1. Shanghai Open University is a new type of institution of higher learning sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, approved by the Ministry of Education and managed by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. The school, formerly known as Shanghai TV University, was founded in 1960.

2. Shanghai Electric Power University, located in Shanghai, is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning jointly established by the central government and Shanghai, mainly managed by Shanghai, and is the first batch of pilot institutions of the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education.

3. Shanghai Ocean University, located in Shanghai, is a university jointly established by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the State Oceanic Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. It is a national "double-class" construction university.

4. The PLA Naval Medical University in Shanghai (hereinafter referred to as the Second Military Medical University) is a key construction institution of the national "2 1 1 Project", the military "211Project" and the former General Logistics Department "530 Project".

5. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, located in Shanghai, is a research-oriented key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), focusing on economic management, with the coordinated development of economics, management, law, literature, science, philosophy and other disciplines, ranking among the top "double-class" universities in China.