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.

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.