The school originated from Hujiang University founded by 1906 and German Medical College founded by 1907. In the early 1950s, the former Hujiang University and the former National Shanghai Higher Vocational College of Machinery (in the former site of German Medical College) were transformed into Shanghai Institute of Machinery (1994 renamed east china institute of technology) and Shanghai Institute of Machinery respectively, and the two universities merged to form Shanghai University of Science and Technology on 1996. 1998 The school was transferred from the former Ministry of Machinery Industry to Shanghai for management.
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As of May, 20021,the school has two campuses, Yangpu Campus and Fuxing Road Campus, covering an area of nearly 1,000 mu. There are 17 colleges (departments) and 60 undergraduate majors; There are more than 27,000 full-time students, including undergraduates18,000 and postgraduates 9,000. 2,900 faculty members; It has 19 national teaching platforms and 5/kloc-0 provincial and ministerial teaching platforms, 7 national scientific research platforms and 34 provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms.