IFSA - STUDY IN SHANGHAI
  Shanghai, China

WHY STUDY IN SHANGHAI?
Shanghai has grown exponentially in the past hundred years—from an early trading port to a massive international metropolis with a population of 24 million. Known for its fast-paced businesses and cosmopolitan vibe, the city is intricately connected with the global flows of commodities and people. It also represents the enormous environmental, economic, and social challenges that are mirrored across China and around the world. Find your home in a vibrant, student-friendly neighborhood, with our program center just around the corner from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Choose your own ideal academic mix in this forward-looking city, where iconic skyscrapers—and the people in them—are always reaching for record heights. Shanghai, one of the world’s most populated cities, is a major hub for finance, technology, research, manufacturing, and transport. That makes this uber-populated city one inspiring place to explore a potential career, dig into a field of study, and of course, step into a culture with ancient roots on the other side of the planet.

Your academic options are as varied as the city’s fabled architecture, which spans the spectrum from Buddhist temples to art deco hotels and theatres to ultra-modern Shanghai Tower and Pearl Tower. Beyond the classroom, options for field excursions, internships, language partners, and more make it easy to see theory come to life, learn by doing, and get to know the people of Shanghai.

Our Study in Shanghai offerings are design for students from zero to advanced Chinese language experience. Build your own curriculum with any combination of language and IFSA elective classes for a total of 12-16 U.S. semester credit hours. All non-language elective classes are taught in English.

ELECTIVE CLASSES

• China: Economic Giant
• China as a Global Market
• Chinese Society in the 21st Century
• City and Environment
• Contemporary Chinese Politics: State, Party, People
• International Internship Seminar
• International Money and Finance
• International Trade: A Chinese Perspective
• Managing Enterprises in China
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Public Health Policy and Practice in China
• Sino-U.S. Relations: Superpower and Realignment
• Survey of Art in China
• Traditional Chinese Medicine

LANGUAGE ELECTIVES

• Essential Chinese
• Business Chinese
• Beginning Chinese I
• Beginning Chinese II
• Intermediate Chinese I
• Intermediate Chinese II
• Advanced Chinese I
• Advanced Chinese II
• Advanced Chinese III
• Advanced Chinese IV
• Advanced Readings in Chinese

Visit IFSA Study in Shanghai on the IFSA website for a complete list of classes, class descriptions, and syllabi.

ACTIVITIES & EXCURSIONS
Program activities are designed to enhance your intercultural competence by developing your understanding of the local culture and people. Activities are optional, but they are included in your total program fee. Activities vary each term based on availability, but may include:

• City-as-Text Activity
• Huangpu River Cruise
• Shanghai Urban Planning Museum
• City Walk
• Tai Chi Workshop
• Scavenger Hunt
• Water Town Trip

    WHAT’S INCLUDED

• Academic Support
• Administrative Fees and Applications Fees
• Activities and Excursions (including transportation and meals)
• Education Fees
• Guaranteed Housing
• International Medical Insurance
• Internet Access in Housing
• Internship, Directed Research, and Volunteer Opportunities (on many programs)
• Meals (on some programs)
• Official Transcript with U.S. Credit Translation
• On-site Orientation
• On-site Staff Support (including in-person meetings and emergencies)
• Prearrival Advising

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