Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a key university in China, jointly run by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai Municipality. Founded in 1896, it is one of China's oldest universities. Shanghai Jiao Tong boasts 20 academic schools - with 60 undergraduate programs, 152 Masters degree programs, 93 PhD programs, 21 post-doctorate programs, 16 State key doctorate programs and 14 State key laboratories and National engineering centers.

Its total enrolment of full-time students is 38,000, roughly split evenly between undergraduate and postgraduate students. Shanghai Jiao Tong has various international academic exchange programs with foreign universities. It has established relations with more than 100 renowned universities and colleges around the world, as well as connections with many research institutions, corporations and enterprises in China and abroad.