About Us - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

About Us

Connecting and Nurturing Global Minds

Shanghai Jiao Tong University champions holistic excellence, emphasizing integrity, intellectual rigor, entrepreneurial spirit, and global competence. Rooted in its motto "Gratitude to Origins, Patriotism to Prosper Alma Mater," SJTU integrates cutting-edge research with real-world impact, fostering leaders who bridge tradition and innovation while upholding ethical responsibility to society.

SJTU in 2030

OUR FUTURE

SJTU in 2030

Our 2030 Strategy channels our sense of responsibility to contribute to a better world, building on our past decade of significant change and challenges.

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Our History

Pioneering Modern Higher Education in China since 1896
Where East Meets West — The Cradle of Global Engineers

Celebrating 130 Years Discover Our Story

Leadership & Governance

University Leadership

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University Administration

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Students

Around 45% of undergraduates participate in short-term exchange programs abroad.

61100+

Total Number of Students

Undergraduate Students: (30%)

Graduate Students: (64%)

Female: (38%)

2800+

International Students

Degree-Seeking: (65%)

Postgraduates: (47%)

Female: (31%)

Our World Rankings

We are ranked among the best universities in the world.

# 45

World University Rankings 2025

# 35

Global Employability University Ranking 2025

Disciplines in the Global Top 1% in 2025

Learn more about our community with the SJTU Fact Book.

Schools & Colleges

SJTU is a comprehensive institution with colleges spanning science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, humanities, law, and agriculture, renowned for academic excellence and cutting-edge research.

Institutes & Centers

We are one of the world's leading research-intensive universities, with centers dedicated to solving the world's biggest problems.

Journals

We prioritize digital development to build an SJTU academic journal brand with a global vision, striving to establish a journal portfolio that is both expansive and academically competitive.

SJTU Brand

Rooted in a legacy of over a century, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) stands as a symbol of academic excellence, innovation, and global vision.

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Highlights

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June 26, 2025

Yafei Mao’s group from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and co-authors published a paper in Nature to analyze the complex structural variations in the Macaca fascicularis to facilitate ev

Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta are the most commonly used non-human primates in experimental research and are widely utilized in biomedical and human evolutionary studies due to their close genetic affinity to humans (having diverged around 25 million years ago), particularly in the fields of human trait formation, disease modeling, and drug metabolism. Their reference genome has been widely applied in these studies, especially in understanding human characteristic trait formation, disease modeling, and drug metabolism. However, the existing reference genomes still contain many unknown sequences, particularly in the regions of the centromere, segmental duplications (SDs), and ribosomal DNA (rDNA), which limits the in-depth exploration of primate evolutionary mechanisms and their biomedical value.

May 06, 2025

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Prof. Yong Cui’s team and collaborators propose new material synthesis strategy in their paper published in Nature