At NYU Shanghai, all undergraduate students pursue a course of study that will equip them with solid professional skills and a strong ability for cross-disciplinary knowledge transfer. The forward-looking curriculum system and flexible course choices allow students to customize their professional skill sets based on their personal strengths and aspirations. Students can build their core competencies by developing their own unique course of study.
NYU Shanghai’s undergraduate education employs innovative educational concepts to design a curriculum system that fits each student’s development. The first two years of undergraduate programs focus on the general core curriculum. Well-designed courses expose students to foundational knowledge of human civilization and introduce them to various disciplines.
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social and Cultural Foundations
- Language
- Writing
- Algorithmic Thinking
At NYU Shanghai, we’re encouraged to study what interests us most. The distinctive individual experience at NYU Shanghai impressed me.
There are many top universities, but nothing like NYU Shanghai. It fuels your growth potential and cross-cultural communication skills. If I hadn't come here, I would have missed the world.
NYU Shanghai expects its undergraduate students to spend their first two years on core courses and to select an academic specialization that best suits their academic and career interests after a thorough understanding of majors and their career prospects. Students can tailor their curriculum by adding specialized tracks and minors. English is the language of instruction on campus, but all non-Chinese students must study and become proficient in Mandarin Chinese.
undergraduate majors
minors
students graduate with a double major or at least one minor
student-faculty ratio
students or less in ¾ of classes
diplomas granted, one from NYU and a Chinese-accredited diploma from NYU Shanghai
Majors
- Biology
- Business and Finance
- Business and Marketing
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Data Science
- Economics
- Electrical and Systems Engineering
- Global China Studies
- Honor Mathematics
- Humanities
- Interactive Media and Business
- Interactive Media Arts
- Mathematics
- Neural Science
- Physics
- Social Science
- Self-Designed Honors Major (SDHM)
NYU Shanghai Minors
- Business
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Computer Science
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Creative Writing
- Creativity + Innovation
- Data Science
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering Systems
- Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Global China Studies
- History
- Humanities
- Interactive Media and Business
- Interactive Media Arts
- Literature
- Mathematics
- Molecular and Cell Biology
- Neural Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Social Science
Global Network Minors
*Courses offered at study away sites can fulfill this minor requirement.
- Art History Studies
- Art Studies
- Australian Culture and Society
- British Culture and Society
- Central European Culture and Society
- Cultural Studies
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- European Culture and Society
- Fashion Studies
- French Culture and Society
- German Culture and Society
- Global Cities Studies
- Global Public Health Studies
- Globalization Studies
- Italian Culture and Society
- Journalism Studies
- Latin American Culture and Society
- Middle Eastern Culture and Society
- Pan African Culture and Society
- Photographic Studies
- Political Studies
- Psychological Studies
- Sociological Studies
- Spanish Culture and Society
- Sustainability Studies
- West African Culture and Society
Global education is an essential component of NYU Shanghai’s educational mission and curriculum. Students are required to study away for at least one semester within NYU’s global network, which includes the New York and Abu Dhabi campuses and 12 global academic centers. Study Away programs provide students with access to globally-integrated curriculums, faculty, research resources, and student services. Students learn not just from books but also from their experience of the world.
campuses
academic centers
NYU holds a top ten ranking for mathematics, business, philosophy, neuroscience, data science, law, and medicine. Overall, NYU ranks within the top 30 universities globally.
Distinguished NYU faculty and alumni include five Nobel Prize winners, five Pulitzer Prize winners, four Abel Prize winners, seven MacArthur Prize winners, and 29 members of national academies in the US.
