as one of the important branches of jiaotong university, the school dates back to 1896, and was reorganized with the approval of the State Council in 1958 after the departments of Tangshan Railway Institute (now Southwest Jiaotong University) and Beijing Railway Institute (now Beijing Jiaotong University) split in two and moved to Lanzhou. In April 23, Lanzhou Railway Institute was renamed Lanzhou Jiaotong University. In 212, the Chinese people signed an agreement with the Ministry of Railways and the People's Government of Gansu Province to establish Lanzhou Jiaotong University.
Lanzhou Railway Institute was listed as a key aid project of the former Soviet Union by the national central government at the beginning of its establishment in 195s. As an important branch of Jiaotong University, Lanzhou Jiaotong University can be traced back to 1896. Lanzhou Jiaotong University is located in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, invested by the central ministries and commissions, and is a key university of the Ministry of Railways. It is a high-level university construction institution in Gansu Province. Selected as the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" of the Ministry of Education, the "Basic Capacity Building Project of Colleges and Universities in the Midwest", the excellent universities with undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education, the governing unit of China Rail Transit Vocational Education Alliance, the China People's Liberation Army Air Force Reserve Officer Selection and Training Institute, the member of China-Russia Jiaotong University Alliance, the member universities of China-ASEAN Rail Transit Education and Training Alliance, and the national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. China is an important base for rail transit personnel training and scientific and technological research. It is a teaching and research university which focuses on engineering, science, economics, management, literature and art, and has the qualification of recommending outstanding undergraduate graduates to study for graduate students without examination.
in January, 1959, the Ministry of Railways announced the Draft Development Plan for Specialized (Full-time) Schools in Railway Universities from 196 to 1967. In April, the Ministry of Railways held a conference on the education of all railway colleges and secondary specialized schools in Chengdu. The conference conveyed and implemented the working principle of "rectification, consolidation and improvement" of the Central Education Conference. On the basis of summing up the work in 1958, it put forward the tasks and objectives of the work in 1959, focusing on issues such as strengthening the unified management of schools, adjusting newly-built colleges and improving the quality of education, and determined six principles and specific plans for rectification. The meeting discussed the Ministry of Railways' Several Provisions on Strengthening the Unified Management of Full-time Colleges and Secondary Specialized Schools (Draft) and Opinions on Rectifying Newly-built Colleges and Universities in 1958. In June, the Ministry of Railways issued a document to standardize the name and academic system of railway universities. Provisions: Colleges and universities directly under the Ministry of Railways are all named after "Railway Institute" and named after the place where the institution is located; Colleges and universities affiliated to various bureaus, colleges and factories are all named after "Railway College" and named after the place where the college is located; The undergraduate course of universities directly under the Ministry of Railways is five years, others are four years, and the junior college is three or two years. In June 1959, the Ministry of Railways identified three key schools in the railway colleges and universities, namely Tangshan Railway Institute, Beijing Railway Institute and Lanzhou Railway Institute.
In March p>1961, the Ministry of Railways held a working conference on railway higher and secondary professional education in Hengyang. The meeting discussed the implementation of the central government's eight-character policy of "adjustment, consolidation, enrichment and improvement", and specifically studied: the preliminary plan for the adjustment of "four decisions" in railway colleges and secondary specialized schools; A preliminary plan for enriching and improving railway colleges and secondary specialized schools; Decision (Draft) on Setting up Railway Key Colleges and Universities and Key Secondary Specialized Schools by Ministry of Railways; Interim Provisions on the Organization of Railway Colleges and Secondary Specialized Schools (Draft); Professional catalogue of railway higher and secondary specialized schools. In April, the Ministry of Railways identified five key institutions of higher learning: Beijing Railway Institute, Tangshan Railway Institute, Lanzhou Railway Institute, Changsha Railway Institute and Nanjing Railway Medical College.
in p>25, with the approval of the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Gansu Province, it was decided to merge Lanzhou Railway Machinery School, a key secondary specialized school of the Ministry of Railways, and Lanzhou Railway Transportation Technical School, a key technical school of the Ministry of Railways, into Lanzhou Jiaotong University, a key university of the Ministry of Railways. In 23, Lanzhou Jiaotong University was approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, and became a doctoral degree awarding unit.
In February, 22, China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. and Gansu Provincial People's Government signed an agreement to establish Lanzhou Jiaotong University. This marks that Lanzhou Jiaotong University has officially entered the ranks of "provincial * * *" universities. According to the agreement, China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. will focus on supporting Lanzhou Jiaotong University to strengthen scientific and technological innovation, discipline construction and personnel training. The Gansu provincial government will further strengthen the organization and leadership of Lanzhou Jiaotong University and support it in running schools, and give special support and support in policies and funds to promote the development of high-quality characteristics of the school. * * * The two sides will jointly promote the construction and development of Lanzhou Jiaotong University, and support Lanzhou Jiaotong University to become an important base for high-quality transportation personnel training, high-level scientific research, high-quality scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation in western China, and become a high-level teaching and research university with distinctive engineering advantages and coordinated development of multiple disciplines.