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 The year 1953 saw the establishment of a new Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou, the picturesque historical and cultural city in China. Dating back to 1910 as Zhejiang Technology School, the University has successively gone through various historical periods, namely, Hangzhou Chemical Engineering School, Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School, Zhejiang Chemical College, and Zhejiang Engineering College. The present university, as a provincial key comprehensive university, can offer not only engineering courses, but also a large range of disciplines like liberal arts, science, law, economics, pharmaceutical science, industrial and commercial management and education. And with a national key laboratory and a post-doctoral program, the University is entitled to confer degrees of master, doctor, MBA. In addition, it has been granted the right to recommend outstanding undergraduates as candidates for graduate programs in other universities without entrance examinations and the right to recruit international students as well as students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
The university now consists of 3 campuses, covering a total area of over 213 hectares with a floor space of 840,000 square meters. It has 21 colleges and 2 departments, including College of Chemical and Material Engineering, College of Electromechanical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, College of Information Engineering, College of Business and Administration, College of Vocational and Technical Education, College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Humanities, College of Art, International College, College of Science, College of Foreign Languages, Law School, College of pharmaceutical Science, Zhijiang College, Jianxing College, School of Politics and Public Administration ,College of Educational Science and Technology ,College of Adult Education, Software College, Software Vocational College,Department of Social Science, Department of Physical Education and Military Training. At present, there are about 30,000 registered full-time undergraduates and diplomats, together with 2,300 postgraduates. The university has a faculty of 2,800, among whom over 800 are professors and associate professors. ZJUT now has one academician of CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering), and three academicians of CAE and CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) whom ZJUT shares with other institutions of high education or research. Now it runs 14 doctoral degree programs,71 master degree programs, and 55 undergraduate programs. The value of its assets totals about 1,940,000,000 Yuan. Its 60,000-square-meter university library now has collected books of over 3,200,000 volumes (with electronic books included) and over 17,000 kinds of Chinese and foreign journals and periodicals.
The University endeavors to become a national key university of education and research so as to initiatively adapt itself to Zhejiang economic and social development. So far, its study fields cover 8 branches of learning and it houses 1 national key laboratory base of Green Chemical Synthesis, 1 key laboratory of mechanical engineering and automation co-supported by the Ministry and the Provincial government, 1 national university science and technology center, 1 post-doctoral program, 1 engineering research center supported by the Ministry of Education, 1 national key center for vocational education and teacher training, 2 provincial key research base of humanities, 3 provincial key laboratories, 7 top disciplines, 21 provincial key disciplines. For the past 5 years, over 250 national, provincial or ministry awards for scientific innovation and research have been achieved, of which 10 are National Awards for Scientific and Technological Progress. Meanwhile, about 200 patents have been granted. And by the year 2005, the scientific research fund has amounted to about 243,000,000 Yuan. In addition, efforts have also been devoted to academic research. In the year 2005, 135,72 and 65 articles were separately excerpted by the top three international index agencies: SCI, EI and ISTP.
The University strives to cultivate talents with both expertise and high moral standards, who can properly contribute to the economic development in Zhejiang and other areas. For the past 5 years, its students have achieved remarkably many times in national or international competitions of college students on mathematical modeling, electronic designing and architectural designing, and won over 40 national prizes and 250 provincial prizes. To name just a few, 2 prizes in national scientific innovation contests, 1 special prize in national competition of college students on mathematical modeling. And in 2003, the University has successfully passed the assessment of the Ministry of Education and with an employment rate of 95%, its graduates are highly praised by their employers in various sectors.
To better facilitate international exchange and cooperation, the University has established partnerships with more than 30 universities from America, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Australia and Russia to conduct academic exchanges, scientific research and cooperation. International students from about 15 countries have been enrolled here to learn Chinese, Chinese culture, and other courses in undergraduate and graduate programs of various majors.
At present, to further implement the national policy of invigorating the country through science and education, the University will continue to prioritize education and research and endeavor to become a first-rate university in both teaching and research, thus making a definite contribution to the invigoration and prosperity of the country. |
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The History of Zhejiang University of Technology:
The development of Zhejiang University of Technology went through five stages: Hangzhou Chemical Engineering School administered by the Ministry of Heavy Industry of the Central Government, Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School, Zhejiang Chemical College, Zhejiang Engineering College and Zhejiang University of Technology.
1. Hangzhou Chemical Engineering School (June, 1953 — June, 1958)
In June,1953, the Ministry of Heavy Industry merged Wenzhou Industrial School of Zhejiang Province, the Chemical Division of Hangzhou Industrial School of Zhejiang Province and Chemical Division of Suzhou Senior Technical School of Jiangsu Province into Hangzhou Chemical Engineering School administered by the Ministry of Heavy Industry of the Central Government and selected Hangzhou City as its location. The campus occupied an area of 16 hectares. The School was composed of three departments: Organic Technology, Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Machinery with 835 students and a staff of 152, of which 60 were teachers.
2. Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School (June, 1958 — August, 1960)
In June 1958, the name of the School was officially changed to Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School and commenced recruiting students at technical secondary level. The School offered programs for five majors such as Fundamental Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Machinery and Organic Compound. The period for the academic study was two years. The School also recruited junior middle school students who took a five-year program, majoring in Chemical Machinery and Chemical Engineering (This was later changed into a two-year preparatory program, the graduates of which had to take the entrance examination for the admission into college). With the development of the School, the number of the majors amounted to 12, of which 7 programs including Organic Technology, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Machinery, Oil Refinement Techniques, Organic Chemistry, and Chemical Instruments were offered at the technical secondary level. The School had 1975 registered full-time students, among whom technical secondary school students took up 24 %. The School had a staff of 357, of which 130 were teachers.
