NYU Shanghai

NYU Shanghai is China’s first Sino-US research university and the third degree-granting campus of the NYU Global Network. We were founded in 2012 by New York University and East China Normal University with the support of the city of Shanghai and the district of Pudong.

NYU Shanghai seeks to cultivate globally-minded graduates through innovative teaching, world class research, and a commitment to public service. All undergraduate students pursue a course of study that will equip them with the broad knowledge base and tools to become creative thinkers and active learners throughout their lives.

Our student body currently consists of 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students, half of whom are from China. Students from the United States and some 70 other countries represent the other half. Our faculty of renowned scholars, innovators, and educators are recruited from the world’s best research universities.

English is the language of instruction on campus, though international students are required to study and achieve proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. The university regularly fosters opportunities for cross-cultural communication and cooperation in the classroom and through diverse extra-curricular activities.

NYU Shanghai expects undergraduate students to spend the first two years on core courses and to select an academic specialization for deeper study and research in their third and fourth years. Students may pursue 19 different majors in the arts and sciences, business and finance, engineering, data and computer science.

Over the course of their undergraduate studies, NYU Shanghai students are encouraged to spend up to two semesters studying in New York, Abu Dhabi or at one of NYU’s eleven study away centers in cities around the world. This is an integral part of the University’s mission to foster truly global citizens.

Upon graduation, students will have earned two diplomas: An NYU degree (the same degree granted at our New York and Abu Dhabi campuses) and a Chinese-accredited NYU Shanghai diploma.

At the postgraduate level, NYU Shanghai also offers a variety of master’s and PhD degree programs in disciplines and fields topics important to contemporary society. They bridge the NYU global network, and feature rigorous academic experiences for students.

NYU Shanghai is the intellectual home of some 200 of the world’s best scholars, researchers, teachers and mentors. Hailing from more than 20 countries and recruited from top institutions around the world, our faculty are leading experts in 25 disciplines from Mathematics to Computer Science to Psychology and Urban Design. Our faculty have been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and China's Chang Jiang Scholar Program and many other distinguished societies. Conducting research in state-of-the-art laboratories and in some 11 specialized research institutes and centers, members of the faculty regularly publish their findings in leading scholarly journals.

The university also draws on the faculty of the NYU Global Network who regularly spend semesters visiting and teaching in Shanghai.

Custom-built in 2012, 1555 Century Avenue serves as NYU Shanghai’s main campus and thriving intellectual center. Located in Lujiazui, Shanghai’s thriving financial district, it is near some of the world’s most iconic buildings--the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Shanghai Tower, and the Shanghai World Financial Center--and within walking distance to popular restaurants, shopping malls, and parks.

The 15-story Academic Building is easily accessible by subway, bus, car, and bicycle. It features large lecture halls and intimate seminar rooms, a spacious cafeteria and café, a 300-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art science laboratories, faculty and administrative offices, and an expansive library housing physical and electronic collections networked to NYU’s global library. Wireless IT services and a robust IT infrastructure ensure the students and faculty are always fully connected to the NYU Global Network.