Shanghai Normal University

Founded in 1954, SHNU was then named Shanghai Teachers Training College. In 1956 it was expanded into two colleges, Shanghai No. 1 Teachers College and Shanghai No. 2 Teachers College. Two years later, the two colleges were combined to form Shanghai Teachers College. In 1981, SHNU became the first batch of Chinese universities approved to confer master's degrees, and in 1986, SHNU won the qualifications to admit doctor's degree candidates. The university offers 88 undergraduate majors related to 11 subjects, covering Philosophy, Economics, Law, Education, Literature, History, Science, Engineering, Management Science, Agriculture and Art. In addition, the major of Chinese Language and Literature was authorized by the Ministry of Education for talent cultivation and academic research; and the major of Literature of Ancient China serves as one of the four key bases in the country. Currently, SHNU has an enrollment of about 20,000 undergraduate students, 8,000 graduate students, and 2700 international students.The university has established cooperation and exchange relationships with 311 universities and cultural and academic institutions in 40 countries and regions. The school has 10 Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run degree programs supported by SHNU and universities from USA, UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, and France. For example, SHNU offers dual degree programs with the cooperation of US Universities such as University of Dayton, Colorado State University, University of Georgia, University of Wyoming, Chapman University, and University of Kansas.