The education department did not say whether Shanghai Theatre Academy was one or two universities. It is just a folk saying that whether it is one or two universities depends on the enrollment batch of the province (city) where it is located. (At present, the college entrance examination enrolls students by province. If a university enrolls students in a province in the first batch, it is usually said to be a university. If it enrolls students in the second batch, it is usually said to be two universities. There are one batch and two batches of enrollment, which is usually considered to be two universities.

Shanghai Theatre Academy (English: Shanghai Theatre Academy, abbreviated as STA) is an art college of higher learning jointly established by the Ministry of People, Culture and Tourism of China and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. He was selected into the national postgraduate high-level university construction project, the national key discipline project, the national undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, the first-class undergraduate construction leading plan of Shanghai universities, the first-class postgraduate education leading plan of Shanghai universities, and the Shanghai Municipal Government Scholarship College for Foreign Students.