ZJU now No.6 in QS rankings of Asia's best universities2019-11-28Zhejiang University is up seven slots, from #13 to #6, in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings for 2020. QS Asia assesses universities based on academic reputation (30%), employer reputation (20%), faculty/student ratio (10%), international research network (10%), citations per paper (10%) and papers per faculty (5%), staff with a PhD (5%), proportion of international facul... READ MORE |
ZJU teams shine in 1st “Intel Cup” China Postgraduate AI Innovation Competition2019-11-27On November 24, the grand final of the 1st “Intel Cup” China Postgraduate AI Innovation Competition was concluded in Deqing City, Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang University performed remarkably, clinching a total of six prizes. “Holding competitions in the field of artificial intelligence among college students is an integral part of serving the national entrepreneurship and innovation s... READ MORE |
5th Global Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Innovation & Entrepreneurship Symposium held at ZJU2019-11-26On November 22, the 5th Global Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Innovation & Entrepreneurship Symposium was convened at Zhejiang University. Themed on “Innovation empowers high-quality development,” it attracted 300 distinguished participants in academic and business circles.Present at the symposium were HUANG Zhengqiang, Vice Chairman of Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce, and WU Xiaoc... READ MORE |
CAS，CAE add two ZJU faculty members to their ranks2019-11-22Two Zhejiang University researchers are among 139 new members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS）and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and 49 foreign associates from 19 countries, the academies announced Friday.The two – YE Zhizhen, a professor of Material Science and Engineering; REN Qilong, a professor of Chemical Engineering and Technology– bring the total number of living ZJU faculty ... READ MORE |
Prof. LIU Shusheng honored as Fellow of ESA 20192019-11-21The annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) was hosted in St. Louis, USA, on November 17-20. LIU Shusheng, a professor at the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, was elected as a Fellow of ESA for 2019.ESA is the largest organization in the world serving the professional and scientific needs of entomologists and individuals in related disciplines... READ MORE |
20 academics named as “Highly Cited Researcher 2019”2019-11-2020 Zhejiang University scholars are among the world's most influential in their fields, according to the Clarivate Analytics 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List.Spanning several fields of the sciences and engineering, from IoT and soil pollution remediation to clean energy solutions, ZJU scholars named on the list this year are: HUANG Feihe（Chemistry）QIAN Guodong（Chemistry）WU Haobin&nb... READ MORE |
CHIEF breaks ground in Hangzhou2019-11-19On November 18, the construction of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) kicked off in Hangzhou. Located in Hangzhou Future Sci-tech City, CHIEF covers an area of 89 mu (1 mu≈667 m2) and is expected to be completed within 5 years. CHIEF, the outcome of 13-year scientific and technological research, is headed by CHEN Yunmin from the College of Civil E... READ MORE |
ZJU portrayed in IAU-BBC“Aiming Higher in a Transforming World” documentary series2019-11-18Zhejiang University (ZJU) has been featured in a documentary developed by BBC StoryWorks in cooperation with International Association of Universities (IAU). This series, named “Aiming Higher in a Transforming World “conveys the key role of universities in addressing societal transformations.The "Aiming Higher" documentaries were unveiled during the plenary session of the IAU conf... READ MORE |
Dialogue @ ZJU With Prof. YANG Wei，member of CAS, former president of Zhejiang University2019-11-16[Editor’s message: On the occasion of the TWAS Council meeting in Hangzhou (11 November) and the "Science for Future" workshop at Zhejiang University (12 November), Prof. YANG Wei accepted the interview by Global Communications，ZJU] Question: How would you envision China in relation to the world that will be in 30 to 50 years?YANG:In 30 to 50 years from now, China will still progr... READ MORE |
Updated version of Jueying robot dog released2019-11-15The latest version of the four-legged “Jueying” robot dog was released on November 1. “This new version is featured by remarkable kinetic and perceptive capabilities. It has made another major breakthrough in algorithms, particularly in bounding and jumping,” introduced ZHU Qiuguo from the Zhejiang University College of Control Science and Engineering. The new “Jueying” robot dog is 85... READ MORE |
Dialogue @ ZJU | With Prof. M. Hassan，President, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)2019-11-14[Editor’s message: On the occasion of the TWAS Council meeting in Hangzhou (11 November) and the "Science for Future" workshop at Zhejiang University (12 November), Prof. M. Hassan accepted the interview by Global Communications,ZJU] Question：How would you envision China in relation to the world that will be in 30 to 50 years?Hassan：Of course one has to speculate. But I think it ... READ MORE |
“Science for Future Society”workshop hosted by ZJU2019-11-13On November 12, the “Science for Future Society” workshop, one of the events in the 2019 General Meeting for the World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS), was held on Zijingang Campus at Zhejiang University.Keynote speakers include Mohamed Hassan (President of TWAS), HUAI Jinpeng (Fellow of CAS and Executive Vice President of China Association for S... READ MORE |
Frontiers of quantum computing and sensing: the 10 Sci & Tech questions2019-11-11Quantum science and technology is a key research area of 21st century, and may lead to revolutionary advancement in material science and information technology. Over the past decades, quantum information science and technology have witnessed huge achievements, but a continuous effort is still in great demand to move forward the scientific research frontier a... READ MORE |
ZJU team clinches gold at 2019 iGEM Competition2019-11-11On November 5, ZJU-China, a multi-disciplinary undergraduate team from Zhejiang University, brought home a gold medal from the 2019 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition held in Boston. This is the seventh time that the team has clinched gold at iGEM.Supervised by Professor CHEN Ming from the College of Life Sciences, the team comprises 12 undergraduate students from... READ MORE |