Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU; ) is a university in

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...

province that provides programs in the fields of

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being its main focus. It is run jointly by

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and the Zhejiang provincial government, the latter being the main administrative body.

Campus

ZSTU is in

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and has two campuses, covering a total area of 1,500 mu.

History

The history of ZSTU dates back to the Sericultural Academy, which was founded in 1897 and was one of the earliest modern educational institutions in China. The school began to enroll undergraduate students in 1959 and graduate students in 1979. It acquired the right to confer master's degrees in 1983 and was granted the right by

to appraise the qualifications of teachers applying for the title of associate professor in 1993. In 1995, it started to offer PhD programs in collaboration with

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a National university, national public university, public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigiou ...

. The same year saw the first international enrollments and the enrollment of students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In 1999, it began to confer master's degrees to on-the-job students who are of the equivalent education level. In 2001, it was granted the right to confer master's degrees to engineering students. In 2003 it was approved as an institution qualified to provide joint PhD programs and in 2006 it got the right to confer Doctoral degree. ZSTU now has graduate programs, undergraduate programs and adult education, the latter in the form of public education, non-governmental education and education through international cooperation. In April 1999 the institution changed its name from Zhejiang Institute of Silk Textile to Zhejiang Institute of Science and Technology. In May 2004, ZIST was renamed to Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU).

Administration

Schools and departments

ZSTU consists of 16 schools or faculties (departments): * School of Sciences * Silk Institute, College of Materials and Textiles * School of Fashion Design and Engineering * School of Information Science and Technology * Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Automation * School of Civil Engineering and Architecture * College of Life Science and Medicine * School of Art and Design * School of Economics and Management * School of Law and Politics * College of Foreign Languages * Shi Liangcai School of Journalism and Communication * School of Marxism * Qixin School * School of Continuing Education * Keyi College of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University * Department of Physical Education It owns one independent college on another campus. Two of its disciplines are regarded by the province as very important, and eight are key disciplines at provincial or ministerial level. It has one key laboratory of the Ministry of Education and two key laboratories of the Zhejiang Province. The school offers 45 undergraduate programs, of which six are provincial key programs. It confers Doctoral degree in two disciplines, Master's degrees in four first-level disciplines and 30 second-level disciplines (sub-disciplines), and it provides one joint Doctoral program and two Master's programs in engineering. The school has two pilot centers for teaching basic courses in Zhejiang Province, two provincial engineering centers, six R&D centers and more than 40 school labs and institutes of excellence.

Students

At present, the number of full-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at ZSTU is 23,500; an additional 3500 students are in programs of adult education and further education.

Rankings

In 2020,

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ranked Zhejiang Sci-Tech university within the 901-1000 band globally.

Library

In recent years, the school's required enrollment score has been among the highest of the HELs in Zhejiang province - as has been the employment rate of its students.

Awards

ZSTU has won over 120 research awards, among which three are national — two second awards of the National Scientific and Technological Invention Award and one second award of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award — and over 20 are provincial or ministerial. It has research funds of more than 110 million yuan.

References

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