In 2023, East China Normal University ranked 29th in China and 4th in Shanghai.

The universities ranked before East China Normal University in China are: Northwestern Polytechnical University (28th in China), followed by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (30th in China); Before East China Normal University in Shanghai, Tongji University (the third in the province) followed by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (the fifth in the province).

East China Normal University, referred to as "East China Normal University", is located in Shanghai and directly under the Ministry of Education. It is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. Ranked among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 project", and selected into the strong foundation plan, 20 1 1 plan and national training plan.

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 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. 44 18 faculty; There are 33 first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degree and 37 first-level disciplines authorized by master degree.

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As of September 2022, the school has 4 departments, 33 colleges (departments) and 85 undergraduate majors, covering literature, history, philosophy, teaching, economics, science, engineering, management, law, art, medicine and other disciplines 1 1.

By September, 2022, the school had 15 training bases for top students in basic disciplines, 15 national specialty courses, 23 national excellent courses, 5 national bilingual courses, 5 national teaching teams, 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center 1 one, and Shanghai experimental teaching demonstration center.