Measured care, written down.
Who watches over the cohort, what happens in an emergency, and how families stay in touch, all on one page a parent can forward.
About the U.S. travel advisory
The U.S. State Department currently lists mainland China at Level 2 of 4, “exercise increased caution”. We plan for it rather than argue with it: a small cohort, a fixed itinerary published day by day, a team based in Shanghai, and a direct line home. Read the itinerary and judge the shape of each day for yourself.
Who is with the cohort
One bilingual program lead and three resident counselors, all of whom also translate, stay with the cohort for the full fifteen days, a 1:6 ratio at our running size of twenty-four students. Every staff member is background-checked.
If something happens
Counselors carry the cohort's medical notes and are trained in first response. Partner hospitals in Shanghai stand ready, trip insurance covers up to USD 100,000, and a serious case goes to hospital with a counselor present throughout. Insurance documentation is shared on enrolment.
You can always reach us
A direct family hotline reaches a person who knows every student, for the full duration of the program.
Where students sleep
Single rooms, one student to a room, in 4-star hotels within walking distance of campus, handpicked and walked by our team every season.
Students under 18
Sixteen and seventeen year olds join with a parent or guardian's written consent, collected at enrolment. They room alone like every student and stay under the same 1:6 care, and their family is the first call on any decision that concerns them. The policy is short on purpose: the same care, plus a guardian's signature.
Data, kept minimal
We collect a name, date of birth, guardian contact, and the dietary or medical notes a family chooses to share, and nothing more: no passport numbers, no card numbers. Data lives in Germany under the GDPR.
Something we haven't answered? The FAQ's safety section goes deeper, or ask us directly.