University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

上海理工大学
Former names	East China University of Technology Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Technology.
Motto	信义勤爱 思学志远
Type	Public University
Established	1906
President	Hu Shougen
Academic staff	1,600
Students	24,600
Undergraduates	17,400
Postgraduates	7,200
Location	Shanghai,  People's Republic of China
Nickname	上海理工 上理
Website	www.usst.edu.cn

Coordinates: 31°17′24″N 121°33′08″E / 31.290124°N 121.552256°E / 31.290124; 121.552256

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST; Chinese: 上海理工大學; pinyin: Shànghǎi Lǐgōng Dàxué) 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' rich history, USST has today become a comprehensive university, which now covers six main disciplines (engineering, science, economics, management, literature and law). USST is one of the three Key Universities "上海市重點大學" (with Shanghai University and Shanghai Normal University) 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 (Shanghai Municipal Government).

USST has been consistently ranked among the top 10 out of 63 universities or Colleges in Shanghai (2016), top 1% nationally (2015) and top 40 universities with core strength in scientific and technological research nationwide (2016). It is particularly strong in the fields of engineering, technology and management science. U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking (2017) ranked USST's materials science 347th in the world, 8th in China. In the recent Chinese university ranking (Wu Shulian 2017), USST is ranked 91th overall in the country and 8th in Shanghai. According to China Discipline Ranking (CDR) by the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2012 (the only national university ranking approved by MOE), USST's Optical engineering was ranked 10th,Power engineering and Engineering thermophysics was ranked 13th,Biomedical engineering was ranked 16th,Food Science and Engineering was ranked 25th and management science and Engineering was ranked 28th nationally. In CDR, USST's Humanities and Social Science disciplines were also highly ranked, for instance, Communication Studies were ranked 23th,Public Management was ranked 29th,Foreign Languages and Literatures (including Foreign Linguistics) were ranked 40th,Applied Economics was ranked 45th in the country.