Chinese Placement

Information about Chinese placement exam times, locations, and preparation tips can be found here. For questions about placement, email shanghai.worldlanguages@nyu.edu​.

Chinese Placement

All students are required to be proficient in Mandarin Chinese up to the Intermediate 2 level by graduation. Learn more about the Chinese Language Program at NYU Shanghai on the World Languages Website, or email shanghai.worldlanguages@nyu.edu.

Chinese courses offered at NYU Shanghai:

Elementary Level
Elementary Chinese 1
Elementary Chinese 2
Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners (see note in course description via Albert Course Search; covers through Elementary 2)
Intermediate Level
Intermediate Chinese 1
Intermediate Chinese 2
Intermediate Chinese for Advanced Beginners (see note in course description via Albert Course Search; covers through Intermediate 2)
Intermediate Chinese Accelerated
Advanced Level
Advanced Chinese 1
Advanced Chinese 2

Post-advanced level Chinese courses are also available. Course descriptions of all Chinese courses at NYU Shanghai are in Albert Course Search (under CHIN-SHU).

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