Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University
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Yuquan Campus (), is a campus of
Zhejiang University Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and D ...
. It was the location of former
headquarters Headquarters (often referred to as HQ) notes the location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. The term is used in a wide variety of situations, including private sector corporations, non-profits, mil ...
of the university. Today, it also owns some administrative departments of the university.玉泉校区


Introduction

The campus is
urban Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...
in
Hangzhou City Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counties, ...
,
Zhejiang Province ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = ( Hangzhounese) ( Ningbonese) (Wenzhounese) , image_skyline = 玉甑峰全貌 - panoramio.jpg , image_caption = View of the Yandang Mountains , image_map = Zhejiang i ...
. The campus is sited on the northwest corner of the
West Lake The West Lake (; ) is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou, China. Situated to the west of Hangzhou's former Hangzhou City Walls, walled city, the lake has a surface area of , stretching from north to south and from east to west. In the lake are four ...
, with the Lingfeng Hill (灵峰) and Laohe Hill (老和山) on its back side and it faces to the Wushi Hill (乌石峰). It's close to the Yuquan historic site (the ''Jade Spring'') and named after it. There is a botany garden aside, which is one of the largest in China. The campus has a total area of 2044 '' mu'', and a total building area close to one million m2.


Notable buildings

* ''Sir Run Run Shaw Hall of Science'' (邵逸伕科學舘 / 邵逸夫科学馆, donated by and named after the
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
media mogul A media proprietor, also called a media executive, media mogul, media tycoon, or press baron is an entrepreneur who controls any means of public or commercial mass media, through the personal ownership or holding of a dominant position within a ...
Run Run Shaw Sir Run Run Shaw (born Shao Renleng; 19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East As ...
. * ''Chu Kochen Building of Int'l Education'' (竺可楨國際教育大樓 / 竺可桢国际教育大楼, named after the former president
Coching CHU Coching Chu (; March 7, 1890 – February 7, 1974), also romanized as Zhu Kezhen, was a Chinese geologist and meteorologist. Life and career Born in Shangyu, Zhejiang, Chu received his secondary education at the Tangshan School of Rail and ...
, a.k.a. CHU Kochen or ZHU Kezhen)


Institutions

* Faculty of Science (headquartered) ** School of Mathematical Sciences ** Department of Physics ** Department of Chemistry ** School of Earth Sciences * Faculty of Engineering (headquartered) ** School of Mechanical Engineering ** School of Material Science and Engineering ** College of Energy Engineering ** College of Electrical Engineering ** College of Chemical and Biological Engineering ** School of Aeronautics and Astronautics ** Department of Polymer Science and Engineering * Faculty of Information (headquartered) ** College of Optical Science and Engineering ** College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering ** College of Control Science and Engineering ** College of Computer Science and Technology ** College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science


References

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