Shanghai University
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Shanghai University (SHU) is a municipal public university in Shanghai, China. It is owned by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.
History
Shanghai University traces its historical origins to a university of the same name founded in Shanghai on 23 October 1922.
The present-day institution was established in 1994 through the merger of Shanghai University of Technology, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, the former Shanghai University, and Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology.
Campuses
The university's three principal campuses are located in Baoshan District, Yanchang in Jing'an District, and Jiading District. The main university library is on the Baoshan campus. The university library system holds more than four million volumes.
Academics and research
Shanghai University is a comprehensive, research-intensive university whose teaching and research cover the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, business, law and the arts. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate education and operates a number of research institutes.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1343386. VIAF identifies the subject as 129085050. The Library of Congress control number is n85012852. Authority coordinates are 31.317, 121.389. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922 and 1994.
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