Shanghai Dianji University () is a public municipal college in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China. Despite its self-designated English translation name, this institution has not been granted a university status by the

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Academics

In addition to

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

, other specialties include

science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

, and

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

. The teaching schools are School of Electrical Engineering, School of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...

, School of Electrical Information Engineering, School of Business, School of Foreign Languages, School of Arts and Science, School of Automobile, School of Advanced Vocational Technology, School of

Marxism Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialec ...

, Department of Mathematics and Physics Education, and Center of Physical Education. In addition, the Industrial Training Center and Physical Education Center conduct experiments and practical training, physical education respectively. The School of Continuing Education and Shanghai Li Bin College for Electric Technicians hold adult degree education and non-degree training. Shanghai Dianji University has 28 undergraduate degrees specialties. There are over 12,500 full-time degree and diploma students at school. There are 898 staff members, including 484 professional teachers, 192 professors and associate professors.

History

Shanghai Dianji University, established in 1953, by holding to the spirit of "progressing with the excellence", became a key school in the 1950s and 1960s. The university's name was changed to Electrical Engineering University in 1954. The university's name was changed to Mechanical Engineering University in 1956. In 1970, the school was forced into dissolving. In 1978, the university was opened again, with the new name of Shanghai Dianji University.

Leadership

* President: Hu chen * Vice president: Chen Xin, Huang Xinghua, Jiao Bin, Yang Ruofan * Secretary of the Party Committee: Hao Jianping * Deputy Party Secretary: Huan Xiufang

Schools and colleges

* School of Electrical Engineering * School of Electrical Information Engineering

Notable alumni

Qiao Renliang Qiao Renliang (; October 15, 1987 – September 16, 2016), also known as Kimi Qiao, was a Chinese singer and actor. He took part in the second season of ''My Hero'' (加油好男儿) and finished the competition as the runner-up for that season ...

References

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