Official website of Shanghai Normal University shows that preschool education was established in 2002, and Shanghai Institute of Preschool Education was established in 202 1, which is a first-class undergraduate major of Shanghai Normal University.

Shanghai Normal University is a key construction university in Shanghai and a pilot unit for the construction of high-level local universities in Shanghai. It has been selected into the national11/plan, the national high-level university construction graduate program, the national key discipline project of colleges and universities, the key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and the institutions implementing the excellent teacher training program of the Ministry of Education.