The biggest difference between the Computer College of Beijing Jiaotong University and the Software College is that the Software College is more inclined to use and has stronger programming ability, while the Computer College is more theoretical and less practical. They all study programming and discrete mathematics together.

The School of Software is separated from the School of Computer Science, and there is only one software engineering major. Computer College belongs to computer science and technology, biomedical engineering, information security and Internet of Things engineering. In contrast, the size and number of computer colleges are larger, but there is little difference in specialty.