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NYU and Shanghai Partner to Create NYU Shanghai
Martin Lipton, Chair of NYU’s Board of Trustees; John Sexton, President of NYU; and Yu Lizhong, President of East China Normal University -- on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Pudong Special District and ECNU -- announced that they have reached an agreement to create NYU Shanghai, a comprehensive research university with a liberal arts and science college in China’s financial capital, the first American university with independent legal status approved by the Ministry of Education.
Outcomes:
For NYU, the creation of NYU Shanghai was another major step in the evolution of NYU as the first global network university -- standing with NYU New York and NYU Abu Dhabi as a degree-granting portal campus. For China, the creation of NYU Shanghai was a major step in the country’s higher education reform. It expresses a commitment to incorporate internationally accepted standards of university design and administration into China’s efforts to expand access to higher education pursuant to its National Long-term Educational Reform and Development Program.
Contact Info:
Press Contacts:
John Beckman | (212) 998-6848
James Devitt | (212) 998-6808
Government?:
No
Type of Exchange:
education/science
Partners:
New York University
East ChinaNormal University
Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
Pudong Special District at ECNU
Sponsor(s):
New York University
East ChinaNormal University
Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
Pudong Special District at ECNU
Participants (Types):
academics, students
Exchange Date:
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Continuing:
No
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Location:
Shanghai, China
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