Zhejiang University
Coordinates: 30 ° 15 ′ 49 ″ N , 120 ° 7 ′ 15 ″ E
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| Zhejiang University 浙江 大学 |
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| President : | WU, Zhaohui ( 吴朝晖 ) |
| Founding year: | 1897 |
| Motto : |
Seek truth, desire innovations ( 求 是 创新 ) |
| Place: |
Hangzhou , Zhejiang ( People's Republic of China ) |
| Degree courses : | 110 |
| Faculties : | 22nd |
| Professors : | 1,172 (Sept 2005) |
| enrolled students : | 47,339 (January 2016) |
| foreign students: | 5,849 (January 2016) |
| Campus : | 5.33 km² |
| Employee: | 8,475 (Sept 2005) |
| Address: | 38 Zheda Road 310027 Hangzhou P.R. China (People's Republic of China) |
| Website : |
www.zju.edu.cn (Chinese, English) |
The Zhejiang University , shortly ZJU or Zheda ( Chinese 浙江大學 / 浙江大学 , pinyin Zhejiang Daxue , English Zhejiang University , shortly 浙大 , Zheda ) is one of the oldest universities in the People's Republic of China . It was first founded in 1897 as the Qiushi Academy ( 求 是 書院 / 求 是 书院 , Qíushì Shūyuàn , English Qiushi Academy ). Since 1928 it has been officially called Zhejiang National University . The campus is located in the capital of the southeastern Chinese province of Zhejiang , Hangzhou , the approximately 180 kilometers southwest of Shanghai is located. Zhejiang University is one of the leading research universities in China. It is one of the nine elite Chinese universities and is known worldwide.
Campus and Faculties
Yuquan Campus
The Yuquan Campus is the main campus of the university. Mainly natural science courses are offered here. Yuquan houses the natural sciences faculties of mechanical engineering and energy technology , materials science and chemical engineering , electrical engineering , information technology , computer science and biomedicine and device technology , as well as the faculties of public administration , architecture and management . The Chu Cooking Honors College is also located in Yuquan .
Campus Zijingang
The Zijingang campus is generally intended for first-year students from all faculties. Here are foreign languages taught.
Xixi campus
Natural sciences are also taught on Campus Xixi . Other faculties are those for economics , law , education , social science , biology and media and international cultures . The Chu Cooking Honors College is also located in Xixi .
Huajiachi campus
The Hajiachi campus includes the faculties of environmental science, namely biology , biology systems engineering and food science , environment and raw materials , agriculture and biotechnology and zoology .
Hubin Campus
The Hubin campus is the medical campus that houses the medicine and pharmacy faculties .
Zhijiang campus
The Zhijiang Campus, similar to the Zijingang Campus, was originally reserved for applicants, but today it houses adult education facilities affiliated to the university.
Personalities
Well-known people associated with Zhejiang University are the following:
- Bei Shizhang (1903–2009), biologist
- Bo Chen , computer scientist
- Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), founding member and first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
- Coching Chu , meteorologist, former president of Zhejiang University
- Gu Chaohao , mathematician
- Erich Häußer (1930–1999), German lawyer
- Tsung-Dao Lee (* 1926), physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize winner for physics
- Lu Jiaxi , chemist
- Lu Yongxiang (* 1942), President of the Science Academy of China
- Pan Yunhe , Vice President of the Engineering Academy of China
- Qian Sanqiang , physicist
- Su Buqing (1902-2003), mathematician
- CC Tan , geneticist, biologist
- Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997), physicist
- Shing-Tung Yau (* 1949), mathematician, Crafoord Prize winner in 1994 and recipient of the Fields Medal in 1983
- Xie Xuejing (1923–2017), geochemist, AAG gold medal winner
Library
With an area of 84,000 m² (as of Jan 2005) and over 6.26 million volumes (as of Sept. 2005), the university library is one of the largest in China.
Further libraries are located on the individual campuses. Yuquan houses the science and technology branch library, and Xixi houses the science and literature branch library. The sub-library for agricultural sciences is located in Huajiachi, while the campus holds the sub-library for medicine. In Zijingang there is also a separate library for new students.
Rankings
Zhejiang University is regularly ranked among the top three universities in the country. This includes:
- 1st place ahead of Tsinghua University and Peking University , 2011
- 3rd place behind Tsinghua University and Peking University, 2008
- 2nd place behind Tsinghua University, 2008
- 2nd place behind Tsinghua University, 2008
- No. 1 in China and No. 35 worldwide, 2007
University anthem
The university anthem can be found here ( Memento from February 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) in MP3 format.
Partner universities
Zhejiang University has 12 partner universities in Germany:
- Technical University Berlin
- University of Würzburg
- Christian Albrechts University in Kiel
- Technical University of Munich
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Technical University of Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm
- University of Passau
- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Georg-August-University Goettingen
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- University of Kempten
- Philipps University of Marburg
Another 32 are in the US. Of these are mentioned here:
There are seven partner universities in Great Britain, three of which are listed here:
The remaining 66 partner universities are in the rest of the world. These include:
A complete list can be viewed here ( Memento from September 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).
See also
Web links
- Zhejiang University website
- English version
- The map of the campus' Yuquan ( Memento from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ China National Ranking 2011 (general ranking from the China Academy for Management)
- ↑ China National Ranking 2008 (general ranking from the China Academy for Management)
- ↑ China National Ranking 2008 (scientific ranking from the China Academy for Management)
- ↑ China National Ranking 2008 (engineering ranking from the China Academy for Management)
- ↑ Professional Ranking of World Universities 2007 (from Mines ParisTech ( Memento from May 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ))