Shanghai University is a comprehensive university affiliated to Shanghai and under the national "2 1 1 Project". It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the first batch of high-level local universities in Shanghai, and a national first-class discipline construction university.

Shanghai University, founded on1October 23rd, 1922, is the first regular university founded by China * * * production party. 1983 In May, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government decided to merge six schools, namely Fudan University, Shanghai International Studies University, Instrument and Electronics Branch of East China Normal University, Shanghai University of Science and Technology Branch, Light Industry Branch of Shanghai Machinery Institute and Shanghai Fine Arts School, and re-establish Shanghai University (Shanghai University for short).

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)