The ace majors of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology include optical engineering, mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, thermal energy and power engineering, optical information science and technology, power machinery and engineering, system analysis and integration, thermal energy engineering, management science and engineering, etc.

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology is an application-oriented research university with engineering as the main subject and the coordinated development of engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law and art. It is a university jointly established by the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and it is a key university in Shanghai.

National Key (Training) Discipline (1): Optical Engineering

Key disciplines of the Ministry of Machinery Industry (7): power machinery and engineering, system analysis and integration, thermal engineering, optical engineering, refrigeration and cryogenic engineering, engineering thermophysics, and system engineering.

Shanghai key disciplines (8): system analysis and integration, system management, management science and engineering, medical instrument engineering, optical engineering, printing and publishing, refrigeration and cryogenic engineering, power engineering and engineering thermophysics.

Key disciplines of Shanghai Education Commission (5): power machinery and engineering, operation and regulation of economic system, building environmental engineering and energy saving, measuring technology and instruments, machinery manufacturing and automation.

First-class disciplines in Shanghai universities (6): power engineering and engineering thermophysics, system science, management science and engineering, optical engineering, mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering.

Subjects of Gao Feng Plateau (6): power engineering and engineering thermophysics, system science, management science and engineering, optical engineering, mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering.

Major with national characteristics (3): mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, thermal energy and power engineering, optical information science and technology.

National comprehensive reform pilot major (1): mechanical design, manufacturing and automation.

Pilot projects of outstanding engineers of the Ministry of Education (6): mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, printing engineering, material science and engineering, photoelectric information science and engineering, biomedical engineering, energy and power engineering.