Shanghai University, referred to as Shangda for short, is a comprehensive university under the "2 1 1 project" of Shanghai and the state. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and the first batch of "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" universities.

Old Shanghai University was founded in 1922, and its first president was Yu Youren. From 65438 to 0994, Shanghai University for Science and Technology, Shanghai University for Science and Technology, Shanghai University and Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology complemented each other to form the new Shanghai University.

By May, 20 14, Shanghai University has occupied an area of 2 million square meters, with a building area of165438+1000000 square meters, and the library has more than 3.7 million paper documents. It has three campuses in Baoshan, Yanchang and Jiading, 28 first-level colleges and 4 second-level colleges, with 37,329 full-time students. The school has 67 undergraduate majors, 42 first-class master's degree authorization points, 20 first-class doctoral degree authorization points, and 17 postdoctoral research stations.

The Times Higher Education magazine and the famous British higher education research institution * * * ranked QS Asian universities and ranked among the top 100 Asian universities for many years. In the latest ranking of Asian universities QS20 14, Shanghai University ranks 72nd in Asia and 15 in Chinese mainland.