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(ZJSRU)is located in Hangzhou, a city in the eastern part of China famous for her rich history and culture. Enveloped in the spectacular natural beauty of mountains and lakes, and decorated with numerous native scholars and poets throughout the Chinese history, Hangzhou presents an ideal place of one's academic pursuti and character academic pursuit and character development.
ZJSRU , established in 1984, is one of the earliest full-time private-run, state-endorsed universities in China since the national reform in 1978. With a campus of nearly 500 mu, the university now has more than 14,000 regular full-time students and 770 faculty members. In recent years, taking full advantage of its private-run system, the university has strived for academic innovation and creativity while keeping to its down-to-earth roots. Through these efforts, the university has achieved overall improvements in the scale, level and quality of its education and thus highly representative of the vast number of Chinese colleges undergoing specialization efforts in the modern era.
ZJSRU currently consists of 10 schools and 2 teaching centers: School of Management, School of Urban Construction, School of Humanities, School of Information Science and Technology, School of Biology and Environmental Engineering, School of International Business and Economics, School of Art, School of Language Studies , School of Modern Services, School of Adult Education, Basic Course Teaching Center and Modern Education & Technology Center. Courses are offered in 6 main academic disciplines: economics, management, literature, engineering, law and art.
ZJSRU provides 26 specialties for the undergraduates, 11 specialties for the students of three-year career program, among which International Economics and Trade is selected as national characteristic specialty, and Environmental Engineering, Business Administration, Computer Science and Technology, Applied Electronic Technology and Japanese as provincial key specialties.
There also exist 25 research centers such as China Service Economic Research Center (Key Research Base of Service Innovation awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology), Research Center of Non-government High Education (National Excellent Higher Education Institutes), Ceramic Research Institute, Ultra Micro Research & Technology Center, and Translation Research Center.
The university library has 1,170,000 books in its collection, and has access to 600,000 E-Books of diverse content, 1652 Chinese and foreign periodicals, 25 Chinese and foreign language databases, and abundant digital information resources. The university possesses 87.66 million RMB worth of teaching and research equipments, a first-class sports center, a standard track and field stadium, tennis courts and other facilities.
Now the university has 525 full-time teachers, of whom 36% are professors and associate professors, 70% with PhD and master's degree, one National Excellent Teacher, two academic leaders for Provincial Young and Middle-aged Scholars of Higher Education (PYMSHE), one funded by the "New Century 151 Talents Project" of the province, one selected as the first-level training candidate of the “151 Project," twenty-nine third-level training candidates, three training candidates for PYMSHE, one provincial Master Teacher of Higher Education, and three persons awarded Provincial New Stars of Higher Education. Meanwhile, the university has a relatively stable and experienced team of more than 300 externally-employed teachers, more than half of whom own senior professional titles.
ZJSRU believes in a research-focused core strategy and continues to improve the overall level of academic research. In recent years, the university has been awarded a total of 124 province-level and above grants, and 136 grants in areas of government-entrusted research, technology development, and social services among other horizontal topics, amounting to a total of 24.36 million RMB external research funding. The university has collected a second prize in Humanities and Social Sciences by the Ministry of Education, a provincial award for Significant Contribution to Science and Technology, two provincial second prizes for Science and Technology, one provincial Excellent Research Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, two third prizes in the same category, and four provincial teaching awards. Furthermore, the university offers two provincial key disciplines: International Trade program and Higher Education program.
ZJSRU actively promotes international education, encourages collaborations with foreign partners and facilitates exchange programs. At present, the university has established strategic partnership with more than 20 universities in countries and regions such as Japan, South Korea, America, Canada, Germany, and Hong Kong, Taiwan. At the same time, the university regularly sends instructors abroad for academic training or conferences, and outstanding students for advanced studies in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other countries and regions.
ZJSRU, since its inception, has never stopped striving for excellence and fostering the ethos of “Diligence, Pragmatism, Civility, and Innovation.” The university is prepared to lead into the future with full vigor and vitality while staying steadfast to its motto "Virtue, Verity, and Student First." In the spirit of "Dedication, Innovation, and Professionalism,” the university is thoroughly implementing the requirements as specified in the 4th National Education Conference and the National Long-term Education Development Plan (2010-2020). All possible efforts will be dedicated towards continued academic improvement with the singular goal of building ZJSRU into a first-class private university of distinctive features and sound quality.
ZJSRU adheres to the philosophy of student-oriented education, and actively explores new models of higher education reform and development under modern circumstances. The university’s focus on fostering advanced talents of applicable skills has made tremendous progress and has therefore won full recognition from the Party, the government and the society at large. The university Party committee was given the opportunity to make a representative speech in the 14th meeting of the NationalVarsityPartyBuilding. The university has also received various titles such as "Excellent Private University of Zhejiang", "Safe Campus of Zhejiang," and an abundance of media attention from China Central Television (CCTV), People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China Education Chronicle, China Youth Daily, Zhejiang Daily, Sina.com, Zhejiang Online and many others.
ZJSRU, since its inception, has never stopped striving for excellence and fostering the ethos of “Diligence, Pragmatism, Civility, and Innovation.” The university is prepared to lead into the future with full vigor and vitality while staying steadfast to its motto "Virtue, Verity, and Student First." In the spirit of "Dedication, Innovation, and Professionalism,” the university is thoroughly implementing the requirements as specified in the 4th National Education Conference and the National Long-term Education Development Plan (2010-2020). All possible efforts will be dedicated towards continued academic improvement with the singular goal of building ZJSRU into a first-class private university of distinctive features and sound quality.