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Shanghai University

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BaoShaun District, China
401–500th in World University Rankings 2025
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About Shanghai University

Basic information and contact details for Shanghai University

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Shanghai University was established in 1922 and, despite its relative youth, was chosen as one of the Project 211 universities – a government initiative to fund 100 higher education institutions to become world-class universities in the 21st century.

It is 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-storey building has 38,000 square metres 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 recognised research university.

Its faculty is also a mark of its research excellence, with numerous current and former staff members recognised as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Elsewhere, the Chinese film director Xie Jin, most recently known for his film The Opium War, and the only Chinese director to be made a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Directors’ Guild of America, was dean of Shanghai’s School of Film and Television Technology.

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Rankings

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World University Rankings 2025
20406080
Teaching 33.1
Research Environment 38.6
Research Quality 63.8
Industry 89
International Outlook 40.9
20253035201620172018201920202021202220232024202519.118.120.619.421.223.124.124.731.833.1

Breakdown via year: Teaching

Ranking positions 2016 to 2025
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Impact Rankings

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Impact Rankings 2023
8686.58787.58888.5892021202386.488.6

Breakdown via year: Overall

Impact Ranking positions 2021 to 2023
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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at Shanghai University

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
50 F : 50 M (1)
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International student percentage
6% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
13.1 (1)
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Student total
38849 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at Shanghai University

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Physical Sciences301–400th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Computer Science401–500th

  • Computer Science

Social Sciences251–300th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Communication and Media Studies

Life Sciences301–400th

  • Biological Sciences

Business and Economics201–250th

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Arts and Humanities301–400th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design
  • Architecture

Engineering301–400th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering