East China Normal University

East China Normal University

华东师范大学
Motto	求实创造，为人师表
Motto in English	Pursue what we have not been taught, and practice what we are going to teach[1]
Type	Public (National)
Established	1951; 73 years ago (1951)
President	Xuhong Qian
Students	32,000
Location	Shanghai , China
Campus	North Zhongshan Rd. Campus (1072.25 acres) Minhang Campus (2071.53 acres)
Colors	Ecnu red
Affiliations	AALAU Yangtze Delta Universities Alliance
Mascot	ECNU Lions
Website	www.ecnu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	华东师范大学
Traditional Chinese	華東師範大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huádōng Shīfàn Dàxué

East China Normal University (ECNU) is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.

It was formed in 1951 by the merger of the Great China University (est. 1924) and Kwang Hua University (est. 1925) and originated from the St. John's College founded in 1879. As of 2020, ECNU is organized into 22 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in two campuses throughout Minhang and Putuo.