Aurora University is a famous missionary university in China in modern times, and once had the reputation of "Paris University of the East". It is the earliest school in China to carry out postgraduate education and award doctoral and master's degrees. It has the first museum in China-Aurora Museum (the predecessor of Shanghai Natural Museum). By 1947, Aurora University had medical schools, polytechnic schools, law schools, liberal arts schools, Aurora Women's College of Arts and Sciences, two affiliated middle schools and two advanced nursing schools.