2. The school was founded in July of 1909, formerly known as the Department of Shipping Administration of Shanghai Higher Institute of Technology, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in the late Qing Dynasty, which initiated the higher maritime education in China. It has experienced such periods as Advanced Merchant Shipping School of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Wusong Merchant Shipping School, Wusong Merchant Shipping College of Ministry of Communications, National Chongqing Merchant Shipping College, National Wusong Merchant Shipping College, and Shanghai Maritime College. From 65438 to 0959, the Ministry of Communications established Shanghai Maritime College, which was renamed Shanghai Maritime University with the approval of the Ministry of Education in 2004. In 2008, Shanghai Maritime University moved to Lingang New Town. The school was originally a university directly under the Ministry of Transport, and was placed under the management of Shanghai in 2000. In 2008, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Transport signed an agreement to establish Shanghai Maritime University.
3. As of May 20021year, the school has three campuses: Lingang Campus (main campus), Gangwan Campus and Minsheng Road Gaofeng Building, in which Lingang Campus covers an area of 6,543.8+0.33 million square meters with a total construction area of 600,000 square meters; There is a second-level school-running department with 49 undergraduate majors; National key (cultivation) disciplines 1 unit; There are 3 postdoctoral research mobile stations, 4 first-class doctoral programs, 1 first-class master degree authorization points 16, and master degree authorization categories 13; There are more than 6000 undergraduates/KLOC-0, more than 7200 postgraduates and nearly 600 international students. Full-time teachers1more than 300 people.