- Student-faculty ratios: 11.5
- Male to female ratio: 65 : 35
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://english.ecnu.edu.cn/
- Address: 3663 N. Zhongshan Rd.,Shanghai, 200062,China
- Phone: +86 21 62233333
Founded in Shanghai in October 1951, East China Normal University (ECNU) is one of the most prestigious universities in China and is sponsored by the national programs “Project 211” and “Project 985”. With two campuses located in Minhang and Putuo District, and with a total area of over 207 hectares, ECNU has long been reputed as a Garden University for its beautiful campus scenes. Since China opened up to the world in 1978, ECNU has developed at a breathtaking pace into a comprehensive research university. At present, the University has three faculties, 27 full-time schools, two colleges,8 advanced research institutes, a college of further education, and a national training center for secondary principals with 58 departments offering 80 undergraduate programs in humanities, education, science, engineering, economics, management, philosophy, psychology, law, history and art. Besides that, the University also offers 27 doctoral programs of the State Primary Disciplines, 38 master's programs of the State Primary Disciplines, one professional doctoral program, 19 professional master's programs and 25 post-doctoral mobile research stations. As the first normal university founded in the country after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, ECNU has kept teacher training as one of its main features since its establishment. The Ministry of Education's Training Center for Secondary School Principals located at ECNU is a unique base for the training of secondary school principals on China’s Mainland and for advanced studies for those in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. It enjoys the reputation of being the “Huangpu Military School” for secondary school principals. ECNU boasts two State Key Labs, one National Engineering Research Center, one National Field Observation and Research Station, seven Key Labs or Engineering Centers, six Key Research Bases for Humanities and Social Sciences and one Base for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Education, and one International Cooperation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education. It also has 10 Key Labs or Engineering Centers, seven Social Sciences Innovation Bases and Studios, and two university think-tanks for Shanghai Municipality. The university sponsors or supervises the publication of nearly 30 academic journals and periodicals. Its library collection has exceeded 4,620,000 volumes, and it also has 22 affiliated primary or secondary schools and two affiliated kindergartens. ECNU attaches great importance to the internationalization of its development and enjoys a wide influence and an excellent reputation around the world. The university has established exchange and cooperative partnerships with more than 200 internationally renowned universities and academic institutions. ECNU is one of the Chinese universities that first began establishing Confucius Institutes with foreign universities and institutions. So far, the university has set up 9 Confucius Institutes around the world. Among the over 4,000 strong faculty, 1737 are professors and associate professors, including 11 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering. Currently, the number of full-time undergraduate students is 14,405 while that of graduate students is 15,771. There are also about 5,000 international students studying at ECNU. Adhering to the university motto of “Seek truth, foster originality, and live up to the name of a teacher”, ECNU has made enormous achievements in talent-training, scientific research, community service and international exchanges. In so doing, it has significantly contributed to the development of Chinese basic education and teacher training, and the advancement of economics, sciences and society, both locally and nationally. The development and transformation of the country and the modern international metropolis of Shanghai bring huge opportunities to the university for its progress. ECNU is steadily and enthusiastically working towards its goal of establishing itself as an internationally renowned high-level research university, with a number of first-class disciplines and a well coordinated discipline development, while also taking the lead in the development of China's teacher training.
- Total number of students 25,237
- Number of international students 4,179
- Total number of academic staff 2,191
- Number of international staff 326
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 3,379
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,888
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 358
- Number of research only staff 310
- Number of new undergraduate students 3,694
- Number of new master's students 3,493
- Number of new doctoral students 659
- Global score 46.7
- Global research reputation #611
- Regional research reputation #170
- Publications #394
- Books #636
- Conferences #353
- Normalized citation impact #757
- Total citations #454
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #414
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #637
- International collaboration #46
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #812
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #472
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #709
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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11.5
No. of students per staff
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17%
Percentage of International Students
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65 : 35
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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25,747
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2016
501-600
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2017
501—600
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2018
501–600
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2019
501–600
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2020
501–600
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Asia University Rankings
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2014
67
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2015
80
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2016
83
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2017
=79
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2018
89
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2019
=99
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Engineering & technology
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2018
251–300
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2019
301–400
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Life sciences
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2018
301–400
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2019
401–500
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Physical sciences
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2018
301–400
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2019
401–500
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Social sciences
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2018
301–400
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2019
301–400
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Computer Science
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2019
401–500
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Education
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2019
101–125
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Psychology
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2019
401+
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Emerging Economies
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2014
42
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2015
60
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2016
=75
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2017
=62
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2018
=73
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2019
=75
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#221 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 56.4
- Chemistry global research reputation #618
- Chemistry regional research reputation #187
- Chemistry publications #103
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #111
- Chemistry total citations #75
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #66
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #100
- Chemistry international collaboration #147
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #809
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #99
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #193
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#331 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 33.6
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #261
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #28
- Environment/Ecology total citations #312
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #313
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #336
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #15
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #293
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #289
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #299
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#248 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 39.4
- Materials Science global research reputation #324
- Materials Science regional research reputation #119
- Materials Science publications #239
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #93
- Materials Science total citations #168
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #155
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #82
- Materials Science international collaboration #143
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #429
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #115
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #73
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#157 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 46.4
- Mathematics global research reputation #276
- Mathematics regional research reputation #51
- Mathematics publications #34
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #308
- Mathematics total citations #91
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #125
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #316
- Mathematics international collaboration #20
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #291
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #193
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #280
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#377 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 35.2
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #322
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #70
- Plant and Animal Science publications #327
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #334
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #345
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #346
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #334
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #8
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #284
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #346
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #331