Located in the historic and cultural city of Xi'an, the university boasts two major campuses, north and south, nestled against the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the south and bordering the Wei River in the north. The university boasts three teaching and practice bases: Taibai Mountain, Liangshan Mountain, and the Wei River. The campus covers an area of ​​3,745 mu (approximately 1,000 acres). The university strives to cultivate a charming campus characterized by humanity, innovation, wisdom, greenery, and peace. The campus is shaded by trees, offers beautiful scenery, and boasts comprehensive facilities. Students from over 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across China, as well as Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, representing over 40 ethnic groups and representing over 100 countries worldwide, immerse themselves in learning and pursuing their dreams on this diverse and international campus.

The school adheres to the socialist direction of running schools, closely follows the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people, and upholds the discipline development concept of "reaching the pinnacle of engineering, revitalizing science, prospering liberal arts, and cross-disciplinary breakthroughs". It shoulders the lofty mission of being "a cradle for talent cultivation, a hall for scientific research, a base for social services, a highland for cultural inheritance and innovation, and a forefront for international exchanges and cooperation". It adheres to the goal and vision of "a distinctive, internationally renowned, high-level research university" and becomes an important base for high-level talent cultivation, high-level scientific research, and high-quality social services in my country's three major industry fields of transportation, land resources, and urban and rural construction.

The university currently offers 13 first-level doctoral programs, four doctoral professional degree programs, 34 first-level master's programs, and 21 master's professional degree programs. It also has nine postdoctoral research centers. Seven disciplines, including engineering, earth sciences, materials science, environmental science and ecology, general social sciences, chemistry, and computer science, are ranked in the top 1% globally by ESI. Engineering is ranked in the top 1‰ globally, and three, including environmental science and ecology, materials science, and earth science, are ranked in the top 3‰ globally. The university currently offers 84 undergraduate programs, 50 of which have been selected as national or provincial first-class undergraduate program construction sites under the "Double 10,000 Plan," and 27 programs have passed the National Engineering Education Certification. The university is consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in China, with its civil engineering and transportation disciplines ranked 8th among US News Global Universities. It is known as the "Whampoa Military Academy" for road transportation talent training and a "golden business card" for scientific and technological innovation.

The university boasts 25 colleges (departments, and centers) covering 11 disciplines, including philosophy, economics, law, literature, science, engineering, management, education, agriculture, art, and interdisciplinary studies. The university offers a comprehensive degree-granting system encompassing bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. In response to the nation's strategic needs in the new era, the university has established a number of physical research institutes, including the Modern Transportation Research Institute, the Qinling Ecological Environment Research Institute, the Yellow River Research Institute, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway Engineering Research Institute, and the Xiong'an Modern Industry Research Institute. The university boasts three academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the Singapore Academy of Engineering, over 1,400 professors and associate professors, 505 doctoral supervisors, and 1,614 master's supervisors. The university boasts over 100 outstanding individuals undertaking key national R&D programs and major national engineering projects. The university currently enrolls over 25,000 full-time undergraduates, over 12,000 doctoral and master's students, and over 1,700 international students.