3. Zhejiang Chemical College (February, 1960 — October, 1980)
In February, 1960, Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School merged with Quzhou Secondary Chemical School. Thus, Zhejiang Chemical College was founded. The new campus was located at the foot of Lan Ke Mountain, 12 kilometers south of Quzhou City. In September when the academic year started, teaching was carried out on both campuses in Hangzhou and Quzhou. The College at this period had 2176 registered full-time students, of which 523 were undergraduate students, 284 were polytechnic students and 1369 were secondary-school students. The College had a staff of 895, of which 233 were teachers. The College offered 8 undergraduate programs including High Polymer Chemistry, Basic Organic Compound, Chemical Machinery, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Fluorine Chemistry, Chemical Fiber, Oil and Coke Refinement, 5 programs of polytechnic level, including Organic Techniques, Basic Organic Compound, Chemical Machinery, High Polymer Chemistry and Electrochemistry, and other 7 programs of junior college education.
The College was at first named Wu Xijiang Chemical College and in August, 1962, it was renamed as Zhejiang Chemical College. The number of the students decreased to 660 (not including 348 technical secondary students). Meanwhile the College moved out of Hangzhou campus and it was restored to Hangzhou Secondary Chemical School. In July 1963, Zhejiang Chemical College moved back to Hangzhou, sharing the same campus with Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School, and took the leadership of the School. In November, 1965, the College moved back to Quzhou campus while Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School remained on Hangzhou campus. In July, 1970, Hangzhou Secondary Chemical School was canceled and a staff of 147 with the facilities rejoined Zhejiang Chemical College.
In 1977 the College started to offer new programs such as Industrial Analysis, Insecticide Chemistry, Electric Automation, and Machinery Manufacture in addition to the previous undergraduate programs of Inorganic Techniques, Basic Organic Compound and Chemical Machinery. This is a breakthrough for the single-curriculum of chemical science. In 1978 the College added the program of Chemical Equipment Antirust so that the total number of majors reached 8. The annual undergraduate recruitment was over 330 students and the College had a staff of 784, of which 270 were teachers. In 1979, for the first time the College started recruiting graduate students majoring in Chemical Machinery and Physical Chemistry. The College had 5 Scientific Research Departments and 31 laboratories. The total value of the facilities and equipment reached 2,890,000 Yuan and the library had over 300,000 volumes of books.
4. Zhejiang Engineering College ( February 1978 — October 1992)
In February 1978, it was planned that Zhejiang Engineering College was to be established. Hangzhou was chosen to be the location. With an area of 29 hectares, the College was designed to accommodate 3000 students. In January 1979, Hangzhou campus was built and 429 students were recruited. The College set up 7 off campus teaching stations in various factories, enterprises, work units and offered courses at the polytechnic level. Up to August 1980, the College built 5000 square meters of classrooms and accommodation and recruited a staff of 180 from different parts of the country.
In August 1980, with Zhejiang Chemical College as the base, the College was merged into Zhejiang Engineering College with Quzhou as its sub-campus. The number of majors increased to 12, of which 11 were at the undergraduate level and the number of students increased to 667 with 65 students majoring in Civil Engineering on main campus in Hangzhou while 564 freshmen and 1276 seniors on sub-campus. Starting from 1981, the staff, books, instruments and equipments were gradually moved to Hangzhou and this process ended in 1984.
Between 1980 and 1992, the College developed at a fast pace. The campus expanded to 160,000 square meters and the number of students increased from 629 to 1265. By the end of 1992, the courses were offered at graduate, undergraduate and polytechnic levels for 4247 students in 35 majors encompassing education in advanced engineering, business and administration, vocational and teacher training. The number of students enrolled at adult education reached 1551. The College had a staff of 1631, of which 671 were teachers with an asset worth of 80,000,000 Yuan, among which the teaching instruments and equipment valued 19,440,000 Yuan. The library had 650,000 volumes of books and 3300 kinds of both Chinese and Foreign journals and periodicals. From 1993 on, the College started to build up exchange programs and cooperation with universities in various countries such as Japan, America and Germany. Until 1992, the College set up 8 departments and 4 schools with 4 key disciplines and 1 provincial key laboratory. They were Departments of Chemical Engineering, Mechanics, Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Public Administration, Light Industry, Computer Science, Vocational Education and Schools of Social Science, Fundamental Education, Physical Education and Adult Education. In addition, the college set up affiliated organizations and services such as school factories, hospital and nursery.
5. Zhejiang University of Technology ( December 1991 — )
On December 16, 1991 Zhejiang Provincial Government signed the contract of donation with Mr. Zhang Ziliang, a Taiwan entrepreneur, whose hometown was in Jianxing, Zhejiang. The main contents of the contract included a donation of US $10,000,000 for building Zhejiang University of Technology. The Provincial Government was to allocate an additional grant of 60,000,000 Yuan for the construction.
On March 16, 1992, Zhejiang Provincial Government approved of the overall plan of Zhejiang University of Technology and allocated a land of 33 hectares for building 260,000 square meters of classrooms to accommodate 6000 students.
In December 1993, Zhejiang Engineering College was officially renamed as Zhejiang University of Technology.
In November 1994, Economic Administrative College of Zhejiang Province was merged into the University. In March 2001, Constructional Materials College of Zhejiang Province was merged into the University.
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