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Shanghai University is a comprehensive university affiliated to Shanghai and a key construction of the national "211 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 National Defense Technology Industry Bureau and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. It is the first batch of high-level universities in Shanghai. A pilot program for the construction of local universities and a first-class discipline construction university by the Ministry of Education.
In October 1922, Shanghai University was founded in cooperation with the KMT and the Communist Party. The president was Yu You, and the dean was Qu Qiubai. This is a revolutionary school known as "Whampoa for Wu and Huangpu for Wen and Shangda". It was forcibly closed by the Kuomintang authorities in 1927.
In 1983, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government reopened Shanghai University (the former Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts) on the basis of Fudan University, Shanghai International Studies University, East China Normal University, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Machinery University Light Industry Branch, and Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. University).
In May 1994, the new Shanghai University consisted of Shanghai University of Technology (founded in 1960), Shanghai University of Science and Technology (founded in 1958), the former Shanghai University (founded in 1983) and Shanghai Technical College (founded in 1959). Years) merged and formed. The teachers and students of Shanghai University are determined to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of Shanghai University in the 1920s and make greater contributions to the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Professor Qian Weichang, a famous scientist, educator, outstanding social activist, and senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, became the president of Shanghai University of Technology in 1983 and the president of Shanghai University from 1994 to 2010. His unique educational ideas and school management strategies were created. The new situation of the school's ideological emancipation and academic prosperity has been promoted, and the new development of the school's various undertakings has been promoted.
Shanghai University has a complete range of disciplines, covering philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, science, engineering, management, art and other disciplines. There are now 26 colleges, 1 undergraduate (undergraduate) and 2 school management departments; there are 82 undergraduate majors, 42 first-level discipline master degree authorization points, and 2 second-level discipline master degree authorization points (first-level discipline (Not covered), 15 types of master's degree categories; 24 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 2 second-level discipline doctorate authorization points (not covered by first-level disciplines), 8 interdisciplinary doctoral programs. 19 mobile post-doctoral research stations. Lead the construction of 2 Shanghai Type IV peak disciplines, 4 national key disciplines, 4 Shanghai Type III peak disciplines, 10 Shanghai Type I plateau disciplines, 7 Shanghai Type II plateau disciplines, and 7 disciplines entered ESI Ranked in the top 1% of the world. It has 1 provincial and ministerial state key laboratory jointly established by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Shanghai, 1 provincial and ministerial state key laboratory incubation base jointly established by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Shanghai, and 1 National Ministry of Education International Joint Laboratory , 3 "University Disciplinary Innovation and Talent Introduction Programs" (referred to as the "111 Plan") innovation and intelligence introduction bases, 3 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 2 Engineering Research Centers of the Ministry of Education, and 1 Key Sports and Social Science of the State Sports General Administration Research base, 1 national and regional research center approved by the Ministry of Education, 2 Shanghai collaborative innovation centers, 8 Shanghai key laboratories, 4 Shanghai engineering technology research centers, 4 Shanghai professional technical service platforms , 1 Shanghai Municipal People’s Government Decision Consulting Research Base, 3 Shanghai Social Science Innovation Research Bases, 2 Shanghai University E-Institutes, 1 Shanghai University Think Tank Construction Project, 1 Shanghai University Humanities and Art Innovation Studio, 2 Shanghai university humanities and social science research bases, 3 Shanghai university key laboratories, and 1 Shanghai university engineering research center.
Shanghai University is an important talent training base in Shanghai. The school is one of the 17 universities with national pilot colleges, one of the first universities to implement the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" by the Ministry of Education, and the "Excellent Journalism Talent Education and Training Program" implemented by the Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Education. One. The school has established a distinctive talent training model centered on the credit system, elective system, and short semester system. Graduates of Shanghai University have been favored by employers for their "broad knowledge, high comprehensive quality, strong innovation ability, and sufficient development potential". In 2009, the school was rated as the first batch of 50 "innovative and entrepreneurial experience typical universities" by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. "One of the", in 2016 was named one of the first 50 "National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Typical Experience Colleges" by the Ministry of Education. In 2017, the initial employment rate of graduates reached 99.63%. At present, the school is advancing the construction of first-class undergraduates, advancing the undergraduate education and teaching reform based on general enrollment and general education training, and fostering global vision, civic awareness, humanistic feelings, innovative spirit, practical ability, and able to cope with future challenges People. The school currently has 14,987 postgraduates, 20,652 full-time undergraduates, 41 junior college students, and 18,507 adult education students.
