Introduction to the Discipline of Logistics in Beijing Jiaotong University

Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) is a national key university of China, under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education and jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Railways and Beijing Province. As one of the 5 Jiaotong Universities in China, the founding history of BJTU can be traced back to 1896. The predecessor of BJTU is Beijing Railway Management Training Institute, established in late Qing Dynasty. In 1921, the school merged with two industrial technical schools in Shanghai and Tangshan to form the National Jiaotong University, with three branch universities in Beijing, Shanghai and Tangshan respectively. BJTU was then called as the Beijing Campus of National Jiaotong University. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, BJTU was re-named as Northern Jiaotong University (NJTU) by the State Council. Chairman Mao Zedong appointed Academician Mao Yisheng, a nationally renowned expert in bridge engineering, as the first president of NJTU. In 1951, Chairman Mao Zedong autographed the name of the University.

Department of Material Supply was established in BJTU in 1946, which is the first major for railway supply logistics in China. In 1984, it was renamed as Department of Material Management Engineering. It was renamed as Department of Logistics Management In 2001. In 2007, the undergraduate major was awarded as special major of national level by the Ministry of Education of China.The major got the right to grant master‘s degree in 1981 and the right to grant Ph D’s degree in 1996.  The discipline of management science and engineering in BJTU (specializing in logistics management) was awarded as Beijing key discipline in 2002. In 2009, we got management science and engineering post-doctoral station.

Since established in 1946, BJTU is the first university who has the right to grant bachelor, master and PhD’s degrees in logistics management in China. We have 5 No. 1s in logistics management in China: the first one having the right to grant bachelor degree, the first one having the right to grant master degree, the first one having the right to grant PhD degree, the first one being awarded as special major of national level by the Ministry of Education of China, The first one having Chinese Academician of Engineering. In 2006, the major of logistics management in BJTU was ranked as No. 1 by Research Center for Chinese Science Evaluation.

北京交通大学物流学科介绍

北京交通大学是教育部直属，教育部、中国铁路总公司、北京市人民政府共建的全国重点大学，北京交通大学作为中国五个交通大学的源头之一，历史渊源可追溯到1896年，前身是清政府创办的北京铁路管理传习所，1921年与上海工业专门学校、唐山工业专门学校合并组建交通大学，在北京、上海、唐山三地建有分校，被称为国家交通北京学院。1949年新中国成立后被国家人民代表大会命名为北方交通大学。1950年学校定名北方交通大学，由著名桥梁专家茅以升任校长。

北京交通大学物流管理与工程学科源于1946年在国内首家设立的为铁路供应物流培养管理人才的材料管理本科专业，1984年更名为物资管理工程专业，2001年更名为物流管理专业。历。2007年北京交通大学物流管理与工程学科被评为第一批国家物流管理特色专业建设点。1981年本专业获得了授予硕士和博士学位的权力。2002年，管理科学与工程（物流管理专业）被授予北京市重点学科荣誉称号2009年，学科实验室物流管理与技术实验室被评为北京市重点实验室。

自1946年建立以来是我国首家具有本、硕、博完整的物流管理人才培养体系的学科。在物流管理领域，我们拥有5个国内第一：第一个有权授予学士学位，第一个有权授予硕士学位，第一个有权授予博士学位，第一个有被教育部授予国家级荣誉称号的专业，第一个拥有中国工程院院士。2006年，北京交通大学物流管理专业被中国科学院评估中心评为国内第一。