Students majoring in preschool education mainly study the basic theory and knowledge of preschool education, receive basic training in preschool education skills, have the basic ability to carry out conservation, education and research in kindergartens, and cultivate teachers, preschool education administrators and teaching and research talents of other relevant institutions with professional knowledge of preschool education.

Shanghai Normal University, referred to as Shanghai Normal University for short, was co-founded by the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. As a key university in Shanghai, it has been selected into the "National Postgraduate Program for Building High-level Universities", "Excellent Teacher Training Program" and "Overseas High-level Talents Introduction Program" and is a scholarship of China Municipal Government.