Located in Shanghai, a metropolis known as a financial center and transportation hub, ECUPL boasts two campuses - Changning campus(in the city center) and Songjiang campus(in the suburb). The university inherited from St.John's University not only historic buildings that have weathered through ups and downs, but also the strong wish to foster talents like Mr.LIN Yutang(writer), Mr. L.M. Pei(architect) and other alumni of the St.John's University.

ECUPL offers a diversity of well-structured disciplines, with law as its pillar, which is developing steadily and enjorys a remarkable edge over other academic institutions. Over the past five years, ECUPL has scored several national firsts in the number of research projects funded or sponsored by the National Social Science Foundation of China(NSSFC) and the Ministry of Justice. It is also a leading university of political science and law in China in terms of the number of state-level government-sponsored major projects. In the latest academic evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education, the discipline of law of ECUPL was rated as A class and the discipline of Political Science as B class. The discipline of law of ECUPL has continuously ranked top 10 among about 700 such discipline of law of ECUPL has continuously ranked top 10 among about 700 such disciplines in China.

Actively promoting international cooperation, ECUPL has entered into partnerships with over 188 universities and academic institutions overseas, and has been working with partner universities and academic institutions overseas, and has been working with partner universities to offer two joint programs approved by the Ministry of Education. Moreover, it has run various student exchange programs allowing for cross-recognition of academic credits with about 65 overseas colleges and universities. ECUPL is also eligible to receive international students sponsored by the Chinese Government Scholarship.