Shanghai International Studies University
上海外国语大学

General Information
基本概况

Shanghai International Studies University(SISU)was founded in October 1949，originally known as Shanghai College of Russian. In 1963‘SISU became a national key institution of higher learning upon approval by the Council of the People's Republic of China. In 1994，approved by the Statfe Education Commission(SEC)，the University adopted its present name and was selected as one of the first universities in Shanghai to be jointly funded and administered by SEC and Shanghai Municipal Government. In 1996，SISU was granted to be a“Project 211”university by SEC，which，as a national educational priority for the 1 st century，was the State's endeavor to help China's top 100 institutions of higher learning and key disciplines to excel.The mission of SISU is to cultivate high-level foreign language professionals with multidisciplinary knowledge and international experties
上海外国语大学创建于1949年12月，为上海俄文学校。，上海外国语大学是国家教育部直属并与上海市共建、进人“211工程”的全国重点大学，是一所致力于培养高素质、复合型、多能力、国际化人才一的多科性外国语大学，具有严谨的校风、教风、学风，在国内外享有良好的声誉。

SISU has now two campuses，one in Hongkou District and the other in Songjiang New District. The Hongkou Campus，covering an area of 16.94 hectares，is located in the center of Shanghai and runs programs primarily for graduate，international and part-time students. The Songjiang Campus，a newly-built facility located in the east of the Songjiang University Park，is currently for undergraduate programs. It occupies an area of 57.82 hectares，with a total floor space of 150000 square meters.
学校现有虹口、松江两个校区。虹口校区位于上海市中心，占地16. 94公顷，主要用于研究生、留学生、走读生等专业的教学。新建的松江校区位于上海松江大学城，目前用于本科生教学，占地57. 82多公顷，建筑面积15万平方米。
The two University libraries maintain a collection of 900 000 volumes and nearly 2000 newspapers and magazines in Chinese and foreign languages. It also manages the information center of the Ministry of Education for liberal arts and humanities，the ford English Teaching Materials Center and the Distribution andTransfer Center、of woks donated by the US Asian Foundation Currently，SUSU has an enrollment of 65S7 undergraduate students and 3-year associate degree students，1400 postgraduate students，and over 1200 international students patr-time students registered with SISU total 25000
上海外国语大学两个图书馆共藏图书90余万册，中外文期刊2000多种 大学图书馆还是教育部文科及人文学科信息中心、牛津大学英语教学资料中心、美国亚洲基金会捐赠的图书分送转换中心。目前，全校共有全日制本科生、专科生6557余名，研究生1400多名，留学生1200余名，以及在_L外注册的各类业余学生250000。

The University has a full-time faculty of more than 500 with high academic level and rich teaching experience，including more than 300 full professors and associate professors，and a great number of promising young and middle-age lecturers.SISU comprises 20 academic colleges schools and departments. At present，SISU offers a total of 28 undergraduate programs in five disciplines，23 graduate programs at the master's level，9 doctoral programs at the second-level，1 doctoral programs at the first-level，1 post-doctoral research station，1 state research base for humanities and social science，1 state undergraduate training base for non-univernal language，state key disciplines and 3 Shanghai Municipal key disciplines SISU maintains close academic and exchange relations with universities overseas. So far，it has established collaborative relationships with more than 110 univarsities in over 30 countries and regions.
学校拥有一支500余人学术水平高、教育经验丰富的师资队伍，现有300多名教授、副教授，以及大批学有所成的中青年讲师 学校积极开展国际间的学术交流与合作，与30多个国家和地区的110多所著名大学建立了合作关系。
In the past more than 50 years since its fioundation，CUST has trained a great number of high一!evel foreign language talents and compound applicable personnel with global horizon and innovation consciousness who are now working all over the world. At the beginning of the new century，COST is strivinrt for ward to build itself into a world一renowned，first-class international siudies university.
上海外国语大学建校50多年来，培养了一批又一批具有国际视野和创新意识的高质量外语人才与复合型应用专业人才，遍布世界五大洲。进人新世纪，上海外国语大学正朝着建设国际知名、高水平的外国语大学的目标努力奋斗。

Glorious History
历史变迁

1949 Shanghai College of Russian，the predecessor of Shanghai International Studies University，was founded.
1949年上海外国语大学的前身上海俄文学校创建。
1950 It was renamed Foreign Language Academy of East China People Revolutionary University.
1950年更名为华东人民革命大学附设外文专修学校。
1952 It was renamed Shanghai Azademy of Russian.
1952年改名为上海俄文专科学校。
1956 It was renamed Shanghai Foreign Language Institute.
1956年改名为上海外国语学院。
1958 English Department of Shanghai First Normal Institute merged into Shanghai Foreign Language institute
1958年上海第一师范学院外语系英语专业并人上海外国语学院。
1994 Shanghai Foreign Language Institute was officially renamed Shanghai International Studies University.
1994年学校正式改名为上海外国语大学。