1. Shanghai University, referred to as "Shanghai University" for short, is a comprehensive university under the municipal and national "2 1 1 project". The Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government jointly established a university, which is a world-class discipline construction university. Selected into the national "11/plan", excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent journalism and communication talents education and training plan, national public graduate program for building high-level universities, demonstration base for studying in China by the Ministry of Education, the first batch of high-level local universities in Shanghai, and the first batch of demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in Shanghai.

2. 1922 10, Shanghai University was founded by the state, and 1927 was forcibly closed by the Kuomintang authorities. 1983, Shanghai Municipal People's Government established Shanghai University on the basis of Fudan University Branch, Shanghai International Studies University Branch, East China Normal University Branch of Instrumentation and Electronics, Shanghai University of Science and Technology Branch, Shanghai Machinery Institute Branch of Light Industry and Shanghai Fine Arts School. 1May, 1994, the new Shanghai University was founded by University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (founded on 1960), Shanghai University of Science and Technology (founded on 1958), former Shanghai University (founded on 1983) and Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology (founded on/kloc-0)

3. As of May 3, 2020, Shanghai University has three campuses, namely Baoshan Campus, Yanchang Campus and Jiading Campus, covering an area of nearly 2 million square meters, with a building area of 1.4 million square meters; 30 colleges, 1 department (college), 1 school management department; Set up 9 1 undergraduate major; At present, there are 9 postdoctoral research stations 19, 24 doctoral programs in first-level disciplines, 2 doctoral programs in two disciplines, 43 master programs in first-level disciplines, two master programs 1, and 22 master degree categories. 3 173 full-time teachers; Postgraduates 1658 1, full-time undergraduates 19989, preppie students 55, adult students 17305. There are 4532 foreign students in school, including 872 students with academic qualifications/kloc-0.