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Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; 上海交通大学) is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.It was founded as the Nanyang Public School in 1896 by an imperial edict from the Guangxu Emperor and became an industrial school. It became the Shanghai School of Jiao Tong University in 1921 and rapidly developed between 1927 and 1936. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the university continued classes in the Shanghai French Concession (1937-1940) and then in Chongqing (1940-1945). The university started to recover after the war, but declined as the Chinese Civil War intensified. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is now one of the most prominent engineering schools in China.The university has 33 schools, 12 affiliated hospitals, 2 affiliated medical research institutes, 23 directly affiliated units, and 5 directly affiliated enterprises. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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