Jiaotong University, Jiao Tong University, or Chiao Tung University was established in 1921 by the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of China's Beiyang government under the merger of the three scattered universities, and later separated into five universities to date. These five universities include:Beijing Jiaotong University in Haidian, Beijing, Mainland China National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu and Taipei, Taiwan Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, Mainland China Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan, Mainland China Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, Shaanxi, Mainland China