Shanghai University, referred to as "Shanghai University", is located in Shanghai. It is a comprehensive university under the jurisdiction of Shanghai. National "double first-class" universities, national "2 1 1 project" universities, the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government jointly build universities. Selected into the national "11/plan", excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent journalism and communication talents education and training plan, the national public graduate program to build high-level universities, the demonstration base for studying in China by the Ministry of Education, the first batch of high-level local universities in Shanghai, and the first batch of demonstration universities in Shanghai to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

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)