"While I was prepared for my semester at @nyulondon and RADA (@royalacademyofdramaticart) to fundamentally change me as an artist, I didn’t expect the massive impact it would have on me as a person. Through this program I met 15 of my best friends. There are truly no words to describe how intertwined you become with the folks you spend a semester across the world with. With my incredible cohort of actors, I had the opportunity to see all the sights London has to offer. Together, we were immersed in a wholly welcoming artistic community that gave us access to a vibrant, unique theatrical scene that cannot be experienced anywhere else."

Head to the link in our bio to go inside @nyutisch student Abi`s adventures studying acting at NYU London! 🎭 🇬🇧

In her first year at @nyushanghai, Sophia Wan Zhiyan enrolled in the introductory Communications Lab course, driven by a desire to express herself. “I realized how much room there was for creation,” she recalls. “It was exciting in a way that gave me a deep sense of fulfillment.”

In the course, she also found a place where she belonged. The Interactive Media Arts community, as she describes it, functions less like an enclosed group and more like an expanding network—“like ripples spreading outward.” In that environment, something subtle began to shift. At first, when professors introduced students as “IMA artists,” the descriptor felt distant, almost aspirational. But over time, it became an identity she could claim.

“I started to think—maybe I am an artist, too,” she says. Read more of Sophia`s story at the link in the bio! 🎨 🖼️ 🖌️ 💻