Xi’an Jiaotong University, one of the top 10 key state universities, is directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education of China and aims at developing into the world famous high-level research university. Xi’an Jiaotong University is a comprehensive research university offering programs in 10 areas—science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, literature, law, philosophy, education and art—-with a major emphasis on science and engineering, consisting of 24 schools.