Shanghai University has two doctoral programs in microwave and wireless communications: Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Technology, and Communication and Information Systems. Since 1972 when the former Shanghai University of Science and Technology started an undergraduate program of wireless communications, supported by many national and municipal programs such as 863 and national nature science foundation of China, a wide range of research projects have been carried out in such areas as dual-polarization multi-band arrays, miniaturization of microstrip antenna, ultra-wide band (UWB) microstrip antenna, microwave power transmission, communication signal processing, microwave communications, communications in confined space, and updated types of wireless communications. Many accomplishments are ranked among the top of the country and have attracted much attention from the international academic community. This article presents the development of the discipline and major research achievements.