Chang'an University is directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the first batch of national "211 Project" key construction universities, national "985 Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform" construction universities, and national "Double First-Class" construction universities.

The school was founded when all industries in New China were waiting to be boomed. It grew stronger than the waves of reform and flourished in the general trend of a powerful higher education country. It has been walking with the Republic for more than 70 years. Since 1951, the predecessors of the school, Xi'an Highway Jiaotong University, Xi'an Institute of Engineering, and Northwest Institute of Architecture and Engineering have been established one after another. In 1956, it began to recruit foreign students in China. In 1978, it began to recruit postgraduate students. In 1983 began to recruit doctoral candidates. In 1997, it became the first batch of "211 Project" key construction universities. In 2000, the three schools merged to form Chang'an University, opening a new chapter in the school's leapfrog development. Since 2005, the Ministry of Education has successively signed agreements with the Ministry of Communications (now the Ministry of Transport), the People's Government of Shaanxi Province, the Ministry of Land and Resources (now the Ministry of Natural Resources), and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development to jointly build Chang'an University. The school-running structure of Chang'an University was formally formed. In 2011, it was selected as a national "985 Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform" construction university. In 2017, it was selected into the first round of national "double first-class" construction universities. In 2021, it will officially become a pilot unit for the construction of a transportation power. In 2022, it will be selected into the second round of national "Double First-Class" construction universities, starting a new journey of high-quality career development.

The school is located in Xi'an, a famous historical and cultural city. It has two campuses in the north and the south, leaning against the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the south, and adjacent to the Weishui River in the north. It has three teaching and practice bases in Taibai Mountain, Liangshan, and Weishui River. The school strives to create a charming campus that is humanistic, innovative, intelligent, green and safe. The campus is lined with trees, beautiful scenery, and complete facilities. People from 31 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, more than 40 nationalities, and more than 100 countries around the world Many students of the school devote themselves to studying and studying in the diverse and international campus.

The school adheres to the direction of socialist education, sticks to the fundamental task of cultivating people through morality, adheres to the discipline development concept of "reaching the peak of engineering, revitalizing science, prospering liberal arts, and making breakthroughs", and acts as "the cradle of talent training, the palace of scientific research, and social services. The lofty mission of being a base for cultural inheritance and innovation, and the frontier of international exchanges and cooperation”, adheres to the goal and vision of “a high-level research university with distinctive characteristics and international reputation”, and becomes the three major industries of my country’s transportation, land resources, and urban and rural construction. It is an important base for training high-level talents in the field, high-level scientific research, and high-quality social services.

The school currently has 9 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 1 professional degree doctoral program, 33 first-level discipline master programs, and 19 master's professional degree authorization categories. There are 9 postdoctoral research stations. Six disciplines, including Engineering, Earth Science, Materials Science, Environmental Science and Ecology, General Introduction to Social Sciences, and Chemistry, entered the top 1% in the ESI global ranking. There are currently 86 undergraduate majors, of which 50 majors have been selected into the "Double Ten Thousand Plan" national and provincial first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and 23 majors have passed the national engineering education certification. The school ranks among the top 100 universities in China, and its civil engineering and transportation disciplines and water resources disciplines rank 20th and 10th among USNews global universities respectively.

The school has 25 colleges (departments, centers), and has a degree-granting system covering seven major categories of engineering, science, management, economics, philosophy, law, and literature, and runs through the entire process of bachelor, master, and doctoral education. In the new era, facing the country's major strategic needs, a number of physical research institutes have been established, such as the Modern Transportation Research Institute, the Qinling Ecological Environment Research Institute, the Yellow River Research Institute, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway Engineering Research Institute, and the Xiong'an Modern Industry Research Institute. At present, there are 4 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the Singapore Academy of Engineering, more than 1,400 professors and associate professors, 392 doctoral supervisors, and 1,151 master supervisors. There are more than 100 outstanding talents of various types undertaking national key research and development plans and major national engineering projects. At present, there are more than 25,000 full-time undergraduates, more than 12,000 doctoral and master students, and more than 1,700 international students in China.

