The better universities in Zhejiang are Zhejiang University and Ningbo University.

1. Zhejiang University, referred to as "Zhejiang University" for short, is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), with a vice-ministerial system directly under the central government, ranking among the first batch of "world-class universities and first-class disciplines", "21/project" and "985 project".

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. 1998, four universities with the same roots merged to form the new Zhejiang University. ?

2. Ningbo University (hereinafter referred to as Ningda), located in Ningbo, is a university jointly founded by China people, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, Ningbo Municipal People's Government, State Oceanic Administration and Ningbo Municipal People's Government. It is the first batch of "double first-class" world-class discipline construction universities in China, the first batch of key construction universities in Zhejiang Province and key universities in Zhejiang Province.

1986 school was established with a donation from Bao Yugang, and Deng Xiaoping wrote the name of the school. At the beginning of the school, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, China University of Science and Technology, Peking University and the former Hangzhou University built it. 1996, the former Ningbo University, Ningbo Normal University and Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Fisheries College merged to form a new Ningbo University.