西南交通大學(xué)希望學(xué)院是經(jīng)國(guó)家教育部批準(zhǔn)、由首批進(jìn)入“雙一流”建設(shè)的百年名?！髂辖煌ù髮W(xué)按照高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)、高起點(diǎn)的要求創(chuàng)辦、以軌道交通特色立校的一所全日制工科類普通本科高等院校。學(xué)院設(shè)有軌道交通學(xué)院、土木工程學(xué)院、商學(xué)院、外語系、基礎(chǔ)部、思政部等教學(xué)單位，開辦本?？茖I(yè)50個(gè)，面向全國(guó)13個(gè)省市招生，現(xiàn)有在校學(xué)生25000余人。

學(xué)院弘揚(yáng)“明德勵(lì)志、務(wù)實(shí)創(chuàng)新、竢實(shí)揚(yáng)華、自強(qiáng)不息”的精神，堅(jiān)持“以人為本、學(xué)生第一”的辦學(xué)理念，堅(jiān)持“以人為本，以學(xué)生為中心，把每個(gè)學(xué)生培養(yǎng)成才”的辦學(xué)宗旨，堅(jiān)持“質(zhì)量立校、特色強(qiáng)校、人才興?！钡霓k學(xué)戰(zhàn)略，在不斷提高教育教學(xué)水平的基礎(chǔ)上，全面打造“雙師雙能型”教師隊(duì)伍，全面推進(jìn)“寬基礎(chǔ)、多口徑、強(qiáng)能力、高素質(zhì)”為特征的“現(xiàn)場(chǎng)工程師”應(yīng)用型人才培養(yǎng)。

學(xué)院堅(jiān)持“立足西部，面向全國(guó)，以市場(chǎng)需求為導(dǎo)向，建設(shè)應(yīng)用技術(shù)型大學(xué)，打造國(guó)內(nèi)一流的獨(dú)立本科院?！钡陌l(fā)展定位，堅(jiān)持以軌道交通為特色學(xué)科，土木工程為支撐學(xué)科，以商科類專業(yè)為延伸學(xué)科的發(fā)展觀，充分利用西南交通大學(xué)的師資優(yōu)勢(shì)、專業(yè)優(yōu)勢(shì)和行業(yè)背景，依托西南交通大學(xué)國(guó)家特色專業(yè)、省級(jí)特色專業(yè)、國(guó)家級(jí)、省級(jí)實(shí)驗(yàn)教學(xué)示范中心和校外實(shí)習(xí)實(shí)訓(xùn)基地，不斷完善教學(xué)計(jì)劃，優(yōu)化課程體系和教學(xué)內(nèi)容，加強(qiáng)實(shí)踐教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)，建成涵蓋軌道交通、土木工程以及商學(xué)相關(guān)專業(yè)的現(xiàn)代化理實(shí)一體化實(shí)驗(yàn)實(shí)訓(xùn)中心。堅(jiān)持凝聚特色、彰顯亮點(diǎn)、兼顧發(fā)展，強(qiáng)化與成都鐵路局、成都地鐵、中鐵八局、希望集團(tuán)、京東商貿(mào)等企業(yè)在人才培養(yǎng)方面的合作和交流，注重提升學(xué)生的專業(yè)技能和創(chuàng)新能力，切實(shí)做好應(yīng)用型人才的培養(yǎng)。學(xué)院積極開展國(guó)際教育合作，為報(bào)讀我院學(xué)生提供便捷的出國(guó)留學(xué)途徑，并已納入英國(guó)、馬來西亞、泰國(guó)、白俄羅斯、西班牙等國(guó)家國(guó)際聯(lián)合培養(yǎng)體系，努力為國(guó)家培養(yǎng)具有國(guó)際競(jìng)爭(zhēng)能力的高素質(zhì)專業(yè)技術(shù)人才。

學(xué)院積極拓展“全方位”“全過程”的校企合作，通過訂單培養(yǎng)、“3+1”、“2+1”等模式，先后與成都現(xiàn)代有軌電車、成都鐵路局、中鐵建大橋工程局集團(tuán)、京東商貿(mào)等多家企業(yè)合作，實(shí)現(xiàn)畢業(yè)生與企業(yè)的無縫對(duì)接。自2013年起，連續(xù)七屆畢業(yè)生一次性就業(yè)率均保持在96%以上，名列全國(guó)同類院校前茅，學(xué)院辦學(xué)受到社會(huì)、家長(zhǎng)和學(xué)生的廣泛認(rèn)可。

