Shanghai University is a comprehensive university affiliated to Shanghai and under the national "2 1 1 Project". It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and a university jointly established by the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. It is the first batch of high-level local universities in Shanghai and the first-class discipline construction university of the Ministry of Education.

1922 and 10, Shanghai University was founded, with Yu Youren as the president and Qu Qiubai as the provost. This is a revolutionary school known as "martial arts Huangpu, Wenda University". 1927 was forcibly closed by the Kuomintang authorities.

1983, Shanghai Municipal People's Government reopened Shanghai University (Shanghai University for short) on the basis of Fudan University, Shanghai International Studies University, East China Normal University, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Light Industry Branch of Shanghai Machinery Institute and Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.

1May, 1994, the new Shanghai University was founded by University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (founded on 1960), Shanghai University of Science and Technology (founded on 1958), former Shanghai University (founded on 1983) and Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology (founded on/kloc-0)

The teachers and students of Shanghai University are determined to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of Shanghai University in the 1920s and make greater contributions to building socialism with China characteristics. Professor Qian Weichang, a famous scientist, educator, outstanding social activist and senior academician of China Academy of Sciences, 1983 was the president of Shanghai University of Technology, 1994 to 20 10. His unique educational thought and school-running strategy created a new situation of ideological emancipation and academic prosperity, and promoted the new development of various undertakings in the school.