Harvard Summer Program in Shanghai, China

  China

• Shanghai: 
Shanghai

Term: Summer 
Dates: TBA (June-August)

Description: Located on the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai is one of the worlds most exciting and fastest-growing cities. It emerged as an important nexus for international trade and cultural exchange in the 1920s and today is the vibrant center of Chinas economic ascendancy. A fascinating mixture of East and West, Shanghai is a global city for the twenty-first century.

This eight-week program combines coursework in the life sciences and social sciences, and is specifically designed to promote interdisciplinary learning across both broad fields in the context of contemporary China. Offered in collaboration with a major Chinese university and a biotechnology company in Shanghai, the program enrolls both US and Chinese students, creating an exciting cross-cultural environment. All instruction is in English.

Highlights: Courses: Biological Perspectives on Disease in China, Real-Life Statistics, and Supervised Laboratory Research in the Life Sciences.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: 7,350 USD

- Tuition
- Room and some meals
- Excursions (including meals when appropriate)

Experience Required: yes

Dependent on courses offered.

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to China Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Essay
• Transcript
• Written Application

Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Programs's Mission Statement: The Harvard Summer School makes Harvard's academic resources a distinguished faculty, well-equipped laboratories, fine museums, and a world-class university library available to men and women of many ages, backgrounds, and nationalities through an intensive summer session of liberal arts courses in Cambridge and overseas. Our international student body includes Harvard undergraduate and graduate students, visitors from other colleges and universities, highly qualified secondary school students, adult learners, and nonnative English speakers seeking to refine their language skills. Students take courses to challenge themselves academically, meet degree requirements, prepare for graduate school, gain college experience, advance their careers, and pursue personal enrichment. Students, who study at Harvard Summer School may reside in a supportive residential environment, commute to campus, complete courses via distance education, or participate in one of the faculty-led programs based abroad. Many come to experience the extraordinary environment of Harvard College academics, resources, and residential life. Harvard Summer School serves the University community by providing faculty with teaching opportunities that allow them to experiment with new materials and teaching methods. Students from many Harvard schools take advantage of the breadth of summer course offerings to meet requirements for concentrations and degree programs, and to create more flexibility within their term-time academic program. Harvard graduate students from abroad can work on refining their English language skills, and Harvard College students take advantage of the summer session to expand their cultural, social, and intellectual horizons by studying abroad.