2. The school is located in paradise on earth, near the beautiful Xizi Lake. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education with a history of 100 years, a "double-class" university, one of the first seven famous universities in China, the top nine in the "985 Project" and "Everest Plan", and one of the famous universities in China University. Formerly known as an academy, it was founded in 1897. It is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning founded by China people themselves. 1928 was renamed as National Zhejiang University. During the Republic of China, Zhejiang University was once one of the top universities in China and was called "Oriental Cambridge" by Joseph Needham, a famous British scholar. Today, Zhejiang University, with a glorious history of one hundred years, is striving to become a world-class university with international advanced level through pioneering and enterprising. 20 16, China ranked third in the list of top universities.