Shanghai University is the best and largest local university in Shanghai. His strength and academic spirit are very good, and he is a comprehensive university under the national "2 1 1 project". But in Shanghai, there are countless famous universities, such as Fudan University, Jiaotong University, East China University of Science and Technology and so on. Shanghai University mainly recruits local students, so outsiders don't know much about this university.

Shanghai University, the first institution of higher learning founded by China's * * * Production Party, has concentrated many * * * production party member, which has become an important activity stronghold of China * * * in Shanghai in the early days and is known as the "Red Institution of Higher Learning". As of February 20 17, the school has three campuses: Baoshan, Yanchang and Jiading, covering an area of nearly 3,000 mu, with a building area of10.232 million square meters; Postgraduates 143 10, full-time undergraduates 20902, international students 4 1 17. As of February 20 17, there were 2,900 full-time teachers in the school, including 640 professors, 434 doctoral supervisors and 5 teachers with doctoral degrees.

Shanghai University is an important talent training base in Shanghai. A talent training model with credit system, course selection system and short semester system as the core has been established. It is one of the National Pilot College 17 universities, one of the first universities implemented by the Ministry of Education, and one of the first 50 "typical universities with employment experience" by the Ministry of Education.