D01Arrival
Land at Pudong
Shanghai · Arrival
WelcomeLand at Pudong, check in and gather as a cohort — an easy first …Land at Pudong, check in and gather as a cohort — an easy first day to arrive and settle. The video diary starts rolling tonight.
行The Journey · 15 days
Fifteen days, written like a film.
One arrival in Shanghai, one farewell. Between them: three universities, three official certificates — Fudan, Tongji and Shanghai Jiao Tong — and one personal film. Use the timeline on the left to skim. The story on the right is meant to be read top to bottom.
01 → 02 Arrival, the Bund, Pudong03 → 05 Fudan / culture, museums06 → 08 Tongji / architecture, automotive09 → 11 SJTU / AI, naval, games12 → 13 Disney & Legoland14 Free · tea · farewell15 Farewell
WelcomeLand at Pudong, check in and gather as a cohort — an easy first …D02Orient
Lujiazui & the Bund
Shanghai · Pudong
The Bund at nightThe day opens with the first cup of milk tea since landing — the…The day opens with the first cup of milk tea since landing — the liveliest frame in the video diary. The afternoon is Lujiazui: the Oriental Pearl, Shanghai Tower and Duoyun Books up in the clouds. At dusk, from the Oriental Pearl, we watch the light turn the city gold; after dinner we cross to Puxi, walking Nanjing Road toward Yu Garden, closing on the Bund with the far bank ablaze.
D03Fudan
Campus & first seminar
Fudan
Seminar roomDay one at Fudan University: a campus visit in the morning, then…Day one at Fudan University: a campus visit in the morning, then a department-led seminar in the afternoon.
D04Fudan
The Fudan museums
Fudan
Fudan museumsDay two at Fudan: the university's own museum cluster in the mor…Day two at Fudan: the university's own museum cluster in the morning — art, archaeology and campus history — then a hands-on workshop with a host researcher in the afternoon.
D05Fudan
Museum studies
Fudan
Shanghai Museum EastA full museum day: a curatorial tour of Shanghai Museum East in …A full museum day: a curatorial tour of Shanghai Museum East in the morning, then across the river to the Museum of Art Pudong in the afternoon.
D06Tongji
Urban planning studio
Tongji
Studio critDay one at Tongji University: an architecture workshop and desig…Day one at Tongji University: an architecture workshop and design exhibition in the morning, a design workshop and neighborhood walk in the afternoon — Shanghai's real architectural beauty, up close.
D07Tongji
Heritage & the street
Tongji
Wukang MansionDay two at Tongji: a morning seminar on the city and architectur…Day two at Tongji: a morning seminar on the city and architecture led by faculty, then an afternoon walking the former French Concession with a design site visit — reading Shanghai's streets the way a planner does.
D08Tongji
Jiading automotive day
Tongji · Jiading
Wind tunnelA full automotive day at Tongji's Jiading campus: a morning at t…A full automotive day at Tongji's Jiading campus: a morning at the Shanghai Ground Transportation Tools wind tunnel — China's first full-car wind tunnel — an afternoon with the Tongji FSAE racing team in the garage, and a visit to a new-energy automaker in the Anting auto city. A mystery team-building night to close.
D09SJTU
Artificial intelligence · Zhangjiang AI Island
SJTU · Pudong
Zhangjiang AI IslandDay one at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on artificial intellige…Day one at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on artificial intelligence: a morning AI seminar and robotics workshop, then an afternoon at Zhangjiang AI Island in Pudong — a half-day among the large-model and AI companies clustered there.
D10SJTU
Naval architecture & ocean engineering
SJTU · Minhang
Deep-water basinNaval architecture and ocean engineering — China's number one: a…Naval architecture and ocean engineering — China's number one: a morning seminar, then an afternoon inside the State Key Laboratory's marine engineering test centre — a deep-water basin that simulates roughly 4,000 m of ocean depth, a 300 m multi-function towing tank, and the 'Hailong' ROV underwater-engineering lab.
D11SJTU
Xuhui · games & AI companies
SJTU · Xuhui
West Bund MuseummiHoYo's headquarters in the morning — about an hour at the grou…miHoYo's headquarters in the morning — about an hour at the ground-floor figure gallery — then Tencent. After lunch, MoSpace for Shanghai's large-model ecosystem and AI product showroom, a visit to SenseTime, and the West Bund Museum. At dusk, a walk through Xuhui's plane-tree quarter — the Hengfu heritage district and Wukang Road — and a taste of traditional Chinese culture.
D12Joy
Disney Shanghai
Joy
Disney resortA full day at Shanghai Disney Resort. The video diary keeps roll…A full day at Shanghai Disney Resort. The video diary keeps rolling.
D13Joy
LEGOLAND Shanghai
Joy
LEGOLANDA full day at LEGOLAND Shanghai — build challenges, and the last…A full day at LEGOLAND Shanghai — build challenges, and the last of the footage for the film.
D14Free day
Free day · Chinese tea · Farewell
Shanghai · Free day
Screening roomThe last full day in Shanghai. The morning is free — shop for gi…The last full day in Shanghai. The morning is free — shop for gifts around Yu Garden or the plane-tree quarter, or simply sleep in. In the afternoon, sit down for a Chinese tea ceremony: a cup of tea that answers the street milk tea from the trip's opening frame; then pack and make the final cut of tonight's film. After dark, at the farewell dinner, each student's personal film premieres live to their family — the closing note of the Shanghai journey.
D15Departure
Farewell · Heading home
Shanghai · Departure
Pudong International — the goodbyeA morning goodbye. We transfer the cohort together to Pudong Int…A morning goodbye. We transfer the cohort together to Pudong International; or extend your own stay in Shanghai for a few more days and make your own way to the airport later. One arrival in Shanghai, one farewell.
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