Situated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) is a key university directly under the administration of the Education Ministry of the People's Republic of China and also listed as “211 Project” to be priority invested and constructed by the state.
Founded in 1953, the University offers a broad range of programs now, including 61 undergraduate programs, 71 master programs and about 17 doctoral programs. It is a natural whole with the disciplines of Chinese languages, management, economics, law, education, literature, medicine, etc.
ZJUT boasts a campus which has a floorage of 2.13 million square meters. It is wooden and green, surrounded by a lot of fragrant flowers. The University offers a comprehensive range of support services for all students and teachers, with all major facilities easily accessible on campus. It has also built the trunk network of its Campus Computer Networks and has set up interactive network teaching platforms centered around multi-media course wares. The University library has over 3.2 million books and periodicals, its web-based catalogue and homepage guide you to high-quality resources, as well as providing detailed information on all library services.
ZJUT lays great emphasis on international cooperation and exchanges and has established cooperative ties with many universities and research institutes worldwide. It also invites famous foreign scholars and political personages to be the part-time professors, honorary professors or guest professors. The University has currently 18 programs for more than 600 international students. Most of them have been awarded a diploma as well as a degree certificate after their completion of all courses according to schedule. Apart from that, the University has 12 foreign teachers from different countries and regions. ZJUT welcomes the cultural diversity the international students and teachers bring to campus life.
During the past years after its founding, ZJUT has gradually achieved recognition for the strength of its leading-edge research and high quality teaching. The graduates from ZJUT are prized by employers and its employment status are reach upwards of 72% in recent years.
ZJUT is ranked 153rd th in China out of 200 universities by the CUAA(China University Alumni Association). It is also amongst the top 200 universities in China according to Netbig Education.
Benefited from the new favorable opportunities of development and stimulated by the new challenge, ZJUT is working hard for building a high-level university well known both at home and abroad. On this basis, still greater efforts are to be made to raise the teaching, scientific research and every other work of the university to international advanced levels so that the university can enjoy higher position and greater prestige in the international academic circles in the near future.