Jiading Campus of Shanghai University is a comprehensive university, which is a municipal and national "2 1 1 project" in Shanghai. The universities established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Bureau and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government are all world-class disciplines.

It has successively been selected into "Demonstration Base for Studying in China by the Ministry of Education", "Education and Training Plan for Excellent Engineers", "Education and Training Plan for Excellent Journalism and Communication Talents", "National Postgraduate Plan for Building a High-level University", "11plan" and "the first batch of pilot projects for building high-level local universities in Shanghai".