2015年以來，希望學(xué)院按照國(guó)家教育改革的要求，立足“轉(zhuǎn)型改革、創(chuàng)新發(fā)展”，積極進(jìn)行應(yīng)用型人才培養(yǎng)，作為四川省首批三所整體轉(zhuǎn)型本科院校之一，現(xiàn)已步入國(guó)家教育改革的行列。

未來，希望學(xué)院將乘著“轉(zhuǎn)型改革”之東風(fēng)，在應(yīng)用型人才培養(yǎng)的道路上乘風(fēng)遠(yuǎn)航。我們相信，在緊緊圍繞“中國(guó)制造2025”、“互聯(lián)網(wǎng)+”“大眾創(chuàng)業(yè)、萬眾創(chuàng)新”等國(guó)家戰(zhàn)略的大背景下，在全院師生的共同努力下，希望學(xué)院必將煥發(fā)勃勃生機(jī)，必將贏得更大發(fā)展。

Southwest Jiaotong University Hope College ( hereinafter abbreviated as “Hope College”) is a full-time undergraduate college of engineering approved by Ministry of Education and found by Southwest Jiaotong University, the first batch of “Double-First Class” initiative, in accordance with the requirements of high standards. We have six teaching units in total such as School of Railway Transportation, School of Civil Engineering, School of Business, Department of Foreign Language, Department of Foundamental Courses, the Ideological and Political Theory Teaching Department, etc., and we offer 50 specialties for students from 13 provinces and municipalities in China. Currently, our full-time students number more than 20,000.

Our guiding principles are the “Four Mottos”, namely, cultivating the virtue and aspiration, pursuing pragmatic innovation, promoting the revitalization of nation, and striving to be stronger. In addition, we are passionate in our belief that we harness the humanity-centric strategy for talents nurturing. We remain committed to building a talent-intensive college upon high-quality and uniqueness. Our aim is to persistently nurture the inter-disciplinary applied personnel with high quality, multiple career options and strong capability. In doing so, we further advocate double-professionally-titled faculties and constant improvement of our teaching proficiency.

Our commitment for developing is to be “a national top-tier independent college of applied technology that builds upon the demand of markets by standing on the western China with a nationwide vision”. In doing so and to realize the modern integrated experimental training center covering the disciplines of rail transit, civil engineering and business, we will unremittingly optimize our teaching plans, course system and teaching contexts, consolidating our practical teaching section. With rail transit as the core discipline, civil engineering as the supporting and business disciplines as extension, our developing philosophy has given the priority to multi-discipline development. As an independent institute built on the glorious legacy of Southwest Jiaotong University and employing her education resources, we adhere to make innovative joint endeavor for disciplinary development with her national and provincial featured disciplines, national and provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, together with off-campus bases for training and interning. We stay focused on the path of unique development, and strengthen the cooperation with Chengdu Metro, JD.com. Inc., and Hope Group, enhancing students’ professional skills and innovation ability, therefore, the solid cultivation on applied personnel is central to our purpose. In the meantime, we have made proactive cooperation on international education. Up till now, Vistula University, Poland, and us are working in partnership to provide our students with the convenient approach of overseas studying. We will maintain our long-standing commitment to foster high-quality professional and technical personnel with international competitiveness.

Proactively, we work closely with industries in all round. We have built partnerships with several enterprises like Chengdu Metro Co., LTD., Chengdu Modern Tram Co., LTD., and Bridge Engineering Bureau of China Railway Construction Group, etc., achieving the direct connection between graduates and enterprises through multiple talent nurturing plans. Since 2013 we have ranked top among the same type of institutes, scoring 96 percentage and above of the first employment rates for the last five years, which makes us reputed among students, parents and society.

Since 2015, Hope College has proactively carried out the new education policy of applied talent training in accordance with the requirements of the national education reform and based on the advocation of “Transformation and Reform, Innovation and Development”. Therefore, as one of the first three overall transforming undergraduate institutes in Sichuan province, we have stepped into the ranks of the national education reform.

Going forward, we will harness the benefits from the educational "Transformation and Reform" and facilitate applied talent training. Amidst national strategies such as “Made in China 2025”, “Internet Plus”, “Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation”, etc. and with the joint efforts of our stuff and students, we believe that we will only be able to reach our potential in teaching and research and, therefore, have genuine vitality and greater prospect, if we operate in accordance with these principles.