What is it like to live and study in Shanghai? NYU Shanghai offers exceptional academic opportunities, with a global curriculum and access to world-class faculty and resources. Additionally, from great sports facilities, to Chinese-English language peer mentors, to diverse cultural trips, and modern art galleries, Shanghai has plenty to complement your studies during your semester with NYU Shanghai.
Application
Students can study away at NYU Shanghai for a summer, winter, full semester or even an entire academic year. If you have further questions about your application status, reach out to NYU Global Programs at global.programs@nyu.edu.
Academics
If you are an NYU New York degree student, check the NY & Shanghai Equivalent Courses Spreadsheet to see if NYU Shanghai courses can be counted towards your degree requirements.
If a course is not listed, contact your home school academic advisor at NYU New York to review if the course credit can be accepted and counted towards your core, major, minor, or degree process.
If you are an NYU Abu Dhabi degree student, contact your Abu Dhabi academic advisor to review if the course credit can be accepted and counted towards your core, major, minor, or degree requirements.
If you are a student from other universities, contact your home school academic advisor to review if the course credit can be accepted and counted towards your core, major, minor, or degree requirements.
Student Life

The Office of Student Life provides a wide range of resources, activities, and guidelines to help our students live up to the NYU motto of “in and of the city.” Study Away Programs are dedicated to helping study away students navigate studying and living in Shanghai through providing orientation, the Language Peer Mentor program and various cultural excursions, and connecting students to residential life and housing, student activities, community engagement initiatives, athletics and fitness programs, diversity initiatives, career development and health and wellness resources on campus.
Student Stories
Contact Us
If you are interested in studying away at NYU Shanghai or have any academic-related questions regarding NYU Shanghai, please email the Shanghai Advising Team at shanghai.advising@nyu.edu.
If you have any student life-related questions such as living on campus, orientation, extracurricular activities, on-campus employment opportunities, campus facilities inquiries, etc., feel free to email shanghai.studyaway@nyu.edu.