On the afternoon of March 15, Ying Yibin, Vice President of Zhejiang University, met with the delegation of Rutgers University headed by Eric Garfunkel, Interim Vice President for International and Global Affairs.Ying Yibin introduced to the distinguished guests the basic information about ZJU, including its history, disciplines, and research funds. He then spelled out in detail the construction of International Campus in Haining and made a special mention of ZJU-UoE Institute and ZJU-UIUC Insti...

On March 14, Wu Zhaohui, President of Zhejiang University, and Zhang Junsheng, Chairman of the Development Committee, made a special trip to call on 7 ZJU alumni in Shanghai, including Dai Lixin, Shen Yungang, Chen Yizhang, Jin Guozhang, Pan Jingfu, Gan Fuxi and Jing Yipeng.Wu Zhaohui briefed alumni on the current situation of our university and the plan for future development while alumni shared their heartfelt gratitude towards ZJU and their optimistic expectations of its future development.“...

At the invitation of Stanford University, the ZJU delegation led by President Wu Zhaohui paid a visit to the Interdisciplinary Biosciences Institute (Bio-X), SRI International and the Department of Computer Science on March 7.On the morning of March 7, the delegation visited Stanford Bio-X and held a talk with Prof. Channing Robertson, the newly emeritus former chair of chemical engineering at Stanford. Stanford Bio-X was founded in 1998 and its mission is to catalyze discovery by crossing the b...

Zhejiang University performed spectacularly in ASC16 (2016 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge) Preliminary Contest, one of the top three supercomputer contests in the world, and made it to the final. The ZJU team is headed by Chen Jianhai of the College  of Computer Science and Technology and is composed of sophomores and juniors, including Shan Ting, Cao Shuxiang, Xu Qiyuan, Zhu Dinghan, Heyu, Chen Xingmou, Sun Yaozhu, etc. The topics in the preliminary contest cover HPCG benchmark test, ...

On March 6, the ZJU delegation led by President Wu Zhaohui had a meeting with over 200 alumni in San   Francisco to talk about the development of our university.Wu Zhaohui introduced to the participants the latest development of ZJU, the blueprint for its future development and the celebration of its 120th anniversary. He hoped that the ZJU Alumni Association can amass more resources so as to assist in the development of alumni. Meanwhile, he looked forward to the sustained support of alumn...

The ZJU delegation, including Prof. Song Yonghua, Vice Executive President of ZJU and Dean of ZJU-UIUC Institute, and Ying Yibin, Vice President of ZJU and Executive Dean of ZJU-UIUC Institute, visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on March 4-5. The delegation held 5 talks with relevant leaders at UIUC, attended 5 forums on major programs and visited 3 laboratories. They discussed the preparatory work in regard to the first academic year at ZJU-UIUC Institute at great len...

On February 29, Prof. Zheng Minghao, Associate Dean for International Affairs of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, paid a special visit to the School of Medicine, Zhejiang  University to put into practice the joint program in clinical medicine which was initially proposed in November, 2015.Both parties agreed to enroll approximately 20-30 students in September this year. The program will be adopted on a “1+1.5 (UWA) + 2.5” basis and students will obtain two bachelor...

The 1st National Maternal and Child Health Science & Technology Convention was held in Beijing on February 19. The Convention announced the selection of 99 projects as recipients of the 1st Maternal and Child Health Science & Technology Award. Children’s Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University clinched two 2nd prizes: Fundamental Clinical Research into Comprehensive Treatment of Critically-ill Neonates and Its Application by Prof. Du Lizhong and Establishment of Early Screening and I...

As of 2015, Zhejiang University has set up special funds for schools, departments or institutes to offer courses to international postgraduate students as part of the International Summer School.In 2015, it launched 4 programs, including the International Doctoral Summer School of China’s Innovation Circles and Academy by the School of Management, the International Summer School of Neuromorphic Computing by the College of Computer Science and Technology, ZJU-MCS International Bridging Program f...

China’s Ministry of Education announced the rankings of authorized invention patents in 2015 and effective invention patents by the end of 2015 among China’s institutions of higher education. Statistics revealed that Zhejiang  University ranked 1st in the number of authorized invention patents.The quantity and quality of patents have long served as a vital yardstick against which to measure the innovativeness of a university or college.Zhejiang University, the Harbin Institute of Technolo...