Shanghai Normal University

Shanghai Normal University

上海师范大学
Motto	厚德 博学 求是 笃行
Type	Public University
Established	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
President	Ziqiang Zhu[1]
Academic staff	2,917
Undergraduates	21,256
Postgraduates	8,662
Location	Shanghai , China
Campus	Xuhui Campus Fengxian Campus 1,530,000 m2 (16,500,000 sq ft) altogether
Nickname	上海师大/上师大
Website	www.shnu.edu.cn

Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) (Chinese: 上海师范大学) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. SHNU is one of the three Key Universities (上海市重点大学) (Along with Shanghai University and University of Shanghai for Science and Technology) in Shanghai, which are strongly supported by Shanghai Municipal Government.

SHNU is a comprehensive university with salient features of teacher training and a particular strength in liberal arts. SHNU is participating in the education reform in Shanghai (上海市教育综合改革) and it is also jointly-supported and built by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and Shanghai Municipal Government (省部共建). SHNU is also among Plan 111 (111计划), National Construction of High-level University Public Graduate Project (国家建设高水平大学公派研究生项目), and Chinese Institutions Admitting International Students under Chinese Government Scholarship Programs (中国政府奖学金来华留学生接收院校).

SHNU is also one of the sixteen members of Shanghai-Hong Kong Universities Alliance (沪港大学联盟).^[2]