It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines. Beijing Jiaotong university is one of the prominent research universities in the world in regard of Transportation Science and Technology. According to the shanghai subject ranking 2018 for Transportation Science and Technology, BJTU has achieved the first place (Beijing Jiaotong University-1st, Tshinghua University-2nd, TU Delft-3rd) all over the world.[3]