University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) is located in the north-east of Shanghai, between Huangpu River and Central Link, adjacent to the Fuxing Island and Gongqing Forest Park. This university originates from Hujiang College founded in 1906 and German Medical School founded in 1907. It is a municipal key university oriented to applied research, focused on engineering, and marked by the multidisciplinary coordinated development of engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law and art.

USST now has 18 colleges or schools, one teaching faculty; among them, there are 30 research institutes, 12 research centers and 3 research associations. There are 35 PhD programs, three post-doctorate programs, 108 master-degree programs, and one MBA (Master of Business Administration) program and 59 undergraduate programs. The total number of full-time teaching staff is 1400. Among them, there are 570 professors and associate professors, six academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and of Chinese Academy of Engineering and 20 young or middle-aged experts, teachers at national level.

For the purpose of promoting its teaching and ability of serving the society through scientific research, USST has raised its annual research outlay to 384.4 million Yuan including the following projects: “863” projects, “973” basic research projects, the key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation and projects of scientific research at ministerial or provincial level. Along the fabulous golden coastline of Shanghai, USST has experienced ups and downs for 105 years. Tomorrow, she will open her arms and embrace a wider world.