hai ▁Municipal ▁Government . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁US ST ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁univers ities ▁which ▁are ▁joint ly - sp ons ored ▁and ▁built ▁by ▁China ' s ▁State ▁Administration ▁for ▁Science , ▁Technology ▁and ▁Indust ry ▁for ▁National ▁Def ence ▁and ▁provincial ▁or ▁municipal ▁government ▁( Sh ang hai ▁Municipal ▁Government ). ▁ ▁US ST ▁has ▁been ▁consist ently ▁ranked ▁among ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 6 3 ▁univers ities ▁or ▁Colleg es ▁in ▁Shang hai ▁( 2 0 1 6 ), ▁ ▁top ▁ 1 % ▁nation ally ▁( 2 0 1 5 ) ▁and ▁top ▁ 4 0 ▁univers ities ▁with ▁core ▁strength ▁in ▁scientific ▁and ▁techn ological ▁research ▁nation wide ▁( 2 0 1 6 ). ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁particularly ▁strong ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁engineering , ▁technology ▁and ▁management ▁science . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁Rank ing ▁of ▁World ▁Univers ities ▁( AR W U )' s ▁Global ▁Rank ing ▁of ▁Academ ic ▁Sub ject s ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁ranked ▁US ST ' s ▁Mechan ical ▁Engineering ▁ 2 0 1 - 3 0 0 th ▁and ▁▁ ▁Elect rical ▁& ▁Electron ic ▁Engineering , ▁Chem ical ▁Engineering ▁and ▁Energy ▁Science ▁& ▁Engineering ▁ 3 0 1 - 4 0 0 th ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁U . S . ▁News ▁& ▁World ▁Report ▁Best ▁Global ▁University ▁Rank ing ▁( 2 0 2 0 ) ▁ranked ▁US ST ▁ 2 7 5 th ▁among