NYU Shanghai, located in the Pudong district of downtown Shanghai, offers a variety of courses taught by NYU faculty and some of the country’s most distinguished professionals. Students select from content courses taught in English and Chinese language courses at all levels from beginner to advanced.

NYU Shanghai offers a variety of courses in subjects including all levels in art, business, computer science, economics, humanities, sciences, pre health, literature, math, media, and much more. Students have the opportunity to focus their studies on East Asia as well as learn Chinese for the first time or advance their Chinese skills from leading faculty.

Pre-Approved Course Equivalences

Courses at the Shanghai campus are being reviewed on an on-going basis to determine their equivalency to New York and Abu Dhabi courses. Once a course between Shanghai and New York or Shanghai and Abu Dhabi is deemed as equivalent, students are able to use either of the courses to satisfy prerequisite and/or degree requirements without further approval needed. There is italicized text before the description of each course that explains how the course counts towards a specific NYU New York/NYU Abu Dhabi major or program. If a course does not have equivalency information, you should speak to your department and advisor to determine how the course might count towards your degree.

Academic Calendar

  • Fall Semester
  • Spring Semester
  • 3-week January Term
  • 6-week Summer Sessions
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