Cheng Wu became Director for International Affairs Office (FAO) of Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) in June 2013, overseeing university-wide international related projects and programs, including students exchange, cooperative academic and research projects, staff exchange, joint degree programs, overseas students studies at SHNU, Confucius Institutes, coordination of visits, and a number of other international activities.He had served as associate professor in linguistics and Vice-dean of Foreign Languages College of SHNU since 2004, where he had been teaching and supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as managing five Masters Degree programs. Previously, he was a middle school English language teacher, English language lecturer and teacher trainer in Inner Mongolia Normal University. Before joining SHNU, he ran a successful five-year English Language Teacher Training Program for the Inner Mongolia Region, in which more than 1000 in-service teachers were provided up-to-date professional training. He worked closely with the British Council as teacher training consultant and external evaluator for the Gansu Province English Teacher Training Project.Cheng Wu has had extensive overseas study experience. He earned his Diploma in Education from the National University of Singapore in 1990, MA degree from the University of Warwick in 1997, Master in Public Management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Harvard Kennedy School in 2009. He got his PhD degree in Education in 2015.