2. Introduction to Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
The school was founded in 1984 and has gone through the stages of running schools such as Shanghai Municipal and Legal Management Cadre College, Shanghai Higher Law School and Shanghai University Law School. It started recruiting undergraduate students in 1993 and started recruiting postgraduate students in 1998. In September 2004, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government approved Shanghai University of Political Science and Law to be an independent general undergraduate institution. In September 2004, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government approved Shanghai University of Political Science and Law to be an independent general undergraduate institution. In November 2014, the school was transferred to the management of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and was jointly built by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice.
The school adheres to the school-running policy of "based on politics and law, serving Shanghai, facing the whole country, and looking at the world", adhering to the school motto of "diligence and truth-seeking, pioneering and innovative", and pursuing the policy of "cultivating students with needs and promoting strength with expertise" The road to innovation and development. Adhering to the spirit of the school motto of "diligence and truth-seeking, pioneering and innovative", we follow the innovative development path of "cultivating professionals based on needs and promoting strengths through expertise", and strive to cultivate students who are both moral and legal, have a broad foundation, strong practical ability, innovative thinking and a global perspective. To recruit high-quality compound and applied talents, establish a discipline system with law as the main discipline and coordinated development with management, economics, literature, education, art and other disciplines, and promote jurisprudence, political science and sociology, Construction of 13 first-level disciplines including Marxist theory, public affairs, management, business administration, theoretical economics, applied economics, Chinese language and literature, foreign languages ??and literature, journalism and communication, psychology, drama and film and television , striving to create a first-class applied university with distinctive political and legal characteristics.
The school has law school (Mediation School), Economic Law School (Silk Road Lawyers School), International Law School, Criminal Justice School, Public Security School, Artificial Intelligence Law School, Economics and Management School, and Government Management College, School of Language and Culture, Shanghai Documentary School, School of Marxism, School of Higher Vocational Education, School of International Exchange, School of Continuing Education and other secondary colleges and the Sports Department. Teaching Department.
The school insists on leading development with discipline construction. Law disciplines (including international law, administrative law, prison science, financial law, environmental and resource protection law) are first-level disciplines and plateau disciplines in Shanghai, forming international law, administrative law, prison science, criminology, environmental and resource protection law, There are a number of distinctive disciplines (directions) such as international politics and the Sinicization of Marxism, some of which are in a leading position in Shanghai and even the country. There are currently three master's degree programs in law, Marxist theory, and journalism and communication, and four professional degree programs in law, international business, social work, and journalism and communication. In 2017, the school was selected as a new doctoral degree awarding project construction unit in Shanghai.