On October 25th, Ruanke, a professional institution for higher education evaluation, released the Ranking of the Best Disciplines in China in 2021. Another major achievement the school has made in discipline construction.

A total of 93 universities were included in the Soft Science Design Discipline Ranking. The index system includes five index categories of talent training, scientific research projects, achievement awards, academic papers, and academic talents. There are 17 index dimensions under it, totaling more than 50 items reflecting disciplines An objective quantitative indicator of competitiveness, involving more than a hundred observation variables. It is understood that all the data of Soft Science rankings come from authoritative third parties, such as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, international and domestic literature databases, etc. After standardized data cleaning and subject classification processes, the points of each subject are obtained. data of various indicators.

In 2018, the design discipline of our school entered the ranking of the best disciplines in China for the first time, and it ranked 74th in 2020, ranking among the top 43%. Since 2020, the two majors of industrial design and art and technology have been selected as the first-class undergraduate construction majors in Shanghai. In the 2021 China University Rankings by Major, 1 A-type major, 3 B+-type majors, and 3 B-type majors were awarded, ranking first among similar universities in Shanghai, laying a solid foundation for the sharp rise in the ranking of Soft Science Solid foundation.