Zhejiang University was founded in 1897, formerly known as an academy, and is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning founded by the people of China. It is one of the first key universities to enter the National 2 1 1 Project and the 985 Project. In the long-term process of running a school, Zhejiang University has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents with rigorous and realistic style and created fruitful results with persistent innovative spirit.

The School of Economics of Zhejiang University has four departments: Economics Department, Finance Department, International Economics Department, and Finance Department. Institute of Economics, Institute of Industrial Economics, Institute of Finance, Institute of Securities and Futures, Institute of International Economics, Institute of International Business, Institute of Finance, Institute of Law and Economics, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of Ministry of Education and National Innovation Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Class A) "Private Economy Research Center of Zhejiang University", National Innovation Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Class B) "Interdisciplinary Research Center of Zhejiang University", Research institutions 15, including Zhejiang Social Science Key Research Base "Regional Economic Opening and Development Research Center", Zhejiang University Finance Research Institute, Zhejiang University Jiang Wanling International Economic and Financial Investment Research Center, Zhejiang University Confucian Merchants and East Asian Civilization Research Center, and Zhejiang University Industry and Space Research Center (to be determined). At present, it has 1 national key disciplines-political economics, theoretical economics and applied economics, and the right to award doctoral degrees in the first-class discipline of theoretical economics; Political economics, western economics, world economy, labor economics, international trade, industrial economics, and enterprise management (* * *) 10 doctoral programs; Set up the doctoral degree awarding points of "financial theory" in two disciplines independently; It has the right to award master's degrees in theoretical economics and applied economics, and has added three professional master's degrees in finance, international business and taxation; Economics, finance, international economy and trade, finance, e-commerce (* * *) five undergraduate majors.

Zhejiang University has a strong faculty. At present, there are 15 academicians of China Academy of Sciences, 12 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 9 chief scientists of 973 Project, 5/kloc-0 academicians of Changjiang distinguished professor, and 67 winners of Outstanding Youth Fund. High-level graduate tutors and good experimental conditions for scientific research have laid a solid foundation for the development of high-level graduate education.