 In December 2011, XJTLU was given the title of "Most Influential Sino-Foreign Higher Education Institution in China" at the "Fourth China Education Annual Gala".Since the foundation of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University (XJTLU) in 2011, its students have won a number of important awards, including 
a third prize in the prestigious CTBUH Tall Building Student Design Competition.Architecture students were awarded already four times at the IDEERS Earthquake Safe Design Competition in Taiwan, and twice at the National Architectural Education Symposium, at which annually the best design studio works from schools of architecture across China are awarded.