Shanghai International Studies University, referred to as Shanghai International Studies University for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Shanghai. It is a national "2 1 1 project". Founded in 1949 and 65438+February, the school is the first foreign language institution established after the founding of New China. Its first president was Jiang Chunfang, a famous Russian translator, publisher and founder of the encyclopedia of China. Later, it was officially renamed as Shanghai International Studies University on 1994 after being inherited and transformed by the Foreign Language School affiliated to East China People's Revolutionary University, Shanghai Russian Institute and Shanghai International Studies University. It has a complete teaching system for undergraduate, postgraduate, junior college (higher vocational), adult education, online education and international students.