Shanghai University is one of the national "2 1 1 engineering" key universities. The current president is a famous educator, scientist, social activist and academician of China Academy of Sciences, Professor Qian Weichang. Professor Yu Xinhui, Party Secretary, and Professor Zhou Zhewei, Executive Vice President.
Shanghai University is a comprehensive university with 23 colleges and/kloc-0 school management departments. There are 67 bachelor's degree programs, 13 1 master's degree programs, 14 engineering master's degree programs, 35 two disciplines doctoral degree programs, 5 first-class discipline doctoral degree programs,1/postdoctoral mobile stations, 65438. It has 4 key disciplines of the Ministry of Education, 4 dominant disciplines in Shanghai and 5 characteristic disciplines in Shanghai. It has two national key laboratory cultivation bases jointly established by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Shanghai, the sports social science 1 key research base of the State Sports General Administration, the key laboratory of the Ministry of Education/KLOC-0 and the engineering research center of the Ministry of Education/KLOC-0.
Shanghai University has a team of high-quality teachers. At present, there are more than 2,500 full-time teachers and researchers, including more than 400 professors and 800 associate professors, including China Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering 1 1 person, more than 200 doctoral supervisors, 3 national-level young and middle-aged scientific and technological experts1person, and more than 300 experts enjoying special government allowances.
Shanghai University is an important talent training base in Shanghai. From June to 10, 2003, the school passed the first batch of undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education and achieved excellent results. There are more than 4 1000 college students, including more than 26,000 undergraduates, nearly 8,000 graduate students and more than 7,000 higher vocational students. In addition, there are more than 10000 adult education students.
The scientific research strength of Shanghai University is at an advanced level among universities in China. At present, there are national university science parks and high-tech development zones, as well as more than 100 research institutes and research centers. In the past five years, the school's scientific research funds have been in the top 20 universities in China, and the number of academic papers collected by the three international retrieval (SCI, EI, ISTP) is about 30 universities in China, and the number of patent applications and authorizations is about 20 universities in China.
Shanghai University has carried out extensive international exchanges and cooperation. So far, it has established cooperative relations with dozens of foreign universities. At the same time, the school keeps sending teachers abroad for further study, investigation and academic exchange. The school now has more than 2000 foreign students at school every year.
Shanghai University now covers an area of more than 2 million square meters with a construction area of more than 900,000 square meters. The library has a building area of 64,000 square meters, 3.7 million books, more than 4,000 kinds of periodicals, including more than 700 kinds of foreign periodicals, and dozens of online and CD-ROM databases. The campus communication optical cable connects three campuses and all buildings, and a relatively complete information network service system has been built. The school gymnasium has large capacity and advanced facilities. The school has also built a number of advanced basic teaching experimental centers and multimedia classrooms.
Shanghai University has always attached importance to Party building and spiritual civilization construction. 1993 and 1998 were awarded the title of "Advanced University for Party Building and Ideological and Political Work" twice. Since 1994, the school has been rated as "Shanghai Civilized Unit" for six times, and it is also a national greening model school.
Shanghai University has formulated a long-term development strategic plan and put forward a higher goal, that is, to carry forward the spirit of self-improvement, build a green, civilized and information-based campus, establish a high-level talent education system and a scientific and technological innovation system suitable for Shanghai's status as a modern international metropolis, and become a first-class comprehensive research university in China.