Summer school

Understanding the Tradition, Innovating for Sustainability

In-class Lectures related to the annual theme on Chinese traditional costume art and history, Shanghai style fashion trend and innovation, Chinese language and colorful Chinese culture, etc.

Field trips & Visits consist of in-class contacts and field trips guided with professional introduction to the museums, fashion studio, fashion enterprises, cultural spots, etc.

Workshop on the annual theme makes the students from different countries team up to transform the concept to a series of fashion creation portfolio.

Duration

• 3~4 weeks, each June to July

Application Deadline

• Middle of May

Nomination from Partner Universities

• April 15

Online Application Deadline

• May 15

Certificate

• Those who complete all required courses will received a Certificate of Completion.

Who can Join

• Currently enrolled non-Chinese nationality’s students from partner universities; Majored in fashion design, textiles design, or apparel engineering with solid academic foundation and excellent daily performance; or those who work in the fashion and apparel industry. Excellent English proficiency that can be instructed in English as well as express oneself fluently and accurately.

Funding

• Full grant: full waiver of application fee, tuition fee, and on-campus dorm fee. 
• Partial grant: full waiver of application fee and tuition fee.
• Discounts on self-funding nominees: full waiver of application fee and 10% tuition fee off

Understanding the Frontier, Connecting with Industry

In-class Lectures on textile academic frontier knowledge, sustainable development of China's textile industry, textile trade and management, Chinese language and Chinese culture, etc.

Field trips & Visits to the textile and apparel enterprises in Yangtze River Delta area, understanding the innovation and capacity upgrade as well as the international cooperation progress via on-site investigation.

Seminar will be held according to different topics and tasks, participants will make the summary report.

Duration

• 3~4 weeks, each June to July

Nomination from Partner Universities

• April 15

Online Application Deadline

• May 15

Certificate

• Those who complete all required courses will received a Certificate of Completion.

Who can Join

• Non-Chinese citizens from the Belt & Road countries who are doctoral candidates, master's students, senior undergraduates, young lecturers and researchers, or those who work in the textile industry. Excellent English proficiency that can be instructed in English as well as express oneself fluently and accurately.

Funding

• Full grant: full waiver of application fee, tuition fee, and on-campus dorm fee. 
• Partial grant: full waiver of application fee and tuition fee.
• Discounts on self-funding nominees: full waiver of application fee and 10% tuition fee off

Chinese Classes

Multiple levels available; classes with credits arranged in the mornings focusing mainly on enhancing one's oral expressive abilities, combined with grammar explanation and topic discussion.

Cultural Workshops 

Various cultural lectures and workshops will be offered twice a week in the afternoons to help the students have a real-life experience on what they have learned from the textbooks.

Friendship

Meet with hundreds of young peers from various countries and universities to learn from each other and experience a fun and fulfilling time in the amazing city of Shanghai.

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Duration

• 3~5 weeks; each July to August  

Class time

• 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM (GMT+8)
• Monday to Friday

Fees

• Application fee: RMB 400
• Tuition: RMB 2,400 ~ 6,000

In-person Study

• Yan'an Road Campus

How to Apply

1. Please fill out the form here;
2. More information will be sent via email.

Application Deadline

• May 31