The school platform conditions are perfect. There are currently 5 national experimental teaching centers (including 3 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers), 19 provincial and ministerial experimental teaching centers (including 4 provincial and ministerial virtual simulation experimental teaching centers), and there are There are 2 national engineering research centers, 1 international joint laboratory, 91 provincial and ministerial key research bases, and 1 Shaanxi National Applied Mathematics Center. The only "Internet of Vehicles and Smart Vehicle Test Site" in domestic universities, it is recognized by the Ministry of Transport as one of the first three "Automatic Driving Closed Site Test Bases" in the country.

The school has achieved fruitful results in educating people, and has sent more than 300,000 outstanding graduates at home and abroad, including more than 10,000 international students in China. Excellent alumni spread all over the world, and are famous in the industry for their "family and country feelings, international vision, innovation ability and dedication". Groups", the "scientists group" leading the academic frontier represented by Ding Han, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the "political elite group" represented by Feng Zhenglin, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and the "business elite group" who created a number of listed companies. The school was selected as the "National University Practice and Education Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base" and "National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform Typical Experience Universities".

The school is committed to original innovation, building a six-in-one scientific and technological innovation system of "big team, big platform, big project, big achievement, big service, and big contribution". The annual scientific research funding exceeds 960 million yuan, and it takes the lead in undertaking 11 national key research and development plan projects 37 items. In recent years, it has won 23 first and second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. More than 1,300 patents are authorized annually. It has successively overcome a complete set of scientific and technological problems in highway construction in special areas, developed an imminent disaster warning system for loess landslides and large-scale collapses, and solved the risk prevention and control of ground fissures in subway construction. In the new era, the school actively deploys interdisciplinary strategies such as "smart +", "green +" and "big data +", aiming to transform traditions, upgrade industries, and win the future.

The school pays attention to the promotion of achievements, and the scientific research achievements have been applied to the construction of super projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which is known as the "heavy weapon of the country", and Beijing Daxing International Airport, a new benchmark for global airports, and supports the world's largest span road-rail cable-stayed bridge The Hutong Yangtze River Bridge, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway with the highest altitude in the world, the Qinling Zhongnanshan Tunnel, the longest highway tunnel in Asia, the Yujing Expressway, the first desert expressway, and many other century-old projects with important international influence. Established in-depth strategic partnerships with dozens of Fortune 500 companies.

The school carefully builds a matrix of excellent academic journals, hosts 8 academic journals, and firmly stands at the forefront of the academic publishing industry in Chinese universities. "Chinese Journal of Highway", "Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering" and "Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering" have become the three top journals in the field of transportation in China, and all of them have been selected into the China Science and Technology Journal Excellence Action Plan, ranking fourth among universities in the country. Founded the first English-language journal "Journal of Road Engineering" in the field of road engineering in China. The 5 journals sponsored were selected as T1-level journals in the classification catalog of high-quality scientific and technological journals in the field of road transportation. Both "Journal of Building Science and Engineering" and "Journal of Earth Science and Environment" have significant industry influence.

The school adheres to international education, and has established Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions "Chang'an Dublin International Transportation College", Maldives Villa College Chinese Center (Confucius Institute), Special Area Road Transportation Infrastructure Sustainable Development International Cooperation Joint Laboratory, 5 national-level The "111 Plan" subject innovation and intelligence introduction base initiated the establishment of the "Sino-Russian Transportation Universities International Technology Transfer Center". Held international forums on the docking of China-US, China-Russia, China-France, and China-South Africa highway engineering standards to promote the coordination plan of international transportation standards. Participate deeply in the planning, organization and operation of the World Transport Conference (WTC). Join hands with large enterprises such as China Road and Bridge, China Communications, China Railway, and China Railway Construction to promote the "Going Global" partnership plan for Chinese enterprises. It has established cooperative relations with more than 180 colleges and scientific research institutions in more than 30 countries and regions in the world.

The bells of the Wild Goose Pagoda are lingering, the Weihe River is mighty, and the Taibai Mountains are capped. Generations of people have never changed their original aspirations, their pride is like a waterfall, and they have accumulated a lot of accumulation for decades, and they have traveled for a long time. Facing the future, Chang'an University will always hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, facing the frontiers of world science and technology, the main battlefield of the economy, the major needs of the country, and the lives and health of the people, and accelerate world-class development. The pace of construction of universities and first-class disciplines will write a new glory in the grand journey of helping the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!