Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The Shanghai Jiaotong University ( Abbreviation:上海 交通 大学, traditional characters :上海 交通 大学, Pinyin: Shànghǎi Jiaotong Daxue; short form: Shang Hai Jiao Da上海 交大or SJTU ), founded in 1896 is a Chinese University in Shanghai.

The name Jiaotong respectively Jiao Tong is the transcription of the Chinese word交通( pinyin: Jiaotong; Wade- Giles: ChiaoTung ). This word means about traffic, transportation, or communication ( something that connects ) and in several cases, part of the Chinese University of names in which it usually remains untranslated.

The Shanghai Jiaotong University created the so-called Shanghai ranking, a rating of universities worldwide, which is considered the world next to the Times Higher Education Supplement as one of the most cited.

Famous alumni and faculty

  • Cai E (蔡 锷), from 1882 to 1916, warlord and general who created and led an army against Yuan Shikai;
  • Wen Tsing Chow (周文俊), 1918-2001, U.S. missile guidance system scientist and computer pioneer;
  • Ding Guangen (丁关根), from 1929 to 2012, Minister of Railways of the People's Republic of China and head of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee;
  • Mareile Flitsch (傅 玛瑞), * 1960, ethnologist;
  • Huang Yanpei (黄炎培), 1878-1965, industrialist, founding chairman of the China Democratic League, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China;
  • Jiang Zemin (江泽民), born 1926, former President of the People 's Republic of China;
  • Lu Dingyi (陆定一), from 1906 to 1996, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China;
  • Mao Daolin (茅道林), * 1963, former Chief Executive of sina.com, son of President Hu Jintao;
  • Mao Yisheng (茅以升), 1896-1989, Civil and Structural Engineer;
  • Qian Xuesen (钱学森), 1911-2009, rocket and space scientists;
  • Andreas Schreitmüller, * 1956, German media scholar;
  • Shao Lizi (邵力子), 1882-1967, founding member of the CCP, later a member of the national leadership of the RK KMT and member of the first government of the PRC ( 1949-1954 );
  • Shen Nanpeng (沉 南 鹏, Neil Shen ), born 1967, founder of Ctrip.com, China CEO of Sequoia Capital;
  • Georg Simbruner, * 1945, Austrian neonatologist;
  • Horst Sund, born 1926, German chemist, former Rector of the University of Konstanz;
  • An Wang (王安), 1920-1990, American computer scientist and inventor, founder of Wang Laboratories;
  • Wang Daohan (汪道涵), from 1915 to 2005, Mayor of Shanghai, President of the Society for the relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait;
  • Wu Wenjun (吴文俊), * 1919, mathematician, winner of the Shaw Prize;
  • Lexing Ying (嬴 乐 星), * 1978, mathematician;
  • Zou Taofen (邹韬奋), 1895-1944, journalist and political commentator.
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