West Lake University 985 or 2 1 1: West Lake University is neither a 21/university nor a 985 university.
1, Xihu University
Located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, it is a new type of institution of higher learning sponsored by social forces and supported by the state. Formerly known as Zhejiang West Lake Institute of Advanced Studies, it was officially approved by the Ministry of Education on February 18, 2008. In accordance with the orientation of running a school with a high starting point, small but refined, and research-oriented, we are committed to gathering first-class teachers, building first-class disciplines, cultivating first-class talents, and producing first-class achievements, and strive to realize rejuvenating the country through science and education and innovation-driven development.
In August, 2022, the school official website showed that the school had two campuses (as of March, 20021year, Yun Qi campus occupied 66 mu, with a building area of 10.6 million square meters; As of 202 1 and 10, the total planned area of Yungu Campus is 1484 mu, with a total construction area of 457,000 square meters); There are 3 secondary colleges and 5 undergraduate majors.
The number of doctoral students in the school has exceeded 600, and there are more than 100 outstanding academic talents from all over the world. By 2026, the school is expected to have 300 assistant professors, associate professors and full professors, 600 research, teaching, technical support and administrative personnel, and 900 postdoctoral researchers.
2. Teachers.
In August 2022, official website showed that the school had 100 outstanding academic talents from all over the world. By 2026, the school is expected to have 300 assistant professors, associate professors and full professors (including lecture professors), 600 scientific research, teaching, technical support and administrative personnel, and 900 postdoctoral researchers.
3. Teaching construction
Training mode, West Lake University hopes that every West Lake student can take "knowledge, exploration, virtue and responsibility" as the practical criterion to realize self-worth and run through the grand goal of "promoting human civilization". The school has always emphasized the cultivation concept of "interest orientation", at the same time, it has created a mechanism and environment to encourage interdisciplinary exchanges, promoted the collision of different disciplines and different ways of thinking, stimulated the spark of inspiration, and sought more innovative growth points.