East China Normal University, referred to as "East China Normal University", is located in Shanghai and directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.

Ranked as the "double first-class" in the country. Project 985 and 2 1 1 project were selected as "Strong Foundation Plan", "201/plan", "National Training Plan" and basic disciplines.

East China Normal University was founded on June 195 1 month 1 6, and transferred to some departments of Daxia University (1924) and Guanghua University (1925). 1972 merged with Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Institute of Physical Education and other institutions and changed its name to Shanghai Normal University.

1980 Restore the name of East China Normal University. 1997- 1998, Shanghai Preschool Teachers College, Shanghai Education College and Shanghai Second Education College merged successively.

As of September 2022, the school has two campuses, Minhang and Putuo, with a total area of about 207 hectares and a total collection of more than 4,952,900 books.

There are 4 departments, 33 colleges (departments) and 85 undergraduate majors. There are 159 14 full-time undergraduates; There are 3952 doctoral students and 9 master students177/kloc-0. 155 1 international students (students with academic qualifications); There are 44 faculty members18, including 24 full-time teachers12.