Shanghai Theatre Academy is located in Shanghai. In 2009, the college won the honorary title of advanced collective of Shanghai education system, and the innovative project of traditional Chinese opera talent training mode won the second prize of national higher education teaching achievement and the first prize of Shanghai teaching achievement. Shanghai Theatre Academy is an art college in China that trains performing arts professionals.

Founded on 1945, it was established by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China. It is one of the first master's degree awarding units approved by the State Council. It has the right to award doctoral degrees in first-class disciplines and a postdoctoral research station, and has been selected into national postgraduate programs to build high-level universities. Shanghai Theatre Academy has Huashan Road Campus, Lianhua Road Campus and Hongqiao Road Campus.

Pujiang campus has four school districts. The school has 2596 full-time students, including undergraduates 180 1 person. The campus covers an area of 35.53 hectares with a building area of 24,625 square meters.

Shanghai Theatre Academy has two teaching units: Performance Department, Director Department, Drama Literature Department, Stage Art Department, Film and Television College, Theatre Academy, Dance Academy, Creative Academy, Music Performing Arts Center, Public Education Department, graduate department 1 1, and affiliated drama academy and affiliated dance academy.