Student Life

Housing & Meals

By the time you arrive in Shanghai, you'll have already selected your housing and be ready to move into your new home. Housing is arranged by the program and both required and guaranteed for all students studying at NYU Shanghai. You'll be able to choose from two different housing locations for your time in China.

Since there are no meal plans, expect to have most of your meals at local eateries and on-campus cafeterias. Each off-campus apartment has a fully-equipped kitchen and on-campus students may use the common kitchen facilities available within the international dorm building. Please keep in mind, however, that restaurants on and around campus are very cheap and offer tremendous variety. You can even find western-style cuisine, though you should expect it to be significantly more expensive than local fare.

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A bilingual NYU staff member resides with students in student housing to serve as a Community Resource Assistant (CRA). In addition to overseeing the health, security, and housing maintenance issues that arise, these staff members are also very familiar with Shanghai and the surrounding area and can help facilitate students’ exploration and adjustment to life in a new place.

Another main objective of the student life department and the CRAs in particular is to administer NYU Shanghai policies and to enforce the rules and regulations within student housing. These regulations are put in place in order to maintain a safe, peaceful, and healthy environment within NYU sponsored housing. In order to ensure students’ safety and to provide additional support, the front desks of both the on-campus dorms and the off-campus apartments are staffed by 24 hour security guards and receptionists during the day. Access to both locations is restricted to residents and guests only.

The NYU Talent Show

The NYU Shanghai study abroad site always attracts a group of talented, entertaining students. It only seemed fitting to found Shanghai Night, the NYU Talent Show. Each semester, students pool together their many talents, including singing and dancing, for the show. Chinese tutors and NYU students often collaborate on acts to add an extra spice to the action. Winners of the NYU Talent Show go on to compete in the ECNU campus-wide talent show, featuring international students from various programs as well as ECNU students.

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