The advance approval of Shanghai Normal University does not require an interview. The advance approval of Shanghai Normal University includes arts and sports majors and normal majors. Shanghai Normal University is a key construction university in Shanghai. It is a comprehensive university with coordinated development of arts, sciences and crafts. It is good at liberal arts and has the characteristics of normal education. In 20 19, the school became a pilot unit for the construction of high-level local universities (disciplines) in Shanghai. The school was founded in 1954, and became an undergraduate college in 1956. 198 1 was identified as the first batch of master's degree awarding units by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, 1986 was approved as a doctoral degree awarding unit, and it was selected as an excellent one by the Ministry of Education in 20 17. The school has 16 disciplines, such as philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, agronomy, art, etc. There are 19 colleges, with more than 20,000 full-time undergraduates, more than 8,000 graduate students, more than 2,700 international students and about 5,500 night students.