History

1951-1958  "Highway College" and "Highway and Urban Roads" were launched in Beijing, Baoding and Xi'an.

1958       Beijing Highway College merged with Xi'an Automobile Machinery School to establish Xi'an Highway College. In October of the same year, the Road department was established, which was the predecessor of the Highway College.

1974       Xi'an Highway College resumed enrollment. In the same year, it began to recruit international students in highway engineering in the Arab Republic of Yemen.

1984-1985  The disciplines of highway engineering, bridge and tunnel engineering, and geotechnical engineering were granted master's degrees. In 1990, the disciplines of highway, urban road and airport engineering were granted doctoral degrees.

1998      Xi'an Highway College was renamed Xi'an Highway and Transportation University, and the highway department was renamed as Highway Engineering College.

2000       The former Xi'an Highway and Transportation University, Xi'an Engineering College, and Northwest Institute of Architecture and Engineering merged to form Chang'an University, directly under the Ministry of Education. It was the key construction university of the “211” project, and the college was renamed the Highway College.

Xi'an Highway College                     Opening Ceremony of Xi'an Highway College  

First graduate of the Xi’an Highway College         Dormitory in the 70s

School gate in the 80s                    Highway College of Chang’an University(2000)