page_title: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology / History
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 沪江大学校门
context_page_description: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology founded in 1906, is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It is colloquially known as Shànghǎi Lǐgōng or Shànglǐ. With more than 110 years of history, USST has today become a comprehensive university, which now covers six main disciplines. USST is one of the three Key Universities "上海市重点大学" in Shanghai City, which has been receiving a high level of support from Shanghai Municipal Government. In July 2016, USST was selected as one of 25 universities which are jointly-sponsored and built by China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence and provincial or municipal government.
  USST has been consistently ranked among the top 10 out of 63 universities or Colleges in Shanghai, top 1% nationally and top 40 universities with core strength in scientific and technological research nationwide. It is particularly strong in the fields of engineering, technology and management science.
  The 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities or Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking ranked USST 601-700 in the world.
caption: University of Shanghai
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