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...

The opening ceremony of ZJU-LG Electronics Joint Lab was held recently on Yuquan Campus. ZJU’s Vice President YAN Jianhua and LG Group’s Vice President Jeon Simoon unveiled the name board of the lab at the ceremony.Jeon Simoon highly praised the great achievements made by the University in the recent years. He expressed the willingness to work with ZJU in the field of power electronics and electric drive through the joint lab. “I hope more extensive and in-depth technical cooperation will be ...

According to the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), SHEN Jianxin, a professor at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, is elected as an IEEE IAS Member-at-Large in 2019-2020.  Prof. SHEN Jianxin has long engaged in extensive fundamental and application research into electrical machine design and control. He has chaired many IEEE international conferences and won the Outstanding New Chapter Award. He is also a member on the IEEE Nikola Tesla Committee. Thank...

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation was signed between ZJU and Springer Nature on Sept. 14. Under the MOU, ZJU and Springer Nature will explore cooperation opportunities on a broad range of areas, including brand promotion, overseas talent recruitment, co-publishing, academic training, etc. "The University has established a fruitful relationship with Springer Nature in talent recruiting, international conferences, training and marketing. The MOU will further...

Prof. YANG Huayong, Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, was awarded the 2017 Joseph Bramah Medal by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for his outstanding contributions to fluid power research at the Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control 2018. It is the first time that a Chinese scientist has won this prestigious award.The Joseph Bramah Medal was first established in 1968 to commemorate Joseph Bramah (1748-1814), the inventor of a patent lock, the hydraulic press a...