University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Shanghai’s university of engineering — optics, energy and manufacturing since 1906

The University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) traces its roots to Hujiang University, founded in 1906, and the German Medical and Engineering School of 1907, and took its present form in 1996 through the merger of East China University of Technology and the Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Technology. ShanghaiRanking 2026 places USST 106th nationally, making it one of the strongest non-985 engineering universities in the city. Its academic identity is built around applied engineering: optical engineering — developed from the Optical Instruments discipline established in 1960, designated a national key discipline and a Shanghai Peak Discipline — together with power engineering and engineering thermophysics, mechanical engineering, systems science, materials and management science and engineering. The Junggong Road campus in Yangpu District preserves the heritage Hujiang University buildings on the Huangpu riverfront and sits inside Shanghai’s university and technology belt beside Fudan and Tongji. USST hosts more than 1,300 international students, runs the Sino-German College of Engineering and English-taught master’s and doctoral programs, and combines Shanghai’s industrial employer network with tuition well below that of the city’s 985 universities.