“PIEGL is a program that has so much to offer for people like me. It is a program right at the centre of current business global trends of innovation and entrepreneurship. I hope to learn and gain knowledge from the professors and especially my fellow classmates,” said Jo-Anne Zuze from Zimbabwe, one of the new program participants on the welcome ceremony.Jointly developed by ZJU’s International Campus and School of Management, the Program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership...

On Sept.10, 2018, HU Xiaonan, TANG Yutian and CHU Yuxin from College of Civil Engineering and Architecture won the silver award in the ARCASIA(Architects Regional Council Asia) Student Competition 2018. Entitled “Mega-Structure”, their work shone out amongst more than 40 entries from over 20 Asian nations.   “We were very lucky to win the prize. In the process of preparing for the contest, we did experience many detours. At the beginning, we had a lot of fantastic ideas. It was...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. HE Yong of ZJU's School of Mechanical Engineering devised a novel 3D bioprinting method, which produces spiral-based spheroids with excellent resolution and sophisticated microarchitectures, thereby contributing novel biomimetic asymmetrical prototypes for basic medical research and regenerative medicine.  Their findings are published in an article entitled "Airflow-Assisted 3D Bioprinting of Human Heterogeneous Microspheroidal Organ...

It is 9 o'clock in the evening. A large crowd of students are running and jogging on the track on Zijingang Campus. Many of them take a selfie after running and upload it to a running APP developed by the University, which is required to track the activity. Records on the APP will later contribute to the physical education (PE) credit.   It is part of the PE reform recently launched by the University. Through the effort, the University hopes to motivate its students and encourage t...

ZJU ranks fourth best in China and No.101 in the world, according to the latest World University Rankings released this Wednesday by Times Higher Education (THE). This represents a jump of more than 70 spots over last year's placement in the rankings.The University sees significant improvement in its performance across the board on a wide range of indicators. The most impressive progress is seen in the industrial income, moving up to No. 1 in China from the 12th place in last year's...

The Italy Office of Zhejiang University Press was officially inaugurated on September 24. It is the first Chinese publishing house to be set up in Italy, dealing chiefly with the publication of Italian and English books. Consul YAN Jinlin from Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Florence, LUO Weidong, Vice President of Zhejiang University, Aleixandre, Vice Curator of the National Central Library of Florence, and LU Dongming, President of Zhejiang University Press, attended th...

Jointly established by ZJU’s College of Electrical Engineering and Wanke New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Wanke Energy”), ZJU-Wanke New Energy Joint Research Center was unveiled on Yuquan Campus on Sept. 14. The Center aims to promote technology transfer and talent training in the field of new energy research. “Integrated platform for intelligent energy operation enjoys a bright prospect,” said WANG Ruifei, secretary of the Party Committee of the Colleg...

NIE Zhenzhao, a professor at the School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, is officially elected a member of the Academia Europaea.Founded in 1988 on the initiative of the Royal Society and other National Academies in Europe, the Academia Europaea serves as official advisor to the European Union under the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) created by the European Commission. Under SAM, the Academia works together with the All European Academies (ALLEA), European Academies Science Advi...

At the invitation of the Organizing Committee of the World Economic Forum, Vice President YAN Jianhua, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine DUAN Shumin, Prof. HU Hailan and Prof. MA Huan attended the 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions (a.k.a. the Summer Davos) on September 18-20. It’s the foremost global summit on innovation, science and technology, promoting entrepreneurship in the global public interest. More than 2,000 participants from over 80 countries convened under the theme “Shaping I...

The 2nd Summit of ZJU Blockchain Research Institute was held on September 16. Silvio Micali, MIT Professor and ACM Turing Award recipient, delivered an impressive lecture on technological challenges and future prospects of blockchain."There also exists the classical 'trilemma' in blockchain: decentralization, scalability and security. There has been some practice in decentralization and scalability, but only if the whole system is secure will blockchain become valuable," s...