The history of the School of Computer Science (including the School of Cyber Science and Engineering and the School of Cryptography) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) dates back to 1956. To independently develop the atomic energy industry, the state decided to establish a major in Electronic Computer Science at Jiao Tong University. Later, due to the university's westward relocation, relevant faculty members and disciplines were moved to Xi'an. In 1958, with the approval of the Ministry of Higher Education, Jiao Tong University (Shanghai Branch) reestablished the Department of Radio Engineering, which included the Computer Science major. In 1984, the Department of Computer Science was formally founded, consisting of three academic groups (System Architecture, Computer Software, and Computer Applications), two laboratories (Computer Technology and Computer Music), and one computer room. In the same year, the Institute of Computer Science and Technology was established. Since then, through numerous reforms and developments, the cluster of computer-related disciplines has gradually grown and expanded.

On May 11, 2025, the School of Computer Science at SJTU was officially established. It integrates the former Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Software, School of Cyber Science and Engineering, John Hopcroft Center for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Institute, Institute of Cyber Science and Technology, and Qingyuan Research Institute of SJTU.

The school boasts a strong faculty team, with 255 full-time teachers, including 6 IEEE Fellows and 105 recipients of national-level talent programs (with over 40 new additions in the past five years). Faculty members have achieved remarkable research outcomes in fields such as parallel and distributed computing, computer networks, information security and cryptography, data and service computing, system software, and intelligent human-computer interaction. In recent years, they have presided over more than 260 key national-level scientific research projects, with the number of projects steadily increasing year by year. The school has won 6 national-level scientific and technological awards and 19 provincial/municipal-level first-class or higher scientific and technological awards, demonstrating strong scientific research capabilities and international influence.

In terms of discipline development and talent cultivation, the school's "Computer Science and Technology" was selected as one of the first national first-class key disciplines and one of the first national Double First-Class disciplines. And we hold China’s top A+ discipline rating, and our global standing continues to rise. In the World University Rankings by subject, our Computer Science program ranks joint 1st globally in CSRankings 2025, top 6 in US News, top 20 in QS, and top 1‰ in ESI. The school focuses on nurturing top-notch innovative talents, offering three national-level first-class undergraduate programs (Computer Science and Technology, Information Security, and Software Engineering). It has also established special elite talent programs such as the Yongqiang Class, ACM Class, and John Class, while actively exploring an industry-education integration teaching model. In recent years, the school has won 13 national-level teaching achievement awards and 13 Shanghai municipal-level teaching achievement awards, and has cultivated over 40 outstanding doctoral students. Its students have consistently achieved excellent results in major international and domestic competitions, including the "Challenge Cup", ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), International Interdisciplinary Mathematical Modeling Competition, and National Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Competition. Currently, the school has over 3,000 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. It has successively cultivated a number of academic masters, represented by Academician Xia Peisu, Academician Mei Hong, and Teng Shang-Hua (two-time Gödel Prize winner), as well as industry leaders such as Yang Yuanqing (CEO of Lenovo Group), Lu Yimin (former Vice Chairman and CEO of China Unicom), Zhao Jianjun (founder of TP-Link), and Mao Daolin (former CEO of Sina.com).

The school attaches great importance to international cooperation and exchanges, having established close partnerships with many world-renowned universities, providing students with a broad international perspective and exchange platforms. Meanwhile, it actively carries out industry-university-research cooperation with enterprises, setting up joint laboratories and talent training bases with several leading technology companies to promote the transformation and industrialization of scientific research achievements.

With the goal of building a world-class school of computer science, the school will continuously deepen the reform of education and teaching as well as scientific research innovation, cultivate more outstanding high-level talents in the field of computer science for national and social development, and make greater contributions to advancing China's informatization drive.

(Information updated as of December 2025)