Tongji University is one of the leading universities of Peoples Republic of China, connected directly under State Ministry of Education. It offers degree programs on undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels. The University has School of Sciences, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, School of Civil Engineering, Mechanical School, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, School of Traffic and Transportation, Medical School, School of Liberal Arts and Law, School of Foreign Languages, School of Economics and Management, School of Software Engineering, School of Ocean and Earth Science. In addition, there are Institute of Continuing Education, Institute of Higher Technology, Institute of Vocational and Technical Education, Institute of E-Education, Women's College, Institute of Automobile Marketing and Sino-German Institute which is authorized by respective governments to run postgraduate courses. There are also six university hospitals located in different campuses. The university has over 35,000 students. There are over 4200 academic staff, over 710 professors and 1500 associate professors, among which are members of Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering. The university offers diverse courses in 82 Bachelors, 218 Masters, 94 PhD programs and 16 post doctoral stations.There are 22 state key laboratories and engineering research centers. Leading departments: Medicine, Engineering, Architecture, Planning, Design, Science, Innovation