197 1 year, the state decided to merge the locomotive and rolling stock department of Shanghai Jiaotong University and the railway engineering major of Tongji University into Shanghai Railway Institute, renamed East China Jiaotong University, and moved to Jiangxi. 1978, the central government agreed that the former Shanghai Railway Institute would not be relocated, and East China Jiaotong University would continue to establish its school in Nanchang, led by the former Ministry of Railways and Jiangxi Province, mainly by the former Ministry of Railways; In 2000, the school was transformed into a "central and local * * * building, with local management as the mainstay".
As of June 20 16, 10, the school covers an area of nearly 3,000 mu, with a building area of over 700,000 square meters, and the total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is nearly 350 million yuan. With 2.03 million paper books and 2.33 million electronic documents, the library is a first-class academic periodical literature retrieval consulting station in China. The school has 1 postdoctoral research center, 1 postdoctoral research mobile station, 1 academician workstation, 2 first-class doctoral programs and 17 first-class master programs; There are more than 23,000 students in school, including more than 2,800 graduate students. Faculty 1700, including more than 530 associate professors; The school has 17 secondary colleges and 60 undergraduate majors.
As of 20 16, 10, the number of teaching and administrative staff in East China Jiaotong University 1700, including more than 530 associate professors, academicians of China Academy of Engineering 1 person (distinguished professor), Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education 1 person, and candidates (part-time professors) for the thousand-person plan of the Central Organization Department. With more than 80 high-end talents such as the National "100 Million Talents Project", national outstanding teachers, the Ministry of Education's "New Century Excellent Talents Support Plan", the Ministry of Science and Technology's "Young and Middle-aged Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation" and distinguished professor, they enjoy special allowances from the State Council and are "Beijing-Hong Kong Scholars". There are 6 teaching teams in colleges and universities in Jiangxi Province, 5 superior innovation teams in Jiangxi Province, and excellent teaching teams in ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities in Jiangxi Province 1 team.