Lanzhou Jiaotong University

Lanzhou Jiaotong University (LZJTU), formerly known as Lanzhou Railway University, was established in 1958 through the transfer of departments and sections from two Chinese railway colleges of high repute: Tangshan Railway Institute ( the present Southwest Jiaotong University) and Beijing Railway Institute ( the present Beijing Jiaotong University). Since 2000, the university has been managed by both local and central government offices. In April 2003, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the name of Lanzhou Railway University was changed to Lanzhou Jiaotong University. LZJTU has 3 campuses and one Science and Technology Park, covering an area of 1,565 mu (104 hectares), with 727.000 square meters of building area. The University has total fixed assets amounting to 1.332 billion RMB, and research instruments and equipment valued at 2.55 billion RMB. The library houses one 221.84 million books including over 4,000 types of Chinese and English periodicals and 2600 GB worth of E-books. The University now has30,132 full-time students. These include 22,855 undergraduates, 3,334 masters candidates, 245 doctoral candidates, 26209studentsenrolling in the continuing education coursesand 155 international students. There are 2,255 full-time employees, including 4 concurrent academicians,1,529 faculty members, 735 full professors and associate professors and over 230 high-level personnel, which has formed a team of well-trained teachers with reasonable structure and good quality.