There are 15 public universities in Shanghai, namely: Polytechnic University, Shanghai Maritime University, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai Electric Power University, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai university of international business and economics, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai Universities of Applied Sciences, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, shanghai second polytechnic university, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai Business School, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law and Shanghai Medical College.

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology is an application-oriented research university with engineering as the main subject and the coordinated development of engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law and art. It is a key construction university in Shanghai.

Shanghai Maritime University was established with the approval of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Transport. It features shipping, logistics and ocean, and is a multidisciplinary university with disciplines such as engineering, management, economy, law, literature, science and art.

East China University of Political Science and Law, located in Shanghai, China, is an institution of higher learning jointly funded by the central and local governments and a high-level local institution in Shanghai.

Shanghai Electric Power University, located in Shanghai, is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning co-founded by the central government and Shanghai, and mainly managed by Shanghai.

Shanghai Electric Power University, located in Shanghai, is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning co-founded by the central government and Shanghai, and mainly managed by Shanghai.

Shanghai university of international business and economics, located in Shanghai, is the first batch of universities built by the Ministry of Education's "Innovative Practice Base for Cultivating High-level Internationalized Talents".

Shanghai University of Engineering Science, referred to as "Engineering University", located in Shanghai, is the first batch of pilot universities in the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education.

Shanghai Universities of Applied Sciences, located in Shanghai, is the first Shanghai high-level applied innovative university named after "applied technology" in China.

Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, referred to as "Lixin", is a full-time ordinary university in Shanghai and a high-level local application-oriented university construction unit in Shanghai.

Shanghai second polytechnic university, referred to as "Second Polytechnic University" for short, is located in Shanghai and was established in 1960. It is a municipal ordinary institution of higher learning that focuses on engineering and manages the coordinated development of arts and sciences.