Shanghai Polytechnic University (SSPU) is a municipal public university that focuses on Engineering and well-coordinated development of multi-disciplines. 

SSPU was formerly known as Shanghai Part-time Polytechnic University established in 1960 and adopted its current name in 1984. It is the only university in Shanghai named by “Polytechnic University”. For more than 60 years, evolving from adult education to full-time undergraduate and higher vocational education and then to postgraduate education, SSPU adheres to the orientation of training applied technology talents to meet social demands and serve national strategies. The university has produced nearly 200,000 technical and applied talents of various kinds for Shanghai and nationwide, and cultivated over 130 talents who are later granted the title of Model Worker at national, provincial and ministerial levels, hence honored as “the cradle of model workers”. In recent years, the university has consistently expanded and improved talent cultivation both in scale and levels. It has optimized the structure and scale of undergraduate education and vigorously developed postgraduate education to establish a high-quality applied innovative talent training system.

SSPU has significant geographical advantages and strong teaching faculty. The main campus Jinhai Road Campus is located in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, adjacent to China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and a number of Fortune 500 companies. SSPU has 14 colleges and schools, nearly 15,000 full-time students and about 1,200 faculty and staff. It has over 80 faculty members supported by various talent programs, such as the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Chang Jiang Scholars Program, Ten Thousand Talents Plan, Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University under the Ministry of Education, etc.