Shanghai University of Sport

Shanghai University of Sport (上海体育学院; SUS) is a public university in Yangpu District, Shanghai, China.[1] Founded in 1952, it is the first university of its kind in the People's Republic of China. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines.According to "Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2018" released by Shanghai Ranking, Shanghai University of Sport ranks first in Asia and 51–100 in the world.[2]

Shanghai University of Sport

History

SUS was established in November 1952 by the merger of departments of Physical Education from East China Normal University, Nanjing University and Ginling College. Wu Yunrui, the first president of SUS, devoted himself to the advanced values and notions of physical education.

SUS was formerly under the direct governance of the General Administration of Sport of China and began to be jointly constructed and managed in 2001 by the General Administration of Sport of China and Shanghai Municipal Government.

Academics

In over 60 years of construction and development, SUS has grown into a multi-disciplined university with six categories of education: management, science, literature, medicine and arts featured with sport science. SUS has established a complete education system covering bachelor, master and doctoral programs and set up a mobile station for post-doctoral research in sport science.

SUS has more than 4000 full-time undergraduate students on campus, 1000 postgraduate students, 1400 overseas students, 1400 adult students, and more than 700 teaching and administration staff, among whom 82 are professors and 170 associate professors.

References
  1. "Home (Chinese). Shanghai University of Sport. Retrieved on November 11, 2015. "上海市杨浦区长海路399 号 邮编：200438" - English address: 588 Qing Yuan Huan Rd., 200438 Shanghai, China
  2. "教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委 关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设 学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".


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