Zhejiang University, founded in 1897 as Qiushi College, has established Zhu Kezhen College with outstanding students, and is a comprehensive/research-oriented/innovative university with a long history/outstanding reputation
Zhejiang University is a university with a long history and outstanding reputation, located in Hangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China. Founded in 1897, Qiushi Academy, the predecessor of Zhejiang University, is one of the earliest new-style colleges and universities founded by the Chinese. In 1928, it was named National Zhejiang University. During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhejiang University moved westward and ran schools in Zunyi, Meitan and other places in Guizhou for seven years, and returned to Hangzhou in the autumn of 1946. In 1952, when the departments of colleges and universities were adjusted across the country, some departments of Zhejiang University were transferred to sister universities and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the main part of the university left in Hangzhou was divided into a number of single-subject colleges, which later developed into the former Zhejiang University, Hangzhou University, Zhejiang Agricultural University and Zhejiang Medical University respectively. In 1998, the four universities with the same roots and origins merged to form the new Zhejiang University, embarking on a new journey of building a world-class university. In the course of 120 years of running the school, Zhejiang University has always been committed to cultivating outstanding talents, promoting scientific and technological progress, serving social development, and promoting advanced culture, and has gradually formed a fine tradition of "seeking truth and innovation" as the school motto.
Zhejiang University is a comprehensive and research-oriented university with distinctive characteristics and great influence at home and abroad, with disciplines covering 12 disciplines, including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, art, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, and management. The university has 7 faculties, 36 professional colleges (departments), 1 engineering college, 2 Sino-foreign cooperative schools, and 7 affiliated hospitals. It has 14 national key disciplines of first-level disciplines and 21 national key disciplines of second-level disciplines. According to the data released by ESI, as of January 2017, 18 disciplines of the university have entered the top 1% of the world's academic institutions, and 7 disciplines have entered the top 100 of the world, ranking second among universities in the country. 6 disciplines are ranked in the top 1‰ in the world, and 4 disciplines are ranked in the top 50 in the world, ranking first among universities in the country.
Zhejiang University adheres to the educational philosophy of "people-oriented, integrated training, truth-seeking and innovation, and pursuit of excellence", builds an excellent education brand, and cultivates high-quality innovative talents and future leaders with an international vision. In the long-term process of running the school, it has cultivated a large number of famous scientists, cultural masters and elites from all walks of life, and more than 200 alumni have been elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The school's educational ideology that keeps pace with the times has led the reform of education and teaching mode to always be at the forefront of colleges and universities in the country; The rich campus culture, advanced teaching facilities and extensive international exchanges have created excellent conditions for students to grow. The first-time employment rate of the 2016 graduates reached 97.2%, and the rate of undergraduate graduates at home and abroad reached 60.9%.
Zhejiang University attaches great importance to academic research and scientific and technological innovation, and has built a number of open and international high-end academic platforms, bringing together scholars, masters, and high-level research teams from various disciplines. In recent years, he has published papers in authoritative academic journals and been authorized as national inventions
Patents and other major scientific research indicators have maintained the leading position of universities in the country, and many important achievements have been made in the fields of science and technology, humanities and social sciences. The school takes the initiative to meet the national and regional strategic needs, and strives to build a high-level innovation source, talent pump and think tank. Since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", as the leading unit, it has won 5 first prizes and 34 second prizes of national science and technology awards; Cultural inheritance and innovation achievements such as "The Great Collection of Chinese Paintings of the Past Dynasties", "Chinese Rite Collection", and Dunhuang Studies have had a wide impact. In 2016, the total scientific research funding reached 3.518 billion yuan.
By the end of 2016, Zhejiang University had 48,762 full-time students (including 15,092 master's students, 9,537 doctoral students, and 24,133 undergraduates). There are 6,237 international students (including non-degree students) (including 3,498 degree-seeking international students). There are 8,423 faculty members (including 3,502 full-time teachers), including 19 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 9 senior professors of liberal arts, 88 scholars of the National Thousand Talents Program, 41 chief scientists of the "973 Program" and major scientific research programs, 128 distinguished professors of "Changjiang Scholars", 130 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 10 national famous teachers. The school has 7 campuses, including Zijingang, Yuquan, Xixi, Huajiachi, Zhijiang, Zhoushan and Haining, covering an area of 4265678 square meters, with a total construction area of 2575983 square meters and a total library collection of 6.935 million books.
"State-owned Chengjun, on the coast of Zhejiang". Today, Zhejiang University is striving to build a world-class comprehensive, research-oriented and innovative university with Chinese characteristics. Adhering to the spirit of seeking truth and innovation, the school is committed to creating and disseminating knowledge, promoting and inheriting civilization, serving and leading the society, and actively promoting national prosperity, social development and human progress.
