In September 1909 the Postal Department of the Qing government founded the Railway Management Institute in Beijing.

Beijing Jiaotong's facilities include its own transmitter tower, hospital, hotels, TV station, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, gym, arboretum, moot courts, museum, art gallery, railway line and stadium.

Confucius Institutes have been established in Belgium, United States and Brazil to spread Chinese culture throughout the world.

BJTU enrolled over 3,000 foreign students and visiting scholars from as many as 71 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.

The project promotes international education, cultural exchange and cooperation between Chinese and foreign students.

The program is jointly organized by BJTU and the China Women and Children Development Center in order to provide comprehensive education services for international students.

The online service is a 'technological study-path' available worldwide that supports the exchange program both before and after the students arrive in China.

[5] BJTU also cooperates with Shanghai Jiaotong University allowing business and economics students to use both campuses.