Video clip of LZJTU students in Ames sending greetings back home to China

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Iowa State University is committed to developing engineers who are trained to work in a global engineering world and ready to work on international projects. Lanzhou Jiaotong University (LZJTU) students collaborate virtually on projects with students on the Iowa State campus.

Students study the first two years at LZJTU and complete their study at Iowa State. The students receive two bachelor's degrees, one from each university, a superior educational experience, and a powerful set of credentials for a job or graduate study.

The first group of students in the cooperative program started at LZJTU in fall 2004. They began their studies at Iowa State fall semester 2006.

The cooperative program between the two universities has quality instruction at both institutions, features an intensive English curriculum taught by Iowa State personnel in China, and assurance of admission to those who pass the Enlish entrance and engineering proficiency exams for Iowa State.

LZJTU
Lanzhou Jiaotong University (LZJTU) is a comprehensive technical institution. The university has graduated more than 50,000 engineers and managers for both the railways and local transportation concerns.

LZJTU's enrollment is 16,638 undergraduate students, 1,534 graduate students, and more than 12,000 participants in adult education courses.

Lanzhou Jiaotong University contributes to the economic and social development of China, adding to the nation's growth through the development of new teaching methods, excellence in scientific research, and the aggressive pursuit of product development. The university's goal is to educate talented scientists and engineers to become open-minded and innovative professionals who will be the foundation of China's development as a preeminent scientific and engineering powerhouse.

Program history
In 2001 Iowa State's Vice Provost for Extension Stanley Johnson established a goal to create a program in China that would enroll a significant number of Chinese students in Iowa State University and engage Iowa State faculty with Chinese institutions and research opportunities. A series of agreements were signed in 2002 and 2003 to begin this program.

Delegation from People's Republic of China, Gansu Province, visiting Iowa Oct. 15-17, 2006
Li Ying, Deputy Governor, Gansu Provincial Government
Bai Jizhong, Director General, Gansu Education Department
Ren En’en, President, Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Wu Yangdong, Deputy Director General, Gansu Finance Department
Wang Xiangchen, Assistant Deputy Governor, Gansu Provincial Government
Zhang Tianfu, Translator, Gansu Education Department

News release about Oct. 2006 visit

Gansu Province in northwestern China, long and narrow in outline, is dominated by a complex system of semiarid loess-covered plateaus and basins. The high Nan Shan and Qilian Shan mountain ranges extend along much of the southern border.

The region has agriculture products of wheat, millet, kaoliang, and soybeans, grown in terraces and irrigated. Petroleum, iron ore, copper, and coal are the major resources.

Lanzhou, the capital, is an important transportation junction and industrial center. Lanzhou has a population of 2.9 million. Gansu province has an area of 175,300 square miles and population of more than 26 million.

Gansu first came under Chinese administration in the Qin dynasty (221- 206 BCE) and thereafter served as the main corridor between eastern China and central Asia. Trade flowed through the region on the Old Silk Road.

Lanzhou Jiaotong University Web site (English version)

Brochure for Chinese students about the program (pdf, 2 MB)

LZJTU delegates visit United States April 21-May 2 (brochure, pdf, 3 MB)