Most of the majors offered by the school combine the school's unique expertise in medical devices, and have distinctive professional characteristics in China. Among them, the three majors of Medical Imaging Equipment, Medical Electronic Instruments and Pharmacy Equipment are the specialized teaching reform pilot majors approved by the Ministry of Education; the Clinical Engineering Technology major is a Sino-Japanese cooperative program, which fills the gap in China.
In addition to strengthening cooperation with domestic universities and colleges, the school also actively carries out international academic exchanges with universities in Japan, the United States, Germany, Norway, Vietnam, Australia and India.
The school's social demand for graduates has been high in recent years, with an employment rate of 96% in 2005. Graduates trained by the school have strong application ability in research, development and management in their specialized fields, and are especially suitable for working in medical and health care units, operating companies and manufacturing enterprises in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industry, Sino-foreign joint ventures, scientific research institutes, schools and other units, with a very broad employment surface.
The channels for graduates to pursue higher education are very smooth. Each year, fresh graduates can not only apply for the Shanghai other undergraduate colleges and universities that have the "College to Bachelor" program, especially can choose to apply for the Shanghai University of Technology School of Medical Devices and other colleges of the Shanghai Polytechnic University for the school graduates of specialties ad hoc "College to Bachelor" specialties.