Xi Jiaotong University majors: thermal power, electrical engineering, machinery, mechanics, management science. Key majors: engineering mechanics, information engineering, materials science and engineering, electrical engineering and its automation, forensic medicine, etc.

Xi Jiaotong University is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education. Its predecessor was Nanyang Public School, which was founded in Shanghai, 1896. 192 1 renamed jiaotong university. 1956 the State Council decided to move jiaotong university to Xi' an. 1959 was named Xi jiaotong university and listed as a national key university.