1922 10, founded by Shanghai University in cooperation with the state, 1927 was forcibly closed by the Kuomintang authorities. 1983, Shanghai Municipal People's Government established Shanghai University on the basis of Fudan University Branch, Shanghai International Studies University Branch, East China Normal University Branch of Instrumentation and Electronics, Shanghai University of Science and Technology Branch, Shanghai Machinery Institute Branch of Light Industry and Shanghai Fine Arts School.

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)

Teaching philosophy:

When we enter the classroom, we will strongly feel the harmony between teachers and students in classroom teaching and the spark of wisdom between teachers and students in the question-and-answer session. According to students' different intelligence levels and learning abilities, the school proposes to face up to the differences of students' intelligence levels, not discriminate against or ignore any students, and try every means to narrow the differences so that every student can get the best development suitable for his own conditions.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanghai University.