Zhejiang University and Ghent University sign double PhD agreement
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2022-10-07
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On September 28, Prof. WU Zhaohui, president of Zhejiang University, and Prof. Rik Van de Walle, rector of Ghent University, signed a university-level double PhD agreement virtually. Prof. LI Min, director of the Zhejiang University Office of Global Engagement, presided over the meeting. WU Zhaohui expressed his great delight in meeting virtually with Rector Rik Van de Walle and colleagues from Ghent University. He believed that this double PhD agreement “will mark a new chapter for the partner...
ZJU, FAO and ITU jointly shed lights on rural e-commerce at the WSIS Forum
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2021-05-29
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We must change course because we are at a critical moment in our time - the world is risking not to achieve zero hunger by 2030. It is with those impacting words that Ismahane Elouafi, FAO Chief Scientist opened the session on E Commerce for Agriculture and Rural Development, held on May 7th in close collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) under the WSIS Action Line C7: E-Agriculture at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2021. During th...
A Global ZJU for Social Good (Z4G): Zhejiang University's Sustainability Action Plan
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2021-03-24
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March 2021The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all the member states of the United Nations in 2015, depicted a shared blueprint for people, planet and prosperity. In the face of various challenges – ranging from poverty and pollution to climate change and Covid-19 – the concerted efforts of all members of society are urgently needed in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. In response to the UN Secretary-General’s global call for a decade of actio...
Insight@ZJU: President WU Zhaohui shares his vision for new paradigms of higher education
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2020-12-07
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[Message from the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the way people live, work and learn. Faced with the immense uncertainty of the world, what adaptations should universities consider to ensure their long-term resilience? How do we envision the new strategic landscape for universities? At the invitation of International Association of Universities (IAU), President Wu Zhaohui shared his view in the article entitled “New Paradigms for Higher Education in a Post-coronavirus World" pu...
ZJU awarded International Strategy of the Year by THE
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2019-05-02
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ZJU was named International Strategy of the Year at 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia on May 1. “It is only with the strategic thinking of our senior management team and joint efforts across the whole University that we are able to better embed international and intercultural dimensions into our education and research, and contribute to our global future,” said Dr. CHEN Weiying, deputy director of the Office of Global Engagement of ZJU. The judges said that they were...
Bearing the fruits of cooperation: Sino-French Master's Program celebrates its first graduating cohort
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2019-04-01
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A graduation ceremony was held on the Zijingang Campus yesterday for the first graduating cohort of the Sino-French double degree Master’s Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Presidents of ZJU, École Polytechnique, ENSTA ParisTech and Télécom ParisTech joined together in Hangzhou to celebrate this important milestone of the program and this outstanding achievement for the 10 graduating students.During the ceremony, ZJU President WU Zhaohui and President of École Polytech...
ZJU shortlisted for THE's International Strategy of the Year
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2019-02-22
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ZJU has been shortlisted in the International Strategy of the Year category in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia 2019.The THE Awards Asia celebrate and publicize excellence in five key areas of university activity, namely Leadership and Management Team, International Strategy, Teaching and Learning Strategy, Outstanding Support for Students and Technological Innovation.The award of International Strategy of the Year recognizes outstanding success of an insti...
Zhejiang University defining a new era for international education
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2019-01-09
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Editor’s Note: Hughes Ian Benjamin, a foreign correspondent was invited by the Division of Global Communications to visit ZJU campus. During his visit he interacted with many students and faculty members on Zijingang Campus and Haining International Campus. This is the first article he wrote about his impression of the University.The consensus is unequivocal. Javid, Maddelena and Xihang Wu are effusing about their experiences of student life at Zhejiang University’s hugely impressive...
Joint symposium highlights biotech collaboration with Cambridge
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2018-12-27
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The Cambridge-ZJU Biotechnology Symposium was held at Clare Hall, Cambridge on December 11. The symposium consisted of three sessions: biomimetics, biomedical materials, and biomedical engineering. More than 50 participants from the two universities discussed a suite of common issues in collaborative research endeavours and achieved consensus in multiple aspects.The symposium was organized with joint efforts of the University of Cambridge Strategic Partnerships Office, ZJU Office of Gl...
ZJU leaders visit Japan and America to promote global strategic cooperation
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2018-11-20
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ZOU Xiaodong, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Zhejiang University, led a delegation to visit universities in Japan and America in order to promote deep exchanges and global strategic cooperation and attend the 42nd Annual Conference of the ZJU Alumni Association in North America on Nov. 12-18.On Nov. 13, the delegation met with leaders from the University of Tokyo, including President Makoto Gonokami, Executive Vice President Haneda Masashi and Former President Arima Akito. Both parties a...