1983 In May, six branches of Fudan University, Shanghai International Studies University, China Normal University, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts merged to form Shanghai University. 1994 In May, Shanghai University for Science and Technology, Shanghai University for Science and Technology and the former Shanghai University merged again. This expansion is no longer a volume, and the long-lost university is unique and decent.

Shanghai University was once as famous as Peking University. At that time, Qu Qiubai, Deng Zhongxia, Cai Hesen, Zhang, Yun, Ren,,, Tian Han and other "red professors" were all here to inspire words and reprimand Fang Yi, making Shanghai University the "highest revolutionary institution in Southeast China" that revolutionary youth yearned for. Historians have long said that "the May 4th Peking University was in the north and the May 5th was in the south".

The Weichanglou Theater of Shanghai University is one of the largest theaters in Shanghai universities, and most of the hardware indicators have reached the level of the top domestic first-class theaters. At present, there are 27 canteens in the third campus of Shanghai University. In order to reflect the cultural characteristics of Shanghai, Baoshan Dining Hall is named after the homophony of Shanghai numbers, namely, one (1) heart, two (2) beauty, three (3) brightness, water (4) show, five (5) heart and six (6) rhyme, which brings together various snacks.