Shanghai University is an important talent training base in Shanghai. The school is one of the national experimental colleges 17 universities, one of the first universities implemented by the Ministry of Education, and one of the first universities implemented by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Education. In 2008, it was approved by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance as the national innovative experimental plan for college students.
Shanghai University, referred to as Shangda for short, is a comprehensive university under the "2 1 1 project" of Shanghai and the state. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and the first batch of "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" universities.
Old Shanghai University was founded in 1922, and its first president was Yu Youren. From 65438 to 0994, Shanghai University for Science and Technology, Shanghai University for Science and Technology, Shanghai University and Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology complemented each other to form the new Shanghai University.
By May, 20 14, Shanghai University has occupied an area of 2 million square meters, with a building area of165438+1000000 square meters, and the library has more than 3.7 million paper documents. It has three campuses in Baoshan, Yanchang and Jiading, 28 first-level colleges and 4 second-level colleges, with 37,329 full-time students. The school has 67 undergraduate majors, 42 first-class master's degree authorization points, 20 first-class doctoral degree authorization points, and 17 postdoctoral research stations.
Shanghai University is the first university in China to introduce the "three semesters" system, and it is also a pioneer in adopting the internationally accepted academic system.