Nyu shanghai, founded on 20 12, is the first Sino-US joint research university in China with the approval of the Ministry of Education and the strong support of the Shanghai and Pudong New Area governments. It is also one of the three major campuses in the global system of new york University with degree-granting qualifications.
Nyu shanghai adheres to the idea of liberal arts education, breaks through the traditional professional boundaries, and uses the most advanced interdisciplinary innovative training concept of international higher education to carefully design a curriculum system suitable for the development of nyu shanghai students.
Students enter the school regardless of major. In the first two years of the four-year undergraduate course, students mainly receive the training of the core courses of general education. Through the six courses of social culture, natural science, mathematics, algorithmic thinking, language and writing, we strive to build a solid and complete knowledge base, cultivate rigorous and active thinking ability, and cultivate a comprehensive and broad academic vision.
Let students learn the complete core knowledge of human civilization, get in touch with the contents and development trends of various disciplines, so as to fully understand their academic interests and specialties, and choose a suitable major or direction more pertinently.
Students can determine their professional direction as early as after their freshman year. Nyu shanghai offers 12 major (including 19 direction) and rich minor majors, covering business, computer and engineering, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences.
On the basis of covering the necessary professional knowledge, the setting of specialized courses fully leaves room for students to choose the subdivision direction and interdisciplinary application. Students can independently combine customized professional knowledge and skill modules to form personalized professional development path and core competitiveness.
At the same time, combined with the interdisciplinary vision and ability shaped by general education, I have become a versatile and diversified talent and created the greatest possibility for my future personal development.