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.
Shanghai · Arrival
Land at Pudong, settle into the hotel, then a jet-lag walk along the Bund as the skyline lights up. The video diary starts rolling tonight.
Shanghai · Pudong
Shanghai orientation across Pudong — Shanghai Tower, Duoyun Bookstore (52F) and the riverfront — framing the city above the river before academics begin.
Fudan
Day one at Fudan University. Department-led seminar on Chinese classics, with a reading session on original excavated documents.
Fudan
Day two at Fudan. Close-reading workshop in the Faculty of Humanities, paired one-to-one with a host researcher — paper, ink and brush, in the room.
Fudan
Curatorial tour at Shanghai Museum East — object-based learning, bronzes to porcelain. The Fudan chapter closes with an official certificate from the department.
Tongji
Day one at Tongji University. Architecture studio crit, site analysis of the West Bund, then a sketch session.
Tongji
Day two at Tongji. Walking studio through a former French Concession heritage block — tile, brick, plaster — reading the street the way a planner does.
Tongji
Behind the scenes at a leading Shanghai architecture and design enterprise. The Tongji chapter closes with an official certificate from the department.
SJTU
Day one at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Mechatronics lab walkthrough, a demo robot interaction, each student paired with a grad researcher.
SJTU
Morning at a leading Shanghai technology enterprise; afternoon in the Naval Architecture model basin — a towing-tank session and ship-hull experiments.
SJTU
Capstone session and Q&A at SJTU. The chapter closes with an official certificate — the third earned across Fudan, Tongji and Shanghai Jiao Tong.
Joy
Full day at Shanghai Disney Resort. Optional VIP queue. The video diary keeps rolling.
Joy
Full day at Legoland Shanghai. Build challenges, and the video diary captures the last of the footage.
Free day · Departure
A free day to explore Shanghai or pack, the student films premiere by livestream for families, and a farewell dinner closes the fortnight. Evening departures.
