北京交通大学是教育部直属，教育部、交通运输部、北京市人民政府和中国国家铁路集团有限公司共建的全国重点大学，是国家“211工程”“985工程优势学科创新平台”“双一流”建设高校。学校以信息、管理为优势，以交通科学与技术为特色，工、管、经、理、文、法、哲等多学科协调发展，是培养国家经济社会发展特别是交通行业高层次人才和解决国家重大科技问题的重要基地。

Beijing Jiaotong University is a key national university directly under the Ministry of Education, co-constructed by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, the People's Government of Beijing Municipality, and China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. It is a university listed in the "211 Project", "985 Project Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform", and "Double First-Class" construction initiative. With strengths in information technology and management, and featuring transportation science and technology, the university develops coordinately in multiple disciplines such as engineering, management, economics, science, liberal arts, law, and philosophy. It serves as an important base for cultivating high-level talents for national economic and social development, especially in the transportation industry, and for solving major national scientific and technological problems.

学校历史悠久，底蕴深厚，其前身是1896年创办的北京铁路管理传习所，是中国近代铁路管理、电信教育的发祥地。百余年来，学校始终与国家发展和民族复兴同向同行，形成了“知行”校训和“严谨治学、严格要求”的“双严”传统，培养了大批杰出人才，为国家交通事业和社会发展作出了重要贡献。

With a long history and profound heritage, the university originated from the Beijing Railway Management Training Institute founded in 1896, which is the birthplace of modern railway management and telecommunications education in China. Over more than a century, the university has always advanced in the same direction as national development and national rejuvenation, forming the school motto of "Knowledge and Action" and the "Double Strictness" tradition of "rigorous scholarship and strict requirements". It has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents and made important contributions to the national transportation industry and social development.