Zhejiang University is a national key university sponsored by the state, headed by the education administrative department of the State Council and built by the people's government of Zhejiang Province. It is a national "2 1 1 project", "985 project" and "double-class" construction university. The school is located in Hangzhou, and is currently the secretary of the Party Committee and the current principal. The motto of the school is "being realistic and innovative". Zhejiang University is a comprehensive, research-oriented and innovative university with distinctive characteristics.
In September 2022, official website showed that the school had seven campuses, namely Zijin Port, Yuquan, Xixi, Huajiachi, Zhijiang, Zhoushan and Haining, with a total area of 689,065,438+008 square meters. It has 13 disciplines, 7 departments, 39 specialized colleges (departments), 1 engineering colleges.
The predecessor of Zhejiang University was Qiushi College founded by 1897, and 1928 was named National Zhejiang University. 1937 Zhejiang university moved westward, running schools in Zunyi and Meitan, Guizhou, and 1946 moved back to Hangzhou in the autumn. 1952, when the departments of colleges and universities in China were adjusted, some departments of Zhejiang University were placed under the China Academy of Sciences and other universities, and the main parts were reorganized into several colleges and universities in Hangzhou, 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. As of June 2022 10, Zhejiang University ranked 67th in Times Higher Education 2023.
Introduction to the founder of Zhejiang University:
Qi Lin. Qi Lin's greatest achievement in Hangzhou is to set up a school, advocate farming and mulberry, and be honest. He founded Qiushi Academy in the first month of the lunar calendar 1897, and officially opened on May 2 1, which is the predecessor of Zhejiang University. In the same year, Silkworm Academy was established as the predecessor of Zhejiang Silk Vocational and Technical College (renamed Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in 2004). 1899, Zheng Yang Bookstore was established as the predecessor of Hangzhou Senior Middle School and Hangzhou No.4 Middle School. The three schools are the first provincial university, vocational school and ordinary middle school in Zhejiang Province.
In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Qing army was defeated, but Empress Dowager Cixi misappropriated the funds for building the navy to build the Summer Palace. Qi Lin was very angry after hearing this. He resolutely wrote: "Please stop the battle of the Summer Palace to solve the people's difficulties." He offended Empress Dowager Cixi and his dear ministers and was released to Zhejiang as the magistrate of Quzhou. Although he has been in Quzhou for less than two years, he has done a lot of good things, mainly in two aspects: first, he attaches importance to production and develops the economy; The second is to start education. Later, he was transferred to Hangzhou as a magistrate.
He abandons all the bad rules of officialdom, is honest, diligent in governing the country and advocates pragmatic style. Hangzhou citizens call him "honest and steady". According to historical records, Qi Lin "defended Hangzhou for five years, and the government was at peace", "Governing Hangzhou has its own politics, and cultivating scholars has its teaching, benefiting the common people". Qi Lin's greatest achievement was to set up education, which initiated the modern education in Hangzhou.
Qi Lin has been in Hangzhou for four years and made outstanding contributions to the establishment of the school. He is the founder of Qiushi Academy, predecessor of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Silkworm Academy, predecessor of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University and Zheng Yang Bookstore, and has trained outstanding talents such as Chen Duxiu, Li Suizhi, Shi Chengzhi, Shao Piaoping and Xu Shoushang.