAR-ASHRAE Student Design Project Competition.On April 8, 2021, the winning team was invited to a...