One hundred years of Tongji University, one hundred years of College of Transportation Engineering. As the most comprehensive College integrated with all related disciplines in the field of land transport in China, the College of Transportation Engineering of Tongji University consists of five departments and the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Traffic and Transportation Industry Collaborative Innovation Platform, Engineering Research Centers of the Ministry of Education and other institutions.
The College has the National Key Primary Discipline of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and possesses the doctorate awarding authority and post-doctoral research station of the primary discipline. Also, it sets up positions for Yangtze River scholars distinguished professor for highway and railway engineering, traffic information engineering and control. The graduate majors of traffic and transportation engineering, the undergraduate majors of traffic engineering, transportation engineering and logistics engineering were recognized in the first round of “The Plan of Excellent Engineer Education” launched by the Ministry of Education. At present there are more than 850 enrolled undergraduate students and 700 graduate students.
In the long term, with the maxim of pursuing “Unity of Thought and Action, Art of Multi-disciplinary Fusion”, the College had educated a large number of high level talents in the traffic and transportation area and contributed substantially to the national economy and constructions. It plays a significant role in the international academia and engineering. Nowadays, the College has formed “comprehensive, international, sustainable” discipline features. Its related achievements have greatly support the healthy development of the national economy, which makes it have significant impacts on the international society.
