Beihang University is one of the earliest institutions in China to carry out talent cultivation and scientific research in transportation science and engineering. School of Transportation Science and Engineering comprises four departments: Department of Transportation Engineering, Department of Automotive Engineering, Department of Aircraft Airworthiness Engineering, and Department of Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure. Specifically, the discipline of Transportation Engineering includes Transportation Planning and Management, Transportation Information and Control, Transportation Safety and Environment, Vehicle Operation Engineering, and Transportation Infrastructure Engineering, which is a national “Double First-Class” discipline according to China Discipline Ranking, a pilot unit for developing China’s transportation strength, and Class A ranking in the fifth round of national discipline assessment by the Ministry of Education. Meanwhile, the discipline of Vehicle Engineering is a national key discipline, Vehicle Operation Engineering is a Beijing municipal key discipline, Airworthiness Technology and Management is a characteristic discipline, and New Energy Vehicle Engineering is a key interdisciplinary discipline of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Transportation School adheres to a dual-driven approach of national major needs and international academic frontiers, with the focus on intelligence, networking, and collaboration, insisting on the development characteristics of air-ground integration and intelligent transportation. So far, Transportation School has a number of national and provincial-level platforms, including the National Key Laboratory of Integrated Vehicle-Road Intelligent Transportation, the National Engineering Laboratory of Comprehensive Transportation Big Data Application Technology, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Intelligent Transportation Technology and Systems, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Special Vehicle Unmanned Transportation Technology, the Beijing Key Laboratory of Vehicle-Road Coordination and Safety Control, and the Intelligent Transportation 111 Innovation Introduction Base. Meanwhile, Transportation School has won nine national science and technology awards since 2013.