School profile:

West Lake University is a first-class private research university. West Lake University is a new non-profit institution of higher learning sponsored by social forces and supported by the state. It is an institution of higher learning sponsored by Hangzhou West Lake Education Foundation.

Drawing lessons from the scale of California Institute of Technology and the philosophy of Stanford University, West Lake University insists on a high starting point, small but refined, research-oriented orientation, focusing on science, life and health, cutting-edge technology and so on. , set up relevant departments led by top talents to complete doctoral enrollment in the name of scientific research institutes, focusing on science and engineering, and then facing undergraduate colleges.

Teaching construction:

Zhejiang Xihu Institute of Advanced Studies (referred to as "Xihu Institute") is a new non-profit high-end scientific research institution, located in Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. West Lake University is the first new research university sponsored by social forces and supported by the state in the history of China. It is expected to learn from the scale of California Institute of Technology and the philosophy of Stanford University.

West Lake Advanced Research Institute is the first private high-level scientific research and teaching institution in China, aiming at basic and cutting-edge research, deepening the reform of scientific research system and cultivating innovative talents, and starting with doctoral training. As the predecessor and main body of West Lake University, West Lake Institute of Advanced Studies has the characteristics of high starting point, comprehensiveness, small but refined.

Department specialty of West Lake University

West Lake Institute of Advanced Studies is the predecessor of West Lake University. Relying on the West Lake Institute of Advanced Studies, West Lake University gives priority to the first-class disciplines of science, life and health and cutting-edge technology, adheres to the positioning 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 to set up 12 first-class disciplines in batches, including biology, biomedical engineering, pharmacy, physics, mathematics, chemistry, basic medicine, computer science and technology, electronic science and technology, optical engineering, material science and engineering, and mechanical engineering, but mainly focusing on science, life health and cutting-edge technology.