Teaching of Fujie Rao

Qualification

2021/12, Higher-Education Teaching Certificate

  • Shanghai Municipal Education Commission

2019/01, Working with Children Check 1561996A-01

  • Victoria State, Australia

2016/07, Health and Safety Training Certificate

  • University of Melbourne

Courses

2021/02 - present, Active Teaching, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • ARCH6402 Urban and Regional Planning Theory
  • Sole Instructor; Postgraduate Core; 2021 to 2025 Spring Semester
  • ARCH6202 Urban Design Studio
  • Studio Coordinator; Postgraduate Core
  • 2025 Spring: Urban Editing – A Future Narrative of Xujiahui Commercial Core
  • Public Exhibition at T20 Building, Xujiahui Regional Shopping Centre, Shanghai

2021/02 to 2023/12, Lecturer, Studio Coordinator, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • ARCH8003 Multi-disciplinary Design Thinking
  • Postgraduate Elective; 2022 and 2023 Fall Semester: Material-virtual university campus regeneration
  • AR413 Urban Research and Design
  • Undergraduate Core; 2021 Spring Semester

2016/02 - 2019/08, Tutor, Guest Lecturer, University of Melbourne

  • ABPL90017 Urban Design Theory
  • Postgraduate Core; 3 semesters
  • ABPL20049 Introduction to Urban Planning & Design
  • Undergraduate Core; 2 semesters
  • ABPL90134 Planning Theory and History
  • Postgraduate Core; 2 semesters
  • ABPL90132 Land Use and Urban Design
  • Postgraduate Core; 1 semester

2011/09 - 2013/12, Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta

  • HGP100 Cultures, Landscapes, and Geographic Space
  • Undergraduate Core; 2 semesters
  • HGP210 Planning Theory and Practice
  • Undergraduate Core; 1 semester
  • HGP240 Cities and Urbanism
  • Undergraduate Core; 1 semester
  • HGP250 Natural Resources and Environmental Management
  • Undergraduate Core; 1 semester

Supervision

University of Melbourne

Ruoxin Liu, 2024/05 - present, PhD, Confirmed

  • Advisory Board Member; Principal Supervisor: Dr Elek Pafka
  • Riverside Urbanity: River Edge Typomorphologies and Social Encounters

University of Genoa

Boyu Chen, 2025/09 to 2025/12, Visiting PhD

  • Supervisor during the visit; Principal Supervisor: Prof. Nicholas Casiddu

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Di Peng, 2024/09 - present, Master of Architecture, English Programme

  • Sole Supervisor

Zhe Yang, 2024/09 - present, Master of Architecture, English Programme

  • Co-supervisor; with Assoc. Prof. Ziqi Zhang

Peiru Xiao, 2023/09 - present, Master of Architecture, English Programme, Proposal approved

  • Conceptualising Heat-Adaptive 15-minute Neighbourhoods: A Comparative Study of Shanghai, New York, Paris, Barcelona, and Singapore
  • Principal Supervisor; with Assoc. Prof. Dayi Lai
  • China National Scholarship, 2024
  • Second Prize, The 6th Shanghai University Student Architectural Design Skills Competition, 2025

Rodolfo Balestra, 2022/09 - 2024/06, Master of Architecture, English Programme, Completed

  • Double-Degree Programme: SJTU + Politecnico di Milano
  • Towards 15-Minute Water Cities: Assembling Intermodality, Proximity and Urbanity
  • Principal Supervisor; with Assoc. Prof. Bruzzese Maria Antonella

Chenglin Dai et al., 2025/04 to present, Undergraduate Research Training Group

  • Typomorphological Analysis of Contemporary University Campuses in China
  • Sole Supervisor

Weiting Qin et al., 2022/10 - 2023/10, Undergraduate Research Training Group, Completed

  • Strategies for Regenerating Contemporary Shopping Centres in China
  • Principal Supervisor; with Mr Gang Han

Yijun Kong et al., 2021/10 - 2022/10, Undergraduate Research Training Group, Completed

  • Sociospatial Typology of 15/20-min Neighbourhoods: A Global Exploration
  • Sole Supervisor
  • Yijun was nominated for the Emerging Scholar in Humanities & Arts Award, 2024; only two undergraduate students university-wide received this nomination.

Hongyi Zhu et al., 2022/03 - 2022/06, Undergraduate Design and Thesis, Completed

  • Co-Supervisor; with Assoc. Prof. Jian Wu