Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University is a state university in China founded in 1897. It is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 180 kilometers from Shanghai. It is one of the most prestigious Chinese universities. Teaching is conducted in 11 areas: management, medicine, agronomy, technical sciences, history, neo-Confucianism, pedagogy, literature, law, economics and philosophy. The university consists of 24 colleges, 14 national laboratories and 5 engineering research centers.

About 40,000 students study here. The university employs only highly qualified personnel, the teaching staff includes about 9 thousand people, 200 of them are professors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 are professors of the Academy of Engineering Sciences, about 2,400 are associate professors, 1,200 are professors, and the rest are assistants of departments.

The university’s library is the largest in China, with about 7 million publications. The university includes 6 medical clinics throughout the province. Students are offered a full range of services including accommodation, restaurants, bookstores, banks and post offices.