Shanghai University actively implements the strategy of strengthening the school with talents, and has initially formed a faculty with a clearer level, a more reasonable structure, a certain degree of internationalization, and basically meets the needs of the school’s development, and has formed a number of distinctive, Influential and potential subject team. There are 2965 full-time teachers, including 677 professors, 1093 associate professors, 415 doctoral supervisors, and 2038 teachers with doctoral degrees. There are 6 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 9 foreign academicians; 34 people enjoying the "Special Allowance of the State Council"; 8 "Changjiang Scholars" Distinguished Professors and 3 Chair Professors of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China; 3 people in the Yangtze River Scholars Youth Program; 6 national-level candidates for the "Ten Thousand Thousand Talents Project"; 18 winners of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Science Fund; 11 winners of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Science Fund; 19 Shanghai Leading Talents; Shanghai "Oriental Scholars" "89 people; 45 "Young Oriental Scholars" in Shanghai. In 2016, our school’s party secretary and principal Jin Donghan was elected as the chairman of the eighth council of the Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Society; in 2017, our school professor Li Youmei was elected as the chairman of the Chinese Sociological Society.
Shanghai University's scientific research ability and level are among the advanced universities in the country. The number of academic papers included in the three major international searches (SCI, EI, ISTP) are located at 52, 42, and 44 national universities respectively, and the number of effective invention patents is located at 45 national universities. Since the establishment of the school, as the first complete unit/first completer, it has won 2 second prizes for national technological invention, 2 second prizes for national scientific and technological progress, and 32 outstanding scientific research awards from the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. Won 16 first prizes of Shanghai Science and Technology Award, Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award for Research and Propaganda of the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Excellent Achievement Award. There are a total of 11 municipal decision-making consulting research achievement awards, of which a total of 1 first prize. Or a total of 18 major projects from the National Social Science Fund. In 2017, it won 147 projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China; 36 projects from the National Social Science Fund (excluding major ones), 21 humanities and social science research projects from the Ministry of Education, and 25 Shanghai philosophy and social science planning projects. Shanghai University actively promotes open cooperation, has carried out extensive international and domestic exchanges and cooperation, and the Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools has developed steadily. At present, the school has signed inter-school cooperation agreements with 178 universities or institutions in 42 countries and regions. There are 4361 foreign students studying in the school, including 2353 students with academic qualifications. The school was rated as a model base unit for studying in China by the Ministry of Education. The school has 4 Sino-foreign cooperatively-run schools, and has established 5 Confucius Institutes in cooperation with universities in North America, Europe, Asia and other regions. The school has carried out comprehensive cooperation including scientific research, personnel training, and team building with units such as the Institute of the Yangtze River Delta Region of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Baoshan District People's Government.
The campus of Shanghai University covers an area of nearly 2 million square meters, with a school building area of 1.32 million square meters, forming a "one body and two wings" campus pattern with the school headquarters as the "one body" and the extension campus and the Jiading campus as the "two wings". The library has a building area of 54,000 square meters and a collection of more than 3.94 million books; 1828 types of paper newspapers and periodicals are ordered; 69 types of electronic literature databases are ordered, including 62,000 types of electronic journals and 2.56 million types of e-books. Based on the construction of a smart campus, the school provides a relatively complete information service system for education and teaching, scientific research, efficient management, and teacher-student services. The school sports facilities are advanced and fully functional. The school has also built a number of advanced teaching experiment centers and multimedia classrooms.
Shanghai University has always attached importance to party building and spiritual civilization. Since 1994, Shanghai University has been appraised as Shanghai Civilized Unit 11 times, in 2009 it was appraised as “National Advanced Unit of Spiritual Civilization Construction”, and in 2011 and 2015 it was appraised as “National Civilized Unit” twice. In November 2017, he was awarded the title of the first "National Civilized Campus". In addition, the school was awarded the title of "National Educational Discipline Inspection and Supervision Advanced Collective" in 2007, and was awarded the "Shanghai World Expo Advanced Collective" by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council in 2010. In 2011, it was named the "Shanghai Clean Government Cultural Demonstration Site".
Nowadays, Shanghai University ranks among the top universities in the country in terms of its level and efficiency of running a school, as well as the overall conditions for running a school. The school motto of "Continuous Self-improvement", "Worry and worry about the world first, and joy and happiness after the world" and the school spirit of "Practical and innovative" are constantly being promoted among teachers and students.
Looking forward to the future, Shanghai University will continue to carry forward its fine traditions, seize opportunities, be determined to reform, study and practice Qian Weichang’s educational thoughts, and implement internationalization strategies, talent-strengthening schools, interdisciplinary strategies, industry-university-research alliances, and regional cooperation strategies. Continually optimize the school-running model with Shanghai University's characteristics, continuously improve the quality of education and the level of social services, establish a talent training system, knowledge and technological innovation system that meets the status and development needs of Shanghai's modern international metropolis, and strive to create a talent An efficient platform for cultivating, scientific research, and serving the society, promoting the happy growth of teachers and students, focusing on first-class undergraduate education, and cultivating society with a global vision, civic awareness, humanistic feelings, innovative spirit, and practical ability through continuous improvement of the whole-person training model , And talents who can meet future challenges, in accordance with world-class standards, realize the core values of the university. Shanghai University will strive to become a world-class comprehensive research university with distinctive characteristics.