Shanghai University (simplified Chinese: 上海大学; traditional Chinese: 上海大學; pinyin: Shànghǎi Dàxué) is a public, comprehensive university located in Shanghai, China. The university has the longest serving President; Chien Wei-zang since 1982 until he died in 2010. He was a well known scientist in China. Chien is a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the only university president who served for life in People's Republic of China. The present chancellor of Shanghai University is Luo Hongjie (罗宏杰).
Shanghai University is one of the nation's leading research universities. The university is amongst the list of Project 211 for top national universities. It is also the biggest institution of higher learning run by Shanghai Municipality.
Shanghai University has 28 schools and 2 independent departments, with 71 undergraduate programs, 221 master programs, 17 engineering master programs, 117 Ph.D. programs, 17 post-doctoral programs and 2 MBA programs. The post-doctor stations covering Sociology, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials, Metallurgy, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Communication & Information Engineering, Control Theory. There are 4 key disciplines nationally standardized, 11 key disciplines provincially or ministerially standardized. According to QS World University Rankings 2011, Shanghai University ranked 451-500 worldwide among universities.According to QS World University Rankings 2012, Shanghai University ranked 401-450 worldwide among universities.
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