Zhejiang University is an institution of higher learning with a long history and outstanding reputation, located in Hangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city and a scenic tourist attraction in China. Qiushi College, the predecessor of Zhejiang University, was founded in 1897. It is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning founded by the people of China. 1928, named National Zhejiang University. During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhejiang University moved westward, running schools in Zunyi and Meitan of Guizhou for seven years, and moved back to Hangzhou in the autumn of 1946. 1952, when the departments of colleges and universities in China were adjusted, most of the departments in Zhejiang were transferred to brother universities and Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the main parts left in Hangzhou were divided into several single-subject colleges, which later developed into the original Zhejiang University, Hangzhou University, Zhejiang Agricultural University and Zhejiang Medical University respectively. 1998, four universities with the same roots merged to form the new Zhejiang University.
Zhejiang University has 7 departments, 39 colleges (departments),/kloc-0 engineering colleges, 2 Chinese-foreign cooperative schools and 7 directly affiliated hospitals. At present, the school has seven campuses, namely Zijin Port, Yuquan, Xixi, Huajiachi, Zhijiang, Zhoushan and Haining, covering an area of 793 1 90 1 square meter, with a total collection of 7.982 million books.