Up to now, there are Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Maritime University, Donghua University, Shanghai Electric Power University, Shanghai Universities of Applied Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Health, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, East China Normal University, Shanghai Normal University and Shanghai International Studies University.
Among them, Fudan University, referred to as "Fudan", is located in Shanghai, a municipality directly under the Central Government. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the central government, and is jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai. It is a national "double first-class", "985 project" and "2 1 1 project" construction university. Selected into Everest Plan, Qiangji Plan,11Plan, 201/Plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, excellent legal talents education and training plan, national high-level university public graduate program, new engineering research and practice project, China government scholarship for overseas students, and deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education. The first batch of independent audit institutions for degree authorization are Pacific Rim University Alliance, Nine Alliances (C9), Global Alliance of Advanced Research Institutes of Universities, China University Presidents Association, East Asian Research University Association, New Engineering Education International Alliance, Medical "Double-Class" Construction Alliance, Yangtze River Delta Research University Alliance, etc. As a member of the Yangtze River Delta University Think Tank Alliance and the Sino-Russian Comprehensive University Alliance, it is the top comprehensive research university in China.