Hangzhou City University

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) is a key provincial university in Hangzhou. It has 17 affiliated colleges (including teaching departments), 63 undergraduate programs, 65 master’s programs, and 12 doctoral programs. About 27,000 full-time students are enrolled, including around 3,500 postgraduate students. ZSTU is a host institute under Chinese Government Scholarship Programs. It began enrolling international students in 2003 and has accepted students from more than 60 countries and regions in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America

Westlake University is a private research university founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, offering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programmes taught in English. It was established with approval from China’s Ministry of Education and admits students from both domestic and international backgrounds. The university comprises schools focused on science, engineering, and life sciences, and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio. Its campus lies near West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and integrates academic, residential, and research functions within a single sustainable precinct. All undergraduate students undertake at least one semester abroad as part of their degree requirements.

Jiaxing University is a public university approved by the Ministry of Education of the PRC. Campus area is about 274 acres. Teaching and research equipment is valued at over USD 85 million. The library holds over 2.3 million print volumes and over 2.49 million electronic volumes. There are 17 teaching units, more than 16,300 full-time students, 8 affiliated hospitals, and 1 affiliated kindergarten. President Lu Jun is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Honorary president Professor Zhu Jingwu is a physicist and former president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Faculty and staff: more than 1,660, including 3 full-time academicians, 10 part-time academicians, and national special experts. There are 2 provincial key innovation teams and 4 provincial teaching teams; 59 undergraduate programs; 2 majors in the national-level first-class undergraduate construction plan and 10 in the provincial-level plan; 11 national and provincial experimental teaching platforms. International cooperation includes more than 80 universities or institutions in 22 countries or regions; PhD research programs with Australian universities; Dual Bachelor’s–Master’s (DBDM) with German universities; and dual degree programs with partners in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere

Hangzhou Dianzi University (HDU) was founded in 1956 in Hangzhou. In 2015 Zhejiang Provincial Government listed it among 5 key universities in the province. Strengths include electronic science and technology, engineering and information technology, and management and economics. There are 57 undergraduate programs and 70 postgraduate programs across 21 academic schools, plus interdisciplinary offerings. HDU has over 28,000 full-time students and aims to train graduates with practical and innovative skills. Doctoral programs are offered in Control Science & Engineering, Electronics Science & Engineering, and Computer Science & Engineering. The university has completed many high-tech and state/provincial research projects. It partners with about 80 universities in the United States, Russia, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Australia, Japan, Belarus, and elsewhere. English-taught bachelor’s programs: Business Management, International Economics and Trade, Telecommunication Engineering. English-taught master’s programs: Business Management, Automation, Telecommunication Engineering. More than 80 English-taught undergraduate and graduate courses are offered in management, economics, accounting, telecommunication engineering, electronic information, and computer science and technology.

Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics (ZUFE) is in Hangzhou. It emphasizes economics-related disciplines with coordinated development of Economics, Management, Humanities, Law, Science, Engineering, and Arts. Founded in 1974, it has three campuses — Xiasha (main), Wenhua, and Chang’an — on about 153 hectares. Structure: 14 schools, 2 teaching centers, 1 independent college, 51 research institutes and centers. It confers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees and enrolls international students and students from Hong Kong and Macao SARs. More than 25,000 full-time undergraduates and postgraduates. Library: more than 2.5 million volumes, 2,035 academic journals, 4.67 million e-books, and 30,000 e-journals, plus a featured sub-library for Nobel Economics Prize laureates’ works, ZUFE faculty works, and Zhejiang Businessman-related works. Nearly 50 undergraduate programs; over 50 postgraduate and professional master’s programs in Applied Economics, Theoretical Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, and Statistics; and a doctoral program under the “National Special Needs Services Personnel Training Project.” Faculty and staff: 1,326, including 155 professors and 324 associate professors, plus national talent-program experts

Zhejiang Ocean University (ZJOU) is established by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province and is one of Zhejiang’s key universities. It was founded in 1958 as Zhoushan Fishery College, renamed Zhejiang Fishery College in 1975, and became Zhejiang Ocean College in 1998 through merger with Zhoushan Normal College; further marine and fishery units joined after 2000. In 2016 it was officially named Zhejiang Ocean University. The school motto is “Embracing Diversity, Pursuing Excellence,” with an ocean-oriented focus. Campuses have moved several times over more than 60 years. Structure: 10 schools, 1 independent school, 2 teaching units, and 2 interdisciplinary research institutions. About 12,119 full-time students (excluding over 5,400 full-time students in the independent school) and 1,189 faculty members, of whom 846 are full-time teachers. There are 4 state-level and 27 provincial research platforms.