合作办学一般分为中外合作办学机构和中外合作办学项目. 在上海教育部先后只批准7所办学机构:
1.同济大学中德工程学院(Sino-German College Applied Sciences of Tongji University) ▲
2.上海大学中欧工程技术学院( Sino-European School of Technology of Shanghai University ) ▲
3.上海理工大学中英国际学院(Sino-British College, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology) ▲
4.上海交通大学交大密西根联合学院(Shanghai Jiao Tong University SJTU-UM Joint Institute) ●
5.上海大学悉尼工商学院(Sydney Institute of Language & Commerce, Shanghai University) ●
6.上海纽约大学(Shanghai New York University) ▲
7.上海交通大学上海交大-巴黎高科卓越工程师学院(SJTU-Paris Tech Elite Institute of Technology at SJTU)