The school's predecessor was Qiushi College, which was founded in 1897. It is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning founded by China people themselves. 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.
From 65438 to 0952, some departments of Zhejiang University were placed under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other universities, and the main part was reorganized into several universities in Hangzhou, which later developed into the original Zhejiang University, Hangzhou University, Zhejiang Agricultural University and Zhejiang Medical University. 1998, four universities with the same roots merged to form the new Zhejiang University.
Key disciplines of Zhejiang University:
1. National key (training) disciplines: foreign philosophy, political economy, computer software and theory, biochemistry, animal nutrition and feed science, pathology and pathophysiology, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, pharmaceutical analysis, agricultural economic management.
2. National construction disciplines: chemistry, biology, ecology, mechanical engineering, optical engineering, material science and engineering, electrical engineering, control science and engineering, computer science and technology, agricultural engineering, environmental science and engineering, software engineering, horticulture, plant protection, basic medicine, pharmacy, management science and engineering, and agricultural and forestry economic management.
Refer to the above information: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhejiang University