Shanghai Polytechnic University

Shanghai Polytechnic University (SSPU) is amunicipal public university that boasts strengths in Engineering andwell-coordinated development of disciplines in Management, Economics,Literature, Science and Arts. SSPU offers undergraduate and postgraduate education,and is a doctoral degree awarding construction institution in Shanghai. Theuniversity is committed to training applied innovative talents who areprofessional, responsible and international.SSPU has significant geographical advantages and strongfaculty resources. The main campus (Jinhai Road Campus) is located in PudongNew Area, Shanghai, adjacent to China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and anumber of Fortune 500 companies. SSPU has 17 colleges and schools and over13,000 full-time students. It has the faculty with high comprehensive quality,strong research ability and rich teaching experience. Nearly 45% of the facultyhave a doctoral degree. Over 40 of them are supported by various talentprograms, such as Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University underMinistry of Education, Program for Professor of Special Appointment (EasternScholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning, Shu Guang Projectsupported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education DevelopmentFoundation, etc.

School of Foreign Languages and CulturalCommunication

School of Foreign Languages and CulturalCommunication consists of Department of Scientific and Technical Translation,Department of English, Department of Japanese, Department of Public Relations,Department of College English, Department of College German (Russian) andGeneral Education Center.

The school has more than 100 faculty members,among whom 1/3 have senior professional titles, 1/3 have doctoral degrees, and1/2 have overseas experience. Attaching importance to scientific research,School has undertaken numbers of academic research projects at municipal llevel and above, including projects of National Social Science Fund of China,Humanities & Social Sciences Project of the Ministry of Education, ShanghaiPhilosophy and Social Science Planning Project, and Shanghai Education andScientific Research Projects.

The school has a good reputation in teachingand has won a number of municipal and above teaching construction and reformprojects, including First-Class Undergraduate Program in Shanghai, KeyUndergraduate Teaching Reform Project in Shanghai , etc. .Meanwhile, teachersand students have won honors in teaching and discipline competitions at themunicipal level or above, such as the Grand Prizes in Shanghai Tryout of theSFLEP National Foreign Language Teaching Contest and National EnglishCompetition for College Students, the first prizes in China University StudentPR Plan Contest and Shanghai Tryout of “FLTRP・ETIC Cup” English Public SpeakingContest, etc.

The goal of the School is to further enhancethe development of the two major disciplines of Translation Studies andCommunication Studies, as well as the three major undergraduate programs ofEnglish, Japanese and Public Relations

Closely following the orientation ofindustry-university- research integration, School carries out internaloptimization and external extension to accelerate the formation of its ownbrand and characteristics, strive to take the lead in similar fields amonguniversities of applied sciences and produce certain social effects. The maintask of the school is to cultivate internationalized talents who are proficientin both Chinese and Western cultures with the abilities of creative and criticalthinking, communication ability and lifelong learning, paving a way for ourgraduates to become industry elites.

In addition, by means of teaching, scientificresearch and services, School radiates the benefits of educational resources tothe surrounding areas, Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta Region to jointlypromote knowledge, culture and economy prosperity. While exploring our owndevelopment, School of Foreign Languages and Cultural Communication is alsocommitted to serving other disciplines and programs of SSPU, and contributes tothe development of the university’s internationalization, informatization andcampus culture.