According to the China Education College Entrance Examination Network, Shanghai University was founded in 1922. By the end of 2023, Shanghai University had three campuses, among which the extension campus of Shanghai University was located atNo. 149, Yanchang Road, Jing 'an District, Shanghai.

Shanghai University, referred to as Shangda, is located in Shanghai. It is a comprehensive university under the jurisdiction of Shanghai. It is a national "double first-class" university, a national "2 1 1 project" university, the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. It has been selected into the national "11/plan", the education and training plan for outstanding engineers, the education and training plan for outstanding journalism and communication talents, the national public graduate program for building high-level universities, the demonstration base for studying in China by the Ministry of Education, the first batch of high-level local universities in Shanghai, and the first batch of demonstration universities in Shanghai to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.