​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...

On September 9, the Discipline of Social Sciences at Southwest Jiaotong University was officially included for the first time in the top 1 % of ESI world ranking according to the latest issue of Essential Science Indicators (ESI) of Clarivate Analytics covering the data from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2021. The emergence of the fifth discipline in the top 1% of ESI world ranking after the Disc...

Southwest Jiaotong University secured a national first prize for the first time and made brilliant breakthrough at the 14th Chinese Collegiate Computing Competition held from July to August 2021. In addition, the University won 11 national second prizes and 7 third prizes, and the number of awards obtained doubled compared with those at the 13th competition, ranking at the top of all the partic...

At the national final of the 5th China College IC Competition (CCICC) held from August 26 to 28, nine SWJTU teams (five teams of postgraduate students and four of undergraduate students) from the School of Information Science and Technology staged their excellent performances in on-site defense and product display, and won one grand prize (the first place on the track), three first prizes, two ...

​On August 25th, 2021, Tian Xin, a doctoral student at the University, acted as the co-first author and published the latest research result “Rechargeable Na/CI2 and Li/CI2 Batteries” (Nature 596, 525–530 (2021) on the top international academic journal Nature in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Zhu Guanzhou from Stanford University. Academician Dai Hongjie, honorary professor of SWJTU and lead...

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...