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Zhejiang University attaches great importtance to international exchange and cooperation. The university and its subsidiary colleges and departments now have links with more than 110 universities and their subsidiary departments in 26 countries and regions.

In the past years, the university has been inviting renowned scientists, scholars or experts with international fame to come over to be honorary or guest professors, receive honorary academic degrees, give lectures, do joint research or conduct joint graduate student training programs. Among them are Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Stephen Hawking, a world- famous British theoretical physicist, David Gross, the 2004 winner of Nobel Prize in Ohysics, and Robert Mundell, the 1999 winner of Nobel Prize in economics. Their participation in the educational and research programs of the university has been contributing greatly to its development.

Facts and Figures in 2005:

Long -term foreign experts and teachers engaged to work in the university: 88
Short-term foreign scholars coming to give lectures, do joint research and attend conferences: 424

International conferences organized by the university: 57
International participants in the above-metioned conferences: 1991
Other international visits: 861
Scholars of the university going abroad for international conferences and joint research: 1351

International Partner Universities:
USA: 32 ( Cornell University, UC Davis, University of Illinois-Champaign, Purdue University, etc.)
Japan: 18 ( Tokyo University, Osaka University, Waseda University, etc.)
UK: 7 (Leeds University, York University, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, etc.)
Germany: 11 (Humboldt University, Technical University of Munich and Technical University of Berlin, etc.)
Others: 48

Inter-University Exchanges

Zhejiang University and its subsidiary schools and departments have established academic ties with more than 100 universities and their subsidiary departments in over 26 countries and regions, including Cornell University and UDC Davis in the United States, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in Great Britain, Humboldt University and Technical University of Berlin in Germany, University of British Columbia in Canada, Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, University of Western Australia in Australia, Tokyo University and Waseda University in Japan, and National University of Seoul and Korea University in Korea. With these formal relationships, the university has put into operation various cooperative programs and projects, such as student and scholar exchanges, international conferences and symposiums, joint research and joint postgraduate tutoring.

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Outgoing Visits

Every year, administrators and faculty members of this university are sent abroad or to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to give lectures, receive further education, conduct joint research or attend conferences and symposiums. In the fall of 1999, President PAN Yunhe attended a meeting between Chinese and American University Presidents at Harvard University, USA and a Conference in Tokyo, Japan on Sino-Japan Scientific, Industrial and Technological Exchanges, through which contacts have been established with top universities and important business organizations in the two countries. In 1999, over 1,000 faculty members have been abroad and to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan for conferences and joint research projects. Visits of these kinds have been bringing about fruitful results in upgrading the teaching and research work of the university.

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