Shanghai was the largest and most prosperous city in the Far East during the 1930s. In the past 20 years it has again become an attractive city for tourists from all over the world. The world once again had its eyes on the city when it hosted the 2010 World Expo, recording the greatest number of visitors in the event's history; with a population of more than 23 million (with over 9 million migrants), is the largest and traditionally the most developed metropolis in Mainland China; is a fascinating mix of East and West. It has historic houses that blend the styles of Chinese houses with European design flair, and it has one of the richest collections of Art Deco buildings in the world. Most of Shanghai's 6,340.5 square kilometers (2,448.1 sq. mi) of land area is billiard table flat; one of the main industrial hubs of China, playing a key role in China’s heavy industries. A large number of industrial zones are backbones of Shanghai's secondary industry; dreams to develop into a world-class financial and economic center of China and Asia. Shanghai being a big city has numerous schools for study but according to your choice of course and language media used in that particular school; we would continue by giving some institutions in Shanghai and the programs they offer;
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The school has five campuses, 63 undergraduate programs, 250 masters-degree programs, 203 Ph.D. programs, 28 post-doctorate programs, and 11 state key laboratories and national engineering research centers. Such programs include; Biomedical Engineering, Naval Architecture, Ocean And Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Information And Electrical Engineering, Materials Science And Engineering, Sciences: Mathematics And Physics, Life Science And Biotechnology, Shanghai Center For Systems Biomedicine, Humanities, Chemistry And Chemical Engineering, Economics And Management.
• Fudan University Shanghai Medical College
Address: 220 Handan Rd, WuJiaoChang, Yangpu Qu, Shanghai Shi, China, 200433.
The college is located to the east of the prosperous region of Xujiahui, in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. It is located adjacent to Zhaojiabang Road Station, served by Shanghai Metro Lines 7 and 9.
On July 27, 2001, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University was established, with Professor Wang Wei-ping as its first dean, and the original site of Shanghai Medical University was then designated as the Fenglin Campus of Fudan University. The departments and programs they offer include; Department of Anatomy and Histo-Embryology, Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Department of Immunology, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Pathology, Department of Pharmacology, Department of Forensic Medicine.
• Tongji University
This institution is especially renowned for its engineering, business and architecture programs; its civil engineering department has consistently ranked first in China for decades; It is successful in its application for the 211 Program which provided universities with substantial government fund. In 1995, the university became one to be jointly supported by the State Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Government. Examples of department and courses include; College of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Civil Engineering, College of Design and Innovation, Law School, School of Software Engineering, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, College of Mechanical Engineering, College of Transportation Engineering, College of Automotive Engineering, School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, School of Physics Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Mathematics, School of Foreign Languages, School of Humanities, School of Economics and Management, College of Arts and Media, College of Life Science and Technology, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Medical School, Institute of Rail Transit.