According to the Pocket College Entrance Examination, although University of Shanghai for Science and Technology is not among the 985 or 2 1 1 engineering colleges, as a public undergraduate college, its education quality and academic research level of science and engineering majors have been widely recognized.

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology is an application-oriented research university with engineering as the mainstay and coordinated development of multiple disciplines. It is a key construction university in Shanghai and a pilot unit for the construction of high-level local universities in Shanghai.