Sanda University


Sanda University is the first private university established in People's Republic of China, located in Shanghai. The university has around 10,000 students and 450 full-time academic staff, covering a range of academic disciplines including business, computer science, engineering, foreign languages, and management.

History

On June 26, 1992, a group of professors from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Peking University and Tsinghua University initiated the notion of establishing a university with funding from the private sector.
Sanda University was thus founded on August 11, 1992. It was the first full-time private university offering programs leading to accredited certificates and diplomas in the country. On March 6, 2002, with the official ratification of the Chinese Ministry of Education, it became — under the supervision of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission — the first full-time private comprehensive university providing undergraduate courses in China.
Following an ordinance from by the Ministry of Education in 2002, Sanda University changed its official name to Shanghai Sanda Institute, although the name Sanda University is still widely used.

Campuses

The main campus is on a 26.8 hectare site in Pudong, in the south of Shanghai. A second campus, known as Guangbiao Institute, was established in 2002 and is in Jiashan County, Zhejiang province. It is named after Cao Guangbiao, one of the major donors to Sanda.

International exchange and cooperation

Since the founding of Sanda University, it has established exchange and cooperation relationships with overseas universities and research institutions, including Rider University, American University, University of Central Lancashire, University of Hull, University of Essex, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania State University, Waseda University, Soka University, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, and University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Faculties