Shanghai Normal University

As a key university in Shanghai, Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) is a comprehensive local university with salient features of teacher training and particular strength in liberal arts. With over 40,000 students, founded in 1954, SHNU boasts 11 disciplines from 20 colleges, more than 20,000 undergraduates, 8,900 postgraduates and over 1,000 overseas students. Until this year, SHNU has 91 bachelor's degree programs, 9 first-degree disciplines of doctoral candidates, 33 first-degree disciplines of master's programs, 11 first-degree disciplines of doctoral programs, 9 post-doctoral programs, 1 national key lab disciplines, 11 Shanghai municipal key disciplines, 11Shanghai Peak and Plateau Programs and so on. Currently, SHNU owns the Teacher Education Center, a secondary institute of UNESCO, a National Field Observation Station, 1 National Language Promotion Base, 1 National Experts Service Base, 1 Key Research Base of Humanities and Literature Research Sponsored by China Ministry of Education, etc.

One of the earliest universities to provide Chinese language programs to international students in Shanghai, SHNU started to accept international students in 1965. SHNU is one of the authorized universities to accept international students sponsored by Chinese Government Scholarship, International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship (Confucius Institute Scholarship), Shanghai Government Scholarship and so on. With a global view, SHNU has established cooperation and exchange relationships with more than 200 universities and academic institutions from over 40 countries.