Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) was founded in Shanghai, China, in 1896, with the goal of cultivating talented professionals for the nation. Today, SJTU has become one of the world's top 100 universities and a key university directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the People's Republic of China and co-constructed by MOE and Shanghai Municipal Government. SJTU is currently comprised of 6 campuses with more than 300 hectares.

SJTU has 34 schools/departments, 12 affiliated hospitals, 13 affiliated research institutes, 23 directly affiliated units and 5 directly affiliated enterprises, with 18,004 full-time undergraduates, 28,439 full-time master degree candidates, and 1,858 overseas students. SJTU faculty includes 3,887 full-time teachers, 30 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 27 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. As a comprehensive university, SJTU offers 75 undergraduate programs covering 9 major disciplines: economics, law, literature, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, and arts.

Over the 128 years of its history, SJTU has educated more than 400,000 talents for the country and the world, including Jiang Zemin, a former president of China, and Tsien Hsue-shen, China's "Father of Space Science." Other famous SJTU scholars include Wu Wenjun, a great master of mathematics and winner of the first National Supreme Award for Science and Technology, as well as Wang Zhenyi, winner of the Kettering Prize for cancer research. Over 200 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering are SJTU alumni.

SJTU enjoys an increasingly high scientific research level and technological innovation level. Over the past 2 decades, SJTU has won 99 national science awards, and has led the country for the 14th consecutive year in terms of the number of projects founded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 2023, the number of CNS papers hits a historical high with a total number of 51. SJTU is encouraging talents all over the world.

Carrying forth the mission of preserving cultural heritage, seeking truth, bearing the responsibility of invigorating the Chinese nation and all humankind, today, this centennial university is sailing towards the goal of becoming a comprehensive, innovative, and internationalized world-class university. Shanghai Jiao Tong University belongs to China, but more so, it belongs to the world.