Shanghai Public Security University is two universities. Shanghai Public Security University generally refers to Shanghai Public Security College, which was founded in 1949 and located in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. It is the only public security college in Shanghai that trains high-quality applied police talents.

Shanghai, which belongs to undergraduate level, is an ordinary institution of higher learning. It has been selected into the National Public Security Teacher Training Base, Shanghai Foreign Police Training Base of the Ministry of Public Security, Shanghai Domestic Safety Education Training Base of the Ministry of Public Security and other related training bases. At present, the school is also the location of the secretariat of the National Public Security Vocational Education and Teaching Steering Committee.