Universities are expected to learn from the scale of California Institute of Technology and the philosophy of Stanford University, adhere to the orientation of "high starting point, small but refined, research-oriented", focus on science, life and health, cutting-edge technology and other directions, and set up first-class disciplines; The national "Thousand Talents Program" experts or other top talents will take the lead in setting up relevant departments.
First, the enrollment of doctoral students is completed in the name of the research institute, with emphasis on science and engineering, and then undergraduates. The school has been approved to set up a national postdoctoral research center, which is qualified to recruit postdoctoral researchers independently.
The predecessor of West Lake University is Zhejiang West Lake Institute of Advanced Studies (established on 20 16), which was founded by scientists such as Professor Shi Yigong, Vice President of Tsinghua University, Professor Chen Shiyi, President of South University of Science and Technology, Professor Pan Jianwei, Executive Vice President of Chinese University of Science and Technology, and Professor Rao Yi, President of Capital Medical University.
On February 2018 14, the Ministry of Education officially approved the establishment of West Lake University in Zhejiang Province. Yang Zhenning is the honorary chairman of the board of trustees of West Lake University, Professor Qian Yingyi is the chairman of the board of trustees, and Professor Shi Yigong is the first president of West Lake University.
2018101On October 20th, the inaugural meeting of West Lake University was held in Hangzhou. 201February 20th, 8 18 West Lake University was selected as the top ten buzzwords in culture, sports and entertainment in 20 18.
Department Major: June 20 19 According to the school official website, West Lake University has three colleges, namely Life Science College, Science College and Engineering College.
Relying on the West Lake Institute of Advanced Studies, West Lake University gives priority to establishing first-class disciplines of science, life and health and cutting-edge technology, adheres to the orientation of "limited disciplines", pays attention to interdisciplinary disciplines, and strives to make breakthroughs in basic research and cutting-edge technological innovation. ?
In the future, in order to better form an academic atmosphere of interdisciplinary integration, West Lake University will plan and set up biology, biomedical engineering, pharmacy, physics, mathematics, chemistry, basic medicine, computer science and technology, electronic science and technology, optical engineering, material science and engineering, mechanical engineering and other 12 first-level disciplines in batches.
But it is mainly concentrated in three disciplines: Neo-Confucianism, life health and cutting-edge science and technology. In the future, the school will mainly introduce a group of world-class talents based on these disciplines. I believe that once a certain number of professors are in place, a distinctive discipline or discipline group will be formed. ?
By then, West Lake University will further strengthen the interdisciplinary, concise and detailed discipline direction according to the development needs, thus forming its own unique discipline characteristics. With the development of the school, West Lake University will set up a school of humanities and social sciences and related disciplines in due course.