The School has established a scientifically complete organizational framework for teaching and research, comprising 4 departments, 2 research centers, 1 experimental center, and 18 research institutes (centers). The School boasts a strong faculty team, currently consisting of 131 faculty and staff members, including 46 professors and equivalent titles, 40 associate professors and equivalent titles, and 62 doctoral supervisors. Among them are more than 10 high-level talents, such as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and recipients of national-level high-level talent programs. The faculty includes 2 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers and 5 Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers.

The School is also home to several prestigious research and teaching teams, including:

one Ministry of Education Yangtze River Scholar Innovation Team in "Key Technologies for Rail Traffic Safety";

one Key Field Innovation Team under the Ministry of Science and Technology's Innovation Talent Promotion Program;

one Hunan Provincial Teaching Team for "Innovative Talent Cultivation in Rail Transportation".

Furthermore, the School has been honored as a "Huang Danian-style Teacher Team" at the national university level, and has received accolades such as the "National Advanced Collective for Professional Talents", the "National Party Building Benchmarking School/Department", and the "China Youth May Fourth Medal Collective".

The School houses the discipline of Transportation Engineering, which is designated as a National Key First-Level Discipline and is part of China's “Double First-Class” initiative. It ranks 16th in ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. The School operates a Postdoctoral Research Station in Transportation Engineering and offers both academic doctoral and master's degree programs in Transportation Engineering as a first‑level discipline, as well as professional doctoral and master's degrees in Transportation.At the sub‑disciplinary level, the School confers doctoral and master's degrees in five key areas:

Transportation Planning and Management;

Transportation Infrastructure Engineering;

Vehicle Operation Engineering;

Transportation Information and Control;

Transportation Safety and Environment.

In addition, professional doctoral and master's degrees are offered in two applied fields:

Railway Transportation;

Highway Transportation.

The School hosts a number of high-level research platforms, including the National Key Laboratory of Heavy‑Haul & High‑Speed High‑Power Electric Locomotives, the Ministry of Education Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Intelligent Governance of Complex Social Systems, the National–Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Rail Transit Train Safety Assurance Technology, the National Science Popularization Education Base for Rail Transportation, the Innovation and Talent Recruitment Base for Rail Transit Train Safety Discipline, the International Joint Laboratory for Key Technologies in Rail Transit Safety, the Ministry of Education Integrated Research Platform for Core Technologies in Phase‑Change Power Systems, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Safety, the Railway Industry Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics, the Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Transportation, and the Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Big Data. Moreover, the School was among the first to be included in the National "2011 Plan" (Collaborative Innovation Initiative of Higher Education Institutions).

The School is committed to cultivating innovative and interdisciplinary talents in transportation and logistics with a global perspective and a spirit of innovation. It currently offers three undergraduate programs: Transportation Engineering (National First‑Class Undergraduate Program), Transportation Equipment and Control Engineering (National First‑Class Undergraduate Program), and Rail Transit Signaling and Control. Recognized as one of the Ministry of Education's first‑batch Modern Industry Colleges, the School operates four National Engineering Practice Education Centers and runs multiple international joint‑degree programs.

The School has achieved notable outcomes in education and teaching, including two National Teaching Achievement Awards and four National First‑Class Courses. Students have consistently won gold and silver awards in prestigious competitions such as the "Internet Plus" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the "Challenge Cup" National Competition.

Upholding the principle of fostering virtue through education, the School emphasizes the holistic development of students, integrating ideological and political education as well as innovation and entrepreneurship training throughout the entire cultivation process. It strengthens domestic and international collaboration to nurture globally competent talents. Currently, the School enrolls 2,554 students, including 1,509 undergraduates, 890 graduate students, and 145 international students. The graduate employment rate has remained above 98% for years. Over the past six decades, the School has trained more than 10,000 professionals in rail transportation for the nation.