Shanghai Maritime University is a multi-disciplinary university featuring shipping, logistics and ocean. Its disciplines include engineering, management, economy, law, literature, science and art, etc.
scientific research institution
As of May, 2002 1 year, the school has six provincial and ministerial key research bases 1 year, including two engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, one sci-tech novelty retrieval workstation of the Ministry of Education, one key laboratory of the Ministry of Transport 1 year, one advanced strategic research center of knowledge service platform of Shanghai universities 1 year, and one in Shanghai.
There are 5 engineering technology research centers in Shanghai, 2 key research bases of humanities and social sciences in Shanghai universities, Shanghai Social Science Innovation Research Base 1 each, and Shanghai People's Government Development Research Center 1 each. There are scientific research institutions such as Institute of Marine Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Logistics Science and Engineering of Shanghai Maritime University, and Shanghai International Shipping Research Center under the school.