Springing Forward: NYU Shanghai - NYU Stern MS Programs Spring 2024 Recap

As the end of the academic year approaches, students from the NYU Stern - NYU Shanghai MS programs continue to embrace opportunities for growth, learning, and professional development. From completing rigorous coursework to engaging with industry professionals and participating in vibrant social gatherings alongside program alumni, it has been a busy semester at NYU Shanghai. 

Coursework

Students completed more credits of advanced coursework in the spring semester on their way to graduation. They also completed their team-based capstone projects after six months of hard work, delivering their analyses of real business cases to their corporate sponsors.

Students have the option to complete the program in either 12 months (graduating in May 2024) or 20 months (graduating in January 2025). May graduates complete Professional Responsibility and Leadership (PRL) in the Spring while January graduates take this course in the Fall of their second year. May 2024 graduates from all four MS programs took this interdisciplinary course together and participated in a variety of exercises including discussion, role-playing, reading and writing, and engaging in reflective dialogue around their choice to embark on a career in business.

Guest Speakers and Company Visits

This Spring, students connected with guest speakers who brought their industry knowledge and experience into the classroom. Guest speakers included the CRM Director at Nike China, the Head of Digital Innovation at Suntory, the Executive Creative Officer at Isobar, and more. Students also gained a better understanding of business operations and industry trends through company visits across different sectors including Shanghai Stock Exchange, Hormel Food, and Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab.

Students from the MS in Quantitative Finance (MSQF) program visiting Shanghai Stock Exchange

A visit to Hormel Food and its R&D Center, led by Professor Rayn Wang, Capstone Director for MS in Marketing and Retail Science (MSMRS) program. Students from MS in Data Analytics & Business Computing (MSDABC) and MSMRS programs participated in this company visit

Students visiting the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab

Career Development

In the spring semester, the Center for Career Development (CCD) continued to provide diverse career educational workshops and on-campus recruitment sessions engaging employers, alumni, and industry experts from different industries. In March CCD hosted a successful Joint Career Fair with Lujiazui Financial City. A total of 42 employers from over 10 diverse industries joined the fair and brought more than 100 internship and full-time job opportunities to campus.

NYU Shanghai 2024 Spring Career Fair

To build a career-readiness peer learning community, the Master’s student ambassadors led the peer groups to conduct industry research and shared their successful career paths during the industry sharing session series

Students presenting at the CCD Master Ambassador industry sharing

In addition, two student teams from the MS programs joined the 2024 L'Oreal BRANDSTORM. The students delivered impressive presentations with solid data, financial analysis, and creative business insights focusing on professional hairdressing solutions empowered by tech.

Students presenting at the 2024 L'Oreal BRANDSTORM at NYU Shanghai

Alumni Engagement

Members from the 2023-2024 Alumni Council continued to organize events that offered opportunities for alumni to connect with the larger program community, including current students and alumni from different programs and cohorts. Events included casual meet-ups off campus where alumni discussed their professional experience after graduation, as well as career sessions targeted at current students interested in working in the United States or in securities, private equity, funds, and fintech industries in China. 

A highlight of the alumni activity this Spring was an inaugural event with fellow alumni from Duke-Kunshan University, in which current students and recent graduates gathered together at NYU Shanghai to network, mingle, and share stories of their studies and post-grad careers in Shanghai.

MSMRS alumni at a Spring gathering with program instructors

MSQF program alumni at a Spring alumni gathering on campus

MSDABC alumni having dinner with Professor Jiawei Zhang, Academic Director for MSDABC, and Professor Tim Zheng, Capstone Director for MSDABC

NYU Shanghai & Duke University Alumni and Graduate Students Gathering

Social Events

Beyond the classroom, students explored their shared interests and rejuvenated their minds by attending extracurricular activities including the Lunar New Year celebration, a day trip to Chongming Island, and Spring Formal. Cohort leaders also hosted meal gatherings and group activities such as karaoke, movies, Mahjong, and board games at a party venue. 

Community members celebrating the Year of Dragon at the NYU Shanghai Dumpling Festival & New Year Celebration

Chongming Heartland Farm Trip

May 2024 graduates will celebrate their achievements with families and friends at the Graduate Convocation on May 26. Congratulations to the NYU Stern - NYU Shanghai MS Class of 2024!