With a history of over 40 years in offering undergraduate education, the School of Traffic Management is the oldest professional institution among public security colleges and universities nationwide with the longest history, broadest educational scope and most comprehensive academic levels. Its predecessor was the Security Guard Department established by the People’s Police University of China in 1983. In 1988, it was renamed the Department of Traffic Management Engineering. After the People’s University of Police Officers of China was incorporated with the People's Public Security University of China in 1998, this department was renamed the Department of Traffic Management Engineering of the People's Public Security University of China. In 2002, the Traffic Management Teaching and Research Section of the Public Security Department was incorporated into this department. In 2016, it was officially renamed the School of Traffic Management.

The school adheres to the development concept of “taking Party building as the overarching guide, discipline as the leading force, majors as the support, quality as the focus, and reform as the driving force”, and follows the basic principles of “talent development as the foundation, teaching staff as the key, teaching and research as the core, actual combat demands as the guide, management and service as the guarantee, and open development as the path”. The school takes fostering virtue through education as its own responsibility and aims to develop first-class talents. With its adherence to the educational philosophy of “combining engineering and law with engineering as the main focus”, the school consistently keeps in mind the general requirements of “being loyal to the Party, serving the people, being impartial in law enforcement and strict in discipline”, implements the spirit of the important reply letter from President Xi Jinping, shoulders the historical mission of educating people for the Party, developing talents for the country, and forging and grinding swords for the police, committing itself to developing high-quality professional talents for traffic management of public security.

The Traffic Management Engineering program offered by the School of Traffic Management is one of the earliest-established public security technology programs among higher education institutions in China. It was selected as a national-level distinctive program in 2009 and officially became a national-level first-class undergraduate program construction site in 2022. Currently, the school offers one undergraduate program, one master’s degree program in a secondary discipline, and one doctoral degree program in a secondary discipline.

To advance the development of disciplines, programs, and courses, and effectively enhance the quality of education, teaching, and research, the school has established three teaching teams, namely the Traffic Engineering Team, Intelligent Traffic Management Engineering Team, and Traffic Safety Engineering Team. Among the full-time faculty, 41% hold senior professional titles, and 74% have doctoral degrees. The school's teachers have been awarded numerous honorary titles, including “Outstanding Teacher in the National Public Security System”, “Outstanding Young Talent of the Directly Affiliated Institutions of the Ministry of Public Security”, “Outstanding Party Member of the Communist Party of China of the Directly Affiliated Institutions of the Ministry of Public Security”, “Outstanding Party Affairs Worker of the Directly Affiliated Institutions of the Ministry of Public Security”, “Outstanding Communist Party Member in the Security and Stability Work for the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China of the Directly Affiliated Institutions of the Ministry of Public Security”, “The 14th National Outstanding University Counselor”, “Pioneer in Education and Talent Development” by Beijing Education Committee, “Pioneer in Management and Talents Development” by Beijing Education Committee, and “Outstanding Leaders of the Communist Youth League Members of Beijing on the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Youth League of China”.