Zhejiang University is a high-quality student selection base in Zhejiang Province authorized by the Cultural Office of the Italian Embassy, and it is an institution of higher learning that teaches Italian. It is also the designated examination center for CILS and CELI official grade certificate examinations.

Relying on many years' experience and strong domestic and foreign resources, since the first Italian study abroad class was held in 2007, the Italian U2U project of the School of Foreign Languages of Zhejiang University has successfully transported hundreds of students to famous universities such as Politecnico di Milano, University of Rome I, University of Turin, Florence Academy of Fine Arts and Venice Conservatory of Music.

Thanks to the recognition and support of students and parents, the U2U Italian study abroad program of Foreign Languages College of Zhejiang University has been the program with the largest number of Italian students in Shanghai (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui) in recent years.

By the end of 2020, hundreds of students in the last U2U project have graduated from many advantageous majors of cooperative universities, such as industrial design, fashion design, information engineering, automobile engineering, mechanical engineering, language and literature, media science, enterprise management, interior design, graphic design, stage art, vocal performance and piano performance.