The specialties of Shanghai Normal University are: securities and futures, computer information management, electrical automation technology and so on. Normal universities include: Shanghai Tourism College, Tianhua College of Shanghai Normal University and Youth College of Shanghai Normal University.

Shanghai Normal University is a key construction university in Shanghai and a pilot unit for the construction of high-level local universities (disciplines) in Shanghai. It has been selected into the national "11plan", the national graduate program of high-level university construction, the national "key discipline program with characteristics", the key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and the institutions implementing the excellent teacher training plan of the Ministry of Education.

The school was founded in 1954 and was named Shanghai Normal University at that time. 1956 expanded into undergraduate colleges, Shanghai First Normal University and Shanghai Second Normal University. 1958 The two universities merged to form Shanghai Normal University. 1972, five schools merged to form Shanghai Normal University. 1978 Restore Shanghai Normal University. 198 1 became the first batch of master's degree awarding units in China. 1984 was renamed as Shanghai Normal University.

1986 was approved as a doctoral degree awarding unit. 1994 merged with Shanghai normal university of technology to form a new Shanghai normal university. 1997 From 2003 to 2003, Shanghai Normal University, Huangling Health Teachers' Department of Lin Nan Normal University, Shanghai Xingzhi Art Teachers' School, Shanghai Teachers' Training Center and Shanghai Tourism College were merged or put under school management.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanghai Normal University