Tongji University summer school, in Shanghai

Programme dates

From 23rd of June to 6th of July, 2025. The course lasts 2 weeks, structured as:

• Week 1: Contemporary China.
• Week 2: China in the world.

Location

Tongji University, Shanghai and also: Suzhou, Yinxing, Hangzhou and Dongyang.

General information

Tongji University will receive up to 70 (seventy) UPC students in the summer course it organizes from June 23rd to July 6th. During these 2 weeks, participants will also learn Chinese and Chinese culture.

The course programme includes classes and several visits, allowing participants to get closer to Chinese culture and history and learn about them.

During the summer school, there will be classes of Chinese language, classes on "China and the World" and various cultural experience workshops such as: Chinese calligraphy, tiedye, Tai Chi, etc.
There will also be different visits, such as: Bund, Xintiandi, Pujiang excursions, Yu Garden, etc.

Promotional brochure

You can access the promotional brochure about Tongji summer school. at this link.

Economic conditions

Tongji University will offer to the participants in the summer school:

• Course programme and accommodation on campus: free
• Meals: free
• Transfers and visits included in the programme of the summer school: free

Participants will only have to cover their visa costs, airplane tickets and possible personal expenses of the stay that are not included in the Tongji University summer school.

Eligibility

• People over 18 years old.
• With Spanish nationality or from another country, except Chinese nationality.
• Be a student of a bachelor's or master's degree at the UPC and be up to date with the payment of thetuition fee of the academic year 2024-2025.
  Therefore, PhD students, students of a UPC non official or postgraduate degree, alumni and "incoming" students who are undergoing a mobility stay at the UPC are excluded.
• Preferably students in the last years of their bachelor's or master's degree.
• With accredited knowledge of English at level B2 or higher.

Application deadline

Before 30th of March, 2025.

Applications are centralized from the International Relations Office of the UPC, you can find more information on how to make it here.