Lanzhou Jiaotong University, formerly known as Lanzhou Railway Institute, is a key university of the former Ministry of Railways. It has been selected into the National Primary School Project 2 1 1. Generally speaking, the school is still good, and the dominant disciplines are mainly concentrated in transportation.

Lanzhou Jiaotong University is the best in rolling stock engineering, transportation and civil engineering. Locomotive and rolling stock engineering is in the Ministry of Education.