Founded in 1954, Shanghai Institute of Technology is a distinctive high-level university of applied innovation. It enrolls undergraduates, postgraduates, and doctoral students and is recognized as a key construction unit of Shanghai. It is one of TOP 100 model Universities of Applied Sciences(UAS) in China and an MOE approved construction unit for New Engineering and first-class programs. It is among the first batch of universities taking the lead in first-level undergraduate and postgraduate programs. It is also the pilot unit for intellectual property in China, demonstration unit for patent work in Shanghai, and is among TOP 100 Chinese universities in terms of the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements. Since 2018, it is No.1 in application-oriented column in classified evaluation for universities in Shanghai for 5 years.