The school song of Shanghai University was born on the occasion of the anniversary of 1996 in May, which embodies the school's geographical location, cultural environment, school-running characteristics, school-running philosophy and characteristics of the times. It reflects the spirit of the times and historical imprint, and has the characteristics of unity of individuality and history and reality.
Shanghai University is a comprehensive university affiliated to Shanghai and under the national "2 1 1 Project". It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and a university jointly established by the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. It is the first batch of high-level local universities in Shanghai and the first-class discipline construction university of the Ministry of Education.
Shanghai University has a complete range of disciplines, covering philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, science, engineering, management, art and other disciplines, and now has 29 colleges.