School Starts for First Ever Group of NYU Shanghai Students

School Starts for First Ever Group of NYU Shanghai Students
Aug 12, 2013 By eChinacities.com

Students have begun to move in to the New York University Shanghai, the first Sino-US joint university. The school has recruited 300 new students, of which 149 come from 40 different countries abroad. Of those, 100 come from the United States.

The official NYU Shanghai campus is not ready for use, so this year’s students will stay at the Zhongshan North Road Campus of East China Normal University. Next year, when the campus is ready, students will be taught at Songlin Road in Pudong New District.

According to reports, the annual tuition fees at NYU Shanghai cost 45,000 USD. However, bursaries and scholarships are available for Chinese Gaokao students, which means most Mainland students will end up paying 100,000 RMB per year.

Temporary campus
Add: 3663 Zhongshan Beilu, Putuo District, Shanghai
地址:上海市普陀区中山北路3663号,华东师范大学内

Actual NYU campus (open next year)
Add: Songlin Lu, Pudong New District, Shanghai
地址:上海市浦东新区松林路
Tel: 021 6223 5037
Website: http://shanghai.nyu.edu/cn

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deefoe

I'm curious so whose teaching standards they will follow.China or US. Will it become another satellite campus run like many universites here (i.e. ifa of paris)? Lazy and irresponsible students that buy their way in and don't really do the work.

Aug 12, 2013 20:30 Report Abuse

RachelDiD

That was my first question. I hope not, if only for the sake of the kids paying 45KUSD/100KRMB a year for what they must believe is an exciting opportunity to live in China & pick up language skills while getting the degree/study in a multicultural classroom and pick up language skills from their classmates. It would really be an injustice to them, if, after shelling out like that, they get to go home with less reputable degrees because NYUSH became known for that kind of untrustworthiness. Asshole professors get extra cash, asshole rich brats get their grades, and everykid 45KUSD/100KRMB/annum gets screwed (to say nothing that they won't even have top grades in their class at Asshole U--they don't pay for them). It's the students who pay for degrees, do all the work, and then get tainted by the fact that their universities are corrupt that really get the short end of the stick. It makes me glad that my school had a 'one-strike' policy with cheaters...it is not a victimless crime.

Aug 13, 2013 15:51 Report Abuse

deefoe

yes, its just how things are here and its really sad to watch

Aug 13, 2013 19:11 Report Abuse