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 - 2025/12, Course and Studio Coordinator, Shanghai Jiao Tong University


  • ARCH6402 Urban and Regional Planning Theory
  • Course Coordinator; Postgraduate Core
  • 2021 to 2025 Spring Semester

  • ARCH6202 Urban Design Studio
  • Studio Co-Coordinator; Postgraduate Core
  • 2025 Spring Semester: Urban Editing – A Future Narrative of Xujiahui Commercial Core
  • Public Exhibition at T20 Building, Xujiahui Regional Shopping Centre, Shanghai

  • ARCH8003 Multi-disciplinary Design Thinking
  • Studio Co-Coordinator; Postgraduate Elective
  • 2022 and 2023 Fall Semester: Material-virtual university campus regeneration

  • AR413 Urban Research and Design
  • Studio Co-Coordinator; 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

Current: 6

PhD

Jihee Gong, 2025/09 to present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Sole Supervisor

Nashruddin Latif, 2025/09 to present, UniMelb + SJTU Joint PhD programme

  • Principal Supervisor, with Prof. Sun Sheng Han at the University of Melbourne

Ruoxin Liu, 2024/05 - present, University of Melbourne, Confirmed

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

Master’s students

Yijun Kong, 2025/09 - present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Sole Supervisor, Master of Architecture, Thesis-based Programme

Di Peng, 2024/09 - present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Sole Supervisor, Master of Architecture, English Programme
  • First Prize, Shanghai Division, National College Digital Art & Design Competition, 2025
  • Thrid Prize, National Level, National College Digital Art & Design Competition, 2025

Bachelor students

Chenglin Dai et al., 2025/04 to present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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

Completed: 6

PhD

Boyu Chen, 2025/09 to 2025/12, University of Genoa

  • Visiting Student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Supervisor during the visit, Principal Supervisor: Prof. Nicholas Casiddu

Master’s students

Peiru Xiao, 2023/09 - present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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

Rodolfo Balestra, 2022/09 - 2024/06, SJTU + Polimi Double-Degree Programme

  • Principal Supervisor, with Assoc. Prof. Bruzzese Maria Antonella
  • Towards 15-Minute Water Cities: Assembling Intermodality, Proximity and Urbanity

Bachelor students

Weiting Qin et al., 2022/10 - 2023/10

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

Yijun Kong et al., 2021/10 - 2022/10

  • Sole Supervisor
  • Sociospatial Typology of 15/20-min Neighbourhoods: A Global Exploration
  • 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

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

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