Zhejiang University is one of the few top-rank research institutions of higher learning in China. It is a center of high-level teaching and research, where renowned academics from China and other countries work together contributing to the economic development and social progress of China and the world.

A truly comprehensive institute with a full range of disciplines, Zhejiang University aims to provide an outstanding education that will enable its students to build a future of professional, intellectual and personal success, capable of leadership in different areas, whether it be political, economic or academic. Equally important, however, is the role the university has been playing in research. With a faculty capable of top-level and large-scale research and a high proportion of graduate students, the university has been undertaking projects, both basic and applied, to address pressing issues and challenges of today and of the future.

To continually achieve excellence in its core missions of education, research, and social service, Zhejiang University attaches great importance to its exchange and cooperation with international partners. At present, it has cooperative relationship with over 110 universities, governmental organizations and businesses from various parts of the world, and each year it has more than 2000 foreign students from around 90 countries in registration of its degree and non-degree programs and more than 300 international scholars teaching and conducting joint research on its 6 campuses.

This brochure is a road map to the diversity of intellectual opportunities available at Zhejiang University. It is both a comprehensive guide to the university's academic programs and a testament to its achievements and aspirations. I sincerely hope that the information you find here will finally bring you to this university, located in Hangzhou, a world-famous tourist resort known for its beautiful natural scenery and rich cultural heritage and the capital of Zhejiang Province where an economic boom has been felt for the past 25 years.

Welcome to Zhejiang University!

Yang Wei
President
Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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