Xi'an Jiaotong University

Xi'an Jiaotong University is a C9 League research university in Xi'an, China, founded in 1896, ranked 92nd globally by ARWU 2025.

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) is a comprehensive research university founded in Shanghai in 1896 and relocated to Xi'an in 1956 under a State Council directive. It is one of only nine universities in China's elite C9 League, the country's equivalent of the Ivy League, and the only C9 member located in Western China. The university operates 17 schools offering 74 undergraduate, 199 master's, and 114 doctoral programs across science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, law, and the humanities.

XJTU's strongest disciplines are engineering and technology, energy science, biomedical engineering, and management. The university runs eight affiliated teaching hospitals, two of which rank among China's top 100 medical institutions, making its clinical medicine programs particularly well-regarded. Its research output spans high-profile journals including Cell, Science Advances, and Nature Communications, and it is a founding member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road.

The main campus is located in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province and the historic eastern terminus of the ancient Silk Road. Xi'an is a tier-1 city in western China with a lower cost of living than Beijing or Shanghai. Total enrollment stands at approximately 60,000 students, of whom around 3,700 are international students from more than 100 countries.