The president of Zhejiang University is the vice minister. Zhejiang University is a 2 1 1 engineering and 985 engineering college, and it is also one of the 32 sub-provincial and ministerial-level universities in China. Accordingly, the president of Zhejiang University is a deputy provincial and ministerial cadre, and the administrative level is equivalent to that of the vice governor of Zhejiang Province.

Du Jiangfeng, president of Zhejiang University, is a physicist, an academician of China Academy of Sciences and the chief scientist of the National Major Scientific Research Program. He is currently an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee, president of Zhejiang University (deputy minister level) and deputy secretary of the Party Committee.

In the administrative hierarchy of China universities, there are 32 universities in Chinese mainland at the deputy ministerial level, including the deputy military region level of the National University of Defense Technology. Generally, colleges and universities above undergraduate level are bureau-level, and colleges and universities with specialized courses belong to deputy bureau-level.