According to the data published by China Alumni Association University Rankings, Shanghai University ranked 64th in China in 2023. According to the QS ranking of China University, Shanghai University ranked 22nd in China in 2023. According to the university ranking of soft science, Shanghai University ranked 48th in China in 2023. According to the USNews ranking of China University, Shanghai University ranked 4 1 nationwide in 2023. In 2023, Shanghai University ranked 22nd in China (comprehensive ranking data in 2023). The top three universities in Shanghai were University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (comprehensive ranking: 19), Xiamen University (comprehensive ranking: 20) and Southern Medical University (comprehensive ranking: 2 1). The last three are Northwestern Polytechnical University (comprehensive ranking: 23), University of Science and Technology Beijing (comprehensive ranking: 24) and beijing university of chemical technology (comprehensive ranking: 26).