New York University Shanghai

Overview

New York University Shanghai

New York University Shanghai (NYU Shanghai) is a satellite campus of New York University located in Lujiazui, Shanghai, China. It was established in 2012 by New York University and East China Normal University, supported by the district of Pudong and the City of Shanghai. It is the very first American-Chinese research university in China and the third campus of NYU.

New York University Shanghai Key Statistics

The university comprises three academic units, namely, Arts and Sciences, Business, and Engineering and Computer Science. It offers a total of 19 undergraduate majors, five master’s programs, and 10 Ph.D. programs, including several programs. Its top course offerings include arts and sciences, business and finance, engineering, as well as data and computer science.

NYU Shanghai graduates grant degrees conferred by NYU in the U.S. and Chinese degrees that the Chinese government recognizes.

New York University Shanghai's student population is approximately 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, where around 50% are from China, while the other half are from the U.S. and from 70 other countries. It has a student-faculty ratio of 8:1.

NYU Shanghai has two campuses, one in Pudong (main) and in Qiantan. It also has three dormitories, one in Aidongcun, while the other two are in Jinqiao.

The other New York University Shanghai key statistics include its other academic programs, namely, the Deep Artificial Intelligence Learning (DAIL) Lab, World Languages Program, NYU Shanghai Performing and Visual Arts, and the Program on Creativity + Innovation. It also has 22 partnerships with NYU schools, centers, and academic departments.

New York University Shanghai Research

NYU Shanghai’s top fields of research are computer science, physics, and psychology. New York University Shanghai research outputs have been published in prestigious journals like arXiv: Probability, Cell, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Its researchers have attended major scholarly conferences such as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, International Conference on Software Engineering, and the Symposium on the Theory of Computing.

The most cited New York University Shanghai research publication is Okbay et al.’s (2016) “Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment.” This research output was published in Nature and has been cited 990 times to date.

The university’s second most cited publication is Lee et al.’s (2018) “Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals.” This article was featured in Nature Genetics and has received 867 citations.

Moreover, the university’s third most cited publication is Rao et al.’s (2017) “Cohesin loss eliminates all loop domains,” which was published in Cell and has been cited 844 times so far.

This NYU campus houses 10 research centers and institutes in partnership with the East China Normal University (ECNU). Some of these include the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research, NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science, Center for Business Education and Research, NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry, Center for Global Asia, NYU-ECNU Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and the Center for Society, Health, and Medicine.