Bigger. As a university located in a developed area with a reputation of 2 1 1, it is relatively difficult for Shanghai University to take the postgraduate entrance examination. The difficulty of postgraduate entrance examination is influenced by many factors, including fame, ranking, location, enrollment quota, and the quality of applicants. As a 2 1 1 university, Shanghai University is located in Shanghai's international metropolis, so it attracts a large number of candidates and the competition is fierce. Postgraduate entrance examination subjects usually include politics, English, mathematics and professional courses. The knowledge of these subjects is extensive and in-depth, which puts forward higher requirements for candidates' knowledge reserve and test-taking ability. Especially for non-science students, math and professional courses are more difficult, and science students may find politics and English more difficult. Judging from the re-examination scores of Shanghai University in 2022, the re-examination scores of academic majors are much higher than the national line, especially the admission scores of some majors such as archival science and library science exceed the national line by more than ten points, which also reflects the difficulty of Shanghai University's postgraduate entrance examination. Specific to the different majors of Shanghai University's School of Science, College of Literature and School of Foreign Languages, the number of applicants and the proportion of admission all show fierce competition. For example, the enrollment ratio of master of mathematics in science college is about 6: 1, and the enrollment ratio of statistics is as high as 7.6: 1, while the enrollment ratio of physics and chemistry is lower, which are 3: 1 and 1 respectively. The enrollment ratio of China Language and Literature in the College of Literature is about 12: 1, and that of English Translation in the College of Foreign Languages is about 10: 1. These data show that the competition for postgraduate entrance examination in Shanghai University is fierce, especially for popular majors.