Groundbreaking and signing ceremonies are held for NYU Shanghai.
A ceremony commemorating NYU Shanghai’s establishment is held in Lujiazui, Pudong New District, Shanghai.
NYU Shanghai welcomes its first class of 295 students, the Class of 2017, to the ECNU campus while the Century Avenue campus is under construction.
Four joint research institutes are established at NYU Shanghai, leveraging the unique strengths of the university’s founding partners, NYU and ECNU.
Students move into NYU Shanghai’s brand new 15-story Century Avenue campus in the Lujiazui area of Pudong New District.
NYU Shanghai admits its first class of master’s and PhD students, earning degrees from joint programs with NYU.
NYU Shanghai graduates its first class of undergraduate students.
NYU Shanghai breaks ground on a new 114,000-square-meter campus in Pudong’s Qiantan area, or the New Bund.
NYU Shanghai holds its first-ever master’s convocation for 62 graduates from three advanced degree programs.
After eight years of service, NYU Shanghai Chancellor Yu Lizhong steps down and is succeeded by Tong Shijun, a renowned philosopher and former Party Secretary of East China Normal University.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, NYU’s Go Local program makes it possible for nearly 3,000 Chinese undergraduate and graduate students from NYU and NYU Abu Dhabi campuses to study at NYU Shanghai.
Faculty, students and staff join activities celebrating NYU Shanghai’s 10th anniversary.