Shanghai University was established in 1922 as a comprehensive research-intensive university with a particular emphasis on international cooperation and exchange. Of its 37,000 plus students, 3,000 are from overseas and hail from 119 different countries. Spread over three campuses in Baoshan, Yanchang, and Jiading, the university has nearly 3,000 faculty to oversee its student body.
One of the university’s key features is its library which has over four million volumes. The overall library is composed of three separate libraries, with the main one located on the Baoshan campus. This eight-story building has 38,000 square meters of floor space, providing over 1,800 reading seats.
Shanghai is one of China’s leading research institutions and routinely ranks highly in lists of overall research funding. Its research output from its 73 institutes is such that Shanghai has become an internationally recognized research university.
SHU has made a medium and long-term strategic plan which aims at constructing a green, safe, and digitalized campus and cultivating a university culture that is characteristic of persistent self-improvement, innovation, spirit to pursue the best, open and inclusive attitude to create a harmonious and active campus atmosphere. It also aims at creating a globalized campus to meet the needs of all students for their cultivation in science, culture, sports, and arts. SHU is striving to develop into a first-class comprehensive university in China with a high-level talents training system and a knowledge innovation system as well in proportion to the city’s position as a modern international metropolis.
