Shanghai-CIEE Open Campus KSB

• This is an IU Co-Sponsored Program
• Semester Business Program at the Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE) 

• Open Campus" program track* with CIEE
• Several academic areas available:
  • Business
  • Language, Literature and Culture
  • Communications, Journalism & New Media
  • Global and Community Health
  • International Relations and Political Science
  • STEM and Society
• Multi-day study tours
• Optional, 3-credit academic projects including internships or service learning

• The program will satisfy the IUB Gen Ed World Language and Culture Requirement.

  Please note: Indiana University co-sponsors CIEE Open Campus programs as single-site options only through standard billing and academic arrangements between IU and the program provider. Students applying to the CIEE Open Campus multi-site program who want to include Shanghai can be accommodated through Non-IU Program procedures.  For more information, see: https://abroad.iu.edu/programs/non-iu/index.html.

• Program Website
• Getting Started Handbook
• Diversity, Identity, and Accessibility Resources

• CIEE Housing options include:
  • Standard housing
    • double room at ECNU on-campus residence hall 
    • residence hall is 10-minute walk to CIEE Shanghai
  • See CIEE program information here (select "Destinations & Activities" from the navigation bar). 
• Note: Indiana University will not support plans for students to obtain independent housing. Students are required to live in program-provided housing in Shanghai.

You may apply if you:

• are an undergraduate student at any Indiana University campus who is making normal academic progress
• are in at least your fourth full-time semester of college
• are an admitted Kelley business student
• have approximately a 2.75 cumulative GPA

Business majors must have completed (or will complete) the KSB prerequisites of the Business Integrative Core (or equivalent coursework at an IU campus outside Bloomington) by the start of the program.

Students must have a passport valid for six months beyond program's end date.

Students must be able to demonstrate flexibility, resilience, and self-reliance.

Complete eligibility criteria and selection criteria are outlined within the Academic Policies and Procedures of Education Abroad. Selection is based on maturity, seriousness of purpose, and appropriateness of match between program and applicant. Students on disciplinary probation during program period are ineligible.

Fall 2025

Spring 2025

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

• IU scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs with some exceptions. Please carefully check these exceptions before you commit to a program.
• CIEE scholarships and grants available.
• Kelley School of Business Overseas Study Scholarships

Please see our financial aid page for general information and links to additional scholarship opportunities.