Study Abroad Program Overview
Eligibility Criteria
- Students must have completed at least one semester (minimum 12 semester credit hours) of college
- level coursework at the time of application
- 2.5 GPA or higher
- Students must be at least 18 years of age
About the Program
Students on this short term program study at Shanghai University (SHU) the largest municipal university in the city of Shanghai with more than 30,000 full-time students. SU is a comprehensive university with 58 colleges and schools that offers 58 undergraduate programs, 86 graduate programs, 20 Ph.D. programs, and 9 post-doctoral programs. SHU has colleges in many disciplines including Liberal Arts, International Business, Fine Arts, Engineering, Computer Science, Law and many others.
Originally established in 1922, SHU was recently designated as one of 100 key universities in China as part of the "211 Project" to receive special funding from the central government to develop the country's top institutions into world-class universities for the 21st century. Shanghai, literally meaning “on the sea,” is one of the world’s largest seaports and a major industrial and commercial center in China. Shanghai is China's largest city with a population of more than 17 million. Both the institution and the program location in Shanghai provide students with an ideal site to study the current state of business in the rapidly changing Chinese economy, to learn and use the Chinese language, and to explore contemporary Chinese society.
Focus Area
Business, Chinese, Communications, Economics, Languages-and-CultureCost Does Not Include
- Flights
- Meals
- Books
- Personal Expenses
- Optional Activities