According to China Education Online official website, the first batch of general enrollment in shanghai second polytechnic university is undergraduate, so it is an institution.

Shanghai second polytechnic university, referred to as the "Second Polytechnic University" for short, is a municipal ordinary institution of higher learning focusing on engineering. As of June 2023, the school covers an area of nearly 800 mu, with a school building area of nearly 400,000 square meters. There are 17 secondary teaching units and 47 undergraduate majors.