Shenzhen University is not a national key university. Shenzhen University, referred to as "Shenda", is located in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It is a comprehensive university approved by the people of China and the Ministry of Education and sponsored by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. It has been selected into the key construction universities of high-level universities in Guangdong Province, the national college students' cultural quality education base, the national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program, the national civilized campus and the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education. Expand the setting of teaching materials: the school has 24 teaching colleges, 2 directly affiliated hospitals, and 100 undergraduate majors.

Teaching construction: the school has five national specialties and Guangdong provincial specialties 10; National undergraduate major comprehensive reform pilot 1 unit, national talent training mode innovation experimental zone 1 unit, national engineering practice education center 1 unit; There are 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, 15 Guangdong provincial experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 Guangdong provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching center. There are 2 national excellent courses, 2 national bilingual teaching demonstration courses 1, 2 national excellent video open courses 1, and 2 national excellent resources.

Discipline construction: the school has 9 postdoctoral research stations, 1 postdoctoral research station 1, 1-level discipline authorized by doctor's degree 10, 38-level discipline authorized by master's degree, and 22 categories authorized by professional master's degree; Provincial key disciplines 15; Engineering, clinical medicine, materials science, biology and biochemistry, computer science, chemistry and physics entered the world of ESI 1%.

Social evaluation:

In the academic ranking of the world soft science universities in 2020, Shenzhen University ranks among the top 300 in the world for the first time, ranking 263 in the world, and the mainland universities rank 3 1. In the Times Higher Education World University Ranking in 2020, Shenzhen University ranks 18 among mainland universities.

In July 2020, China University ranked 9th in the 2020 Top 100 Progress List.