On July 12, 2022, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council issued the notice on the List of Withdraw and Addition of Academic Degree Authorization Units in 2021 (Degree [2022] No. 12). With the approval by the 37th meeting of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, Tongji University was added to the list of first-class discipline doctoral program in law.
Tongji Law School will take the construction of doctoral programs as an opportunity, take the construction of Tongji University's first-class university as a guide, implement the outline of the "14th five year plan" and the long-term development plan of Tongji University Law School in 2035, promote the inclusive development focusing on innovation, quality, value and efficiency, "stand at the forefront of the times, cultivate legal talents, and send out the first voice of ideas", and spare no effort to build a first-class law school and cultivate outstanding legal talents for the country.