Peking University
Study away in Beijing, where PKU is a leading business school in China that celebrates its heritage of innovation and social responsibility.
Program Overview
About Peking University
Just as China is in a dynamic state of change, Peking University (PKU) finds itself in the position of meeting the evolving challenges facing the world economies. Through its educational initiatives, PKU’s Guanghua School of Management seeks to become a world-class business school and advance the local community with its intellectual resources and far-reaching alumni network. PKU has more than 32,000 students and over 4,000 faculty members, and the Guanghua School of Management has more than 3,000 students and over 100 faculty members. As a leading business school in China, PKU Guanghua is committed to providing the local and international business community with cutting-edge management knowledge and services. With the PKU’s heritage of innovation and social responsibility, its faculty continues to serve the nation with aspiration and dedication. PKU prides itself on educating business leaders who make a difference to the world.
Term Dates
PKU offers IBEX opportunities in fall and spring semesters.
- Fall semester: early-September to *late-December. *
For courses in Chinese, exams will be held in January in Beijing - Spring semester: mid-February to late-June
Dates are approximate and may be subject to change.
Housing and Living Costs
- Housing: PKU currently does not offer housing to exchange students. The Office of International Relations at Guanghua will email information to you before arrival to help you find your own apartment close to the campus. Rates range from $400 – $800 USD per month for a single room in a two- or three-bedroom apartment.
- Overall expenses: approximately $350 – $450 USD per month, excluding housing.
- Food: local restaurants 10 – 20 RMB/meal.
- Transportation: public bus (1 RMB per ride), subway (3 RMB per ride).
- Insurance: approximately 300 – 400 RMB/semester.
RMB = Chinese Yuan
Find out more about IBEX tuition, housing, and other logistics.
Language of Instruction
English and Chinese
Student Services
PKU has a Guanghua International Students Association that runs a Buddy Program and various student organizations.
Academic Information
If you are accepted to IBEX, you will attend two advising meetings to plan and revise your schedule: one individual advising meeting with NYU Stern Academic Advising and one group advising meeting with the NYU Stern Global Experiences team. As you build your academic schedule for your semester abroad, carefully review and consider the following course information.
IBEX Course Information
- You may take a full semester of business classes while abroad on IBEX.
- Note that the NYU credits you receive for a course are based on the conversion above not the amount of credits you receive if you take the course on NYU's campus (as an example Texts and Ideas equivalent do not automatically transfer back as 4 credits).
- Leave room for at least two general electives in your schedule. This allows you to:
- Take interesting, location-specific courses not offered at Stern, and
- Have more flexibility during the course registration process.
- Reference the IBEX Course Guide: What you can or cannot take.
- You can take a maximum of two classes per concentration.
- Accounting courses cannot be taken for credit toward the Accounting or CPA majors/concentrations.
- All IBEX grades will transfer back to NYU Stern as Pass/Fail.
Previously Approved Courses
- Listed below are courses that were taken previously by Stern IBEX students and have already been approved for a specific NYU equivalent.
- There is no guarantee that the courses listed here will be offered during the specific semester you study abroad. It is important to be flexible. Have a Plan A and Plan B and the space to take some electives.
- If a course is already listed below as approved, it does not need to be reviewed again, unless you want to see if it will count towards a new requirement.
Finding New Courses
- You are not limited to only taking the courses listed on this page.
- If you see a course on PKU’s website that you would like to take, but is not listed below, you must submit the syllabus to Stern’s Global Experiences team for approval.
- Once PKU publishes its confirmed courses for the semester you will be attending, you can revise your list as needed based on what is being offered.
