华东师范大学校长俞立中向记者介绍：“从美方角度，创办上海纽约大学是其全球网络大学的一个组成部分，这所在中国注册的独立法人高校的教学体制，将更多地带有美国纽约大学的痕迹，同时也将带有明显的中国和上海元素。我们双方合作的基础是培养国际化人才。”
As Yu Lizhong, president of ECNU, told the reporters, “From the perspective of the US, the establishment of NYU Shanghai Campus is part of its global network university. The teaching system of this independent legal entity, registered in China, will bear more traces of NYU, and some obvious Chinese and Shanghai elements as well. The basis for our cooperation is to cultivate international talents.”
