Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) is located in national central city Chengdu, Sichuan Province, affiliated to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It's a national key university co-built by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China Railway Corporation, Sichuan Province and Chengdu City. SWJTU was founded in 1896 and is one of China 's leading engineering universities.