List of Approved Courses
Course Title Abroad | NYU Credits | Course Equivalent at NYU | Semester Taken |
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02131310 Political Institutions in Ancient China | 3 | Cultures and Contexts | Fall 2024 |
E2800240 Chinese Law and Economic Reform | 3 | Cultures and Contexts | Fall 2023 |
02801960 Understanding Chinese Society, 1700-2000 | 3 | Cultures and Contexts | Fall 2021 |
02138850 Social History of Contemporary China | 3 | Cultures and Contexts | Fall 2020 |
02035201 Chinese Classical Literature | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2024 |
03835830 Selective Readings in Western Civilization | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2021 |
02333180 Comparison between Eastern and Western Philosophy | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2021 |
02033360 Contemporary Chinese Literature | 4 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2020 |
02080261 Modern Chinese Literature | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2020 |
02330070 Modern Western Philosophy | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2020 |
02332976 Republic | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Spring 2020 |
02080331: Selected Readings from Contemporary Chinese Literature | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2020 |
01231890 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior | 3 | Natural Science | Fall 2022 |
00432300 Climate Change: The Scientific Basis for Global Warming | 3 | Natural Science | Fall 2020 |
01233170 Introduction to Seismology | 3 | Natural Science | Fall 2020 |
00432265 Modern Astronomy | 3 | Natural Science | Fall 2020 |
02839500 Consumer Behavior | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2024 |
02838130 Chinese Society and Business Culture | 3 | General Stern Elective | Spring 2024 |
02839030 Co-evolution Strategy: From Start-up to Transition | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
02837122 Internet and New Marketing Models | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
02839040 New product development and management | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2020 |
02812760 Cases on China | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2020 |
02839210 Artificial Intelligence and Business Innovation | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2020 |
02802190 Chinese Economy | 3 | General Stern Elective | Spring 2020 |
02834750 Innovation Management | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2020 |
02837140 Doing Business in China | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2020 |
04330202 Introduction to Art Theory | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2024 |
02432429 China and International Law | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Spring 2024 |
History of Western Fine Arts | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
02839160 Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | Advanced Economics Elective | Fall 2024 |
02839430 Development Economics | 3 | Advanced Economics Elective | Fall 2021 |
02830260 Shadow PBoC | 3 | Advanced Economics Elective | Fall 2021 |
02831560 Applied Econometrics | 3 | Advanced Economics Elective | Fall 2020 |
E2800030 Management Science and Information Management | 3 | INFO-UB 1 Info Tech in Business and Society | Fall 2020 |
02813050 Big Data and Capital Market Research | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Spring 2024 |
02838440 Data Analysis | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
2812710 Data Analysis and Graphics with R | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
02812770 Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
2812930 Python Foundation for Data Science | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
Computer Programming in Financial Engineering | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2022 |
02839440 Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2022 |
04834560 Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2020 |
Data Analysis and Statistical Software | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2020 |
04833200 JavaScript Web Programming | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective (counts as Courant course) | Spring 2020 |
02838460 International Finance | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2024 |
02839340 Financial Engineering and Risk Management | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2024 |
02839350 Financial Modeling and Quantitative Investment | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2024 |
02534220 Macroeconomic operation Analysis - Analysis of Macroeconomic Performance: Crisis, Recovery, and Long Term Outcomes | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2024 |
02839520 Options Volatility and Hedge Funds | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2024 |
Risk Management | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2021 |
02838330 Value Investment | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2020 |
Corporate Finance | 3 | FINC-UB 7 - Corporate Finance | Fall 2020 |
02838400 Behavioral Finance | 3 | FINC-UB 29 Behavioral Finance | Fall 2023 |
Derivative Pricing and Applications | 3 | FINC-UB 43 Derivatives | Fall 2022 |
02839060 Venture Capital and Innovation Financing | 3 | FINC-UB 61 Topics in Entrepreneurial Finance | Fall 2024 |
02832690 Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 3 | OPMG-UB 6 Supply Chain Management | Fall 2020 |
02838500 Organizations and Management | 4 | MGMT-UB 1 Management and Organizations | Fall 2024 |
02834390 Strategic Management | 3 | MGMT-UB 18 Strategic Analysis | Fall 2022 |
E2800100 Chinese Management II | 3 | Advanced Management Elective | Spring 2024 |
02832640 Marketing | 3 | MKTG-UB 1 Introduction to Marketing | Fall 2022 |
Marketing Communications | 3 | MKTG-UB 3 Advertising | Fall 2021 |
Marketing in China | 3 | Advanced Marketing Elective | Fall 2024 |
02838350 Channel & Retailing Management in China | 3 | Advanced Marketing Elective | Fall 2020 |
02839220 Behavioral Applications in Marketing | 3 | Advanced Marketing Elective | Fall 2020 |
02831600 International Finance and International Trade | 3 | ECON-UB 11 Economics of Global Business (EGB) | Spring 2020 |
E2800120 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 | SOIM-UB 12 Professional Responsibility and Leadership (PRL) | Spring 2024 |