Sanda University

Sanda University

上海杉达学院
Logo of the University
Other name	Shanghai Sanda College (literal meaning)
Type	Private university
Established	11 August 1992 (1992-08-11)
Chairman	Zhu Shaozhong
President	Chen Yiyi
Administrative staff	450
Students	10,000
Location	Shanghai , China
Campus	Urban
Website	sandau.edu.cn

Sanda University
Simplified Chinese	上海杉达学院
Traditional Chinese	上海杉達學院
Literal meaning	Shanghai Sanda College
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shànghǎi Shāndá Xuéyuàn

Sanda University (Chinese: 上海杉达学院) was originally founded in June 1992 by professors from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Peking University and Tsinghua University, as the first full-time private institution of higher education in Shanghai, under the background of the development and opening up of the Shanghai Pudong District. It was approved and endorsed by the Ministry of Education in March 2002 as a full-time regular undergraduate institution, which is the first undergraduate private institution of higher education in Shanghai. The University was authorized by Shanghai Academic Degrees Committee as a higher education institution to confer bachelor’s degree in August 2005. In 2015 and 2020, it passed the undergraduate education evaluation and assessment by China’s Ministry of Education. In 2017, it was brought into the master's training unit of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.

Overview

The University has two campuses, one in the Pudong District of Shanghai and the other in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, covering a total area of 133 acres. The University has 8 academic fields of study including Economics, Law, Literature, Engineering, Management, Art, Medicine and Education, offering 44 undergraduate majors. It has 13 Schools with more than 15,000 full-time students, among which including more than 14,000 undergraduates (93.7%). The university has cultivated more than 60,000 graduates, the average employment rate in the past five years has exceeded 95%. There are 937 full-time faculty members working for the university, 43.65% of them own high-grade professional titles, and 34.79% have received doctoral degrees.

History

1992

Founded by professors from Beijing University, Tsinghua University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University

Approved by Shanghai Higher Education Bureau

1994

Approved by China’s Ministry of Education (“MOE”)  as one of the first private universities in new China

Approved by MOE as an university offering 4-year higher education programs

2005    

Accredited as a university offering Bachelor’s Degrees

2015    

Passed MOE Qualified Evaluation

2020

Passed MOE Education Evaluation

International exchange and cooperation

Since the founding of Sanda University, it has established exchange and cooperation relationships with overseas universities and research institutions, including Rider University, Northern Arizona University, Keele University, University of Memphis, De Montfort University, University of Central Lancashire, University of Hull, University of Essex, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania State University, Waseda University, Soka University, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, and University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Faculties

• School of Information Science and Technology (信息科学与技术学院)
• Sheng Xiang School of Business
• School of Management
• School of Humanities
• School of Foreign Languages
• School of Engineering
• School of Adult Education
• School of International Medical Technology

Presidents

• Yang You (杨槱)
• Xie Xide (謝希德)
• Ni Weidou(倪维斗)
• Yuan Ji (袁济)
• Li Jin (李进)
• Chen Yiyi (陈以一)