ShanghaiTech University

Officially approved by China’s Ministry of Education, ShanghaiTech University is a research university of academic excellence jointly established by Shanghai Municipal Government and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The university consists of four schools and two research institutes: School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), School of Information Science and Technology (SIST), School of Life Science and Technology (SLST), School of Entrepreneurship and Management (SEM), Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS) and iHuman Institute.

ShanghaiTech is committed to serving the national development strategy, seeking innovative solutions to address the challenges in the field of energy, material, environment, human health, etc. At the end of 2015, the governing body of Zhangjiang Comprehensive National Science Center has been located in ShanghaiTech. And ShanghaiTech is involved in the construction of Live Cell Imagining Facility, Ultra-Intense and Ultrashort Pulse Laser Facility and Free Electron Laser Facility.

ShanghaiTech is building up a strong faculty, including 500 tenure-track/tenured professors recruited from around the world and 500 distinguished professors-in-residence from CAS institutes and other prestigious universities or institutes. Among our current faculty (387 by April 2016) are 3 Nobel laureates, 6 National Academy of Sciences (USA) members, 2 Royal Society (UK) fellow, 26 CAS members and 3 Chinese Academy of Engineering members.

ShanghaiTech is actively engaged in the globalization of education and has extensive collaboration with world top-class universities in all aspects. To break the barrier between research and industry, the university collaborates intensively with domestic and international hi-tech companies in joint research and faculty training.