Zhejiang University of Technology

Zhejiang University of Technology is a comprehensive provincial key university in Zhejiang Province. It was founded in 1953. Its predecessor can be traced back to the Zhejiang Secondary Industrial School established in 1910. It went through Hangzhou Chemical School (June 1953 - June 1958). Zhejiang Institute of Chemical Technology (June 1958 - August 1960), Zhejiang Institute of Chemical Technology (February 1960 - October 1980), Zhejiang Institute of Technology (February 1978 - February 1993), and Zhejiang University of Technology (December 1993 - present) have changed its location several times. Zhejiang Economic Management Cadre College, Hangzhou Shipbuilding Industry School and Zhejiang Building Materials Industry School were merged into Zhejiang University of Technology in 1994, 1999 and 2001 respectively. Through the hard work and unremitting efforts of several generations of PolyU people, the university has now developed into a comprehensive teaching and research university with a certain influence in China, and its overall strength ranks among the top 100 universities in the country. On June 8, 2009, the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the Ministry of Education signed a co-construction agreement, and Zhejiang University of Technology was included in the list of provincial and ministerial co-construction universities.

The university is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, a historic and cultural city and a world-famous scenic spot. The school has three campuses, Zhaohui, Pingfeng and Zhijiang, covering an area of more than 3,000 mu. The campus environment is elegant and it is an ideal place for study and learning. The university offers 66 undergraduate programs, covering 11 major categories including science, engineering, liberal arts, law, agriculture, philosophy, economics, medicine, management, education, and art. It has 22 colleges and 2 divisions. There are four postdoctoral research stations at the university; There are 25 second-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, involving 8 first-level disciplines, including 5 first-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees; There are 101 second-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, involving 32 first-level disciplines, including 24 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees; It has the authority to confer five professional degrees, namely Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering, Master of Agricultural Extension, Master of Pharmacy, and Master of Engineering Management. It has the authority to recommend students for master's programs without taking the entrance examination and to recruit international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The total value of the school's current fixed assets is 3.398 billion yuan. The library covers an area of over 60,000 square meters, with a collection of over 8.34 million volumes (including e-books) and 274,591 kinds of Chinese and foreign periodicals.

The school has a strong faculty, with 3,295 staff members, including 2,077 full-time teachers, 413 with senior professional titles, 954 with associate senior professional titles, and 953 with doctoral degrees. The school has one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, three shared academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, six national outstanding young and middle-aged experts, three national teaching masters, two recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, two selected members of the Central Thousand Talents Program, one Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education, one innovation team of the Ministry of Education, and two national teaching teams. 25 recipients of various national talent cultivation programs, 5 Zhejiang Provincial Distinguished Experts, 19 Zhejiang Provincial Outstanding middle-aged and Young Experts, 17 Zhejiang Provincial "Thousand Talents Program" recipients, and 17 Zhejiang Provincial Distinguished Professors. There are 34,977 full-time students currently enrolled. There are 7,730 graduate students of all kinds (491 doctoral students and 7,239 master's students); More than 20,000 adult education students; 1,709 international students.

The university currently has 1 national key discipline (cultivation), 1 national "International Science and Technology Cooperation base", 1 national key laboratory cultivation base, 1 national university science park (leading construction), 1 national and local joint engineering laboratory, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 2 engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, and 1 national small and medium-sized enterprise public service demonstration platform of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 1 National Key vocational teacher training base, 2 National experimental teaching demonstration centers, 9 Zhejiang Provincial Key laboratories, 10 Zhejiang Provincial Major Science and Technology Innovation platforms, 1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social sciences; Two first-level disciplines of "Top Priority" in Zhejiang Province, five "Top priority" disciplines in Zhejiang Province, three key research bases of humanities and social sciences in Zhejiang Province, and 22 key disciplines in Zhejiang Province; Seven national characteristic specialties, nine national excellent courses, three national bilingual teaching demonstration courses, 50 provincial excellent courses, three national experimental zones for innovative talent cultivation models, seven national engineering practice education centers, 20 provincial key (construction) specialties, 15 provincial advantageous specialties, and 13 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers (construction points). The university is a pilot institution of the Ministry of Education's "Outstanding Engineers Education and Training Program" and a project unit of the "National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program". In the last two sessions of the Higher Education Teaching Achievement Awards, three national second prizes and ten provincial first prizes were won. A total of 350 scientific research achievements of the school have won national and provincial-level scientific research achievement awards, including 19 national invention awards and national science and technology progress awards. As of the end of 2011, the number of valid invention patents owned by the university ranked 13th among all universities in China. In 2011, the university ranked 68th, 59th and 42nd among domestic universities in terms of the number of papers indexed by SCIE, EI and CPCI-S respectively. In 2012, the university received 405 million yuan in research funds.

The school adheres to the motto of "Virtue and Action", prioritizes the improvement of educational quality, and strives to cultivate elite talents who can lead and promote the economic and social development of Zhejiang and even the whole country. Since its establishment 60 years ago, the school has cultivated nearly 200,000 outstanding talents of all kinds for the country. In 2003, the school passed the Ministry of Education's undergraduate teaching work level assessment with excellent results. In recent years, the quality of students has been constantly improving. Graduates are highly favored by employers. The initial employment rate of undergraduates has remained above 93%, and that of postgraduates has remained above 95%.

The school's international exchange activities have become increasingly active, and it has established intercollegiate cooperation relations with more than 60 universities in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Australia, Russia, South Korea, Sweden and Austria. Great progress has been made in joint student training, academic exchanges and research cooperation among teachers, Sino-foreign cooperative education, introduction of overseas intelligence, education of international students in China and teaching of Chinese as a foreign language. At present, the school is qualified to recruit students for the Chinese Government Scholarship, the International Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship and the Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship. There are students from more than 80 countries and regions studying Chinese language, Chinese culture and undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs.