Tongji University is one of the leading universities directly under the State Ministry of Education in China. It offers degree programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and registers over 50,000 students. It has over 4,200 academic staff involved in teaching and/or research. The university offers diverse courses in 82 bachelor's degrees, 218 master's degrees, 94 PhD programmes and 16 postdoctoral mobile stations. As one of the leading state centres for scientific research, the university has 22 key laboratories and engineering research centres.