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About Hangzhou

Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province in eastern China, is a perfect blend of ancient charm and modern innovation. With a permanent resident population of over 12 million, it is one of China’s most prosperous and livable cities. The city enjoys a pleasant subtropical climate, with an annual average temperature of around 18 degrees Celsius, making it comfortable throughout the year. Famous for the breathtaking West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hangzhou has long been celebrated as one of China’s most beautiful cities. Beyond its natural beauty, Hangzhou stands as a leader in the digital economy, e-commerce, and smart technology, driving China’s modernization. The city is home to many world-renowned enterprises such as Alibaba, Hikvision, and Geely, and has become a hub for innovation, finance, and entrepreneurship.

About Zhejiang University

Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University (ZJU) is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education.

Top 4 Best Universities in China & Top 8 Best Universities in Asia;

One of the C9 League members (the so-called “China’s Ivy League") in China.

About Zhejiang University Campus

Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious universities, located in the scenic city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

Ranked among the top 5 universities in China, it consistently appears in the top 100 of global university rankings such as QS, Times Higher Education (THE), and ARWU.

A proud member of the C9 League (China’s Ivy League) and part of the "Double First Class" initiative, Zhejiang University is dedicated to building world-class disciplines and academic excellence.

Renowned for its programs in engineering, computer science, business, and medicine, the university maintains a strong focus on interdisciplinary research and innovation.

The university has seven campuses across Hangzhou, with a student population of over 60,000, including thousands of international students from around the world.

ZJU is widely known for its contributions to scientific research, entrepreneurship, and technological innovation, particularly in areas such as artificial intelligence, materials science

World University Rankings

103th

Asia University Rankings

8th

Chinese University Ranking

4th

All Course & Majors:

Schools	Majors （Taught in English）	Undergraduate Programs	Master Program	PhD Program
School of Philosophy	Marxist Philosophy	✓	✓
	Chinese Philosophy	✓	✓
	Foreign Philosophy	✓	✓
	Logic		✓	✓
	Ethics		✓
	Religious Studies	✓	✓	✓
	Leisure Studies	✓	✓	✓
	Philosophy of Science and Technology		✓
School of History	History	✓
School of Literature	Chinese Language and Literature	✓	✓
	Literature and Art	✓
	Modern Chinese Literature and Culture		✓
	Ancient Chinese Literature and Culture
	World and Comparative Literature		✓
School of International Studies	English Language and Literature	✓	✓
	German Language and Literature	✓	✓
	French Language and Literature	✓	✓
	Spanish Language and Literature	✓
	Russian Language and Literature	✓	✓
	Japanese Language and Literature	✓	✓
	Translation and Interpretation	✓	✓
College of Media and International Culture	Journalism	✓	✓
	Broadcasting	✓	✓
	Advertising	✓
	Global Communication and Management	✓	✓	✓
	Aesthetics		✓	✓
School of Art and Archaeology	Art and Archaeology	✓	✓
School of Economics	Economics	✓	✓	✓
	Finance	✓	✓	✓
	Public Finance		✓
	International Trade & Economics	✓	✓
School of Law	Jurisprudence		✓
	Constitutional and Administrative Law	✓	✓
	Legal History		✓
	Economic Law	✓	✓
	Civil and Commercial Law	✓	✓
	International Law	✓	✓
	Criminal Law	✓	✓
	Procedure Law		✓
	Environment and Natural Resources Protection Law		✓
College of Education	Public Management	✓
	Sports Training	✓
	Martial Arts and Traditional Sports	✓
	Physical Education and Training	✓	✓
	Sports Industry and Management	✓
	Science and Technology Education		✓
	Basic Theory of Education		✓
	Curriculum and Instruction		✓
	History of Education		✓
	Comparative Education		✓
	Higher Education		✓
	Educational Technology		✓
	Humane and Sociological Science of Sports		✓
	Kinesiology		✓
School of Management	Business Administration	✓	✓
	Accounting	✓
	Financial Management	✓
	Marketing	✓	✓
	Logistics Management	✓		✓
	Information Management and Information Systems	✓
	Tourism Management	✓	✓
	Human Resource Management	✓
School of Public Affairs	Public Administration	✓	✓	✓
	Land Resources Management	✓	✓
	Labor and Social Security	✓	✓
	Information Resources Management	✓
	Politics and Administration	✓
	Agricultural Economics Management	✓
	Demography		✓
	Agricultural Economics and Management		✓
	Educational Economics and Administration		✓
	Social Security		✓
	Urban Development and Management		✓
	International Affairs and Global Governance		✓
	Social Work		✓
	Sociology		✓
School of Marxism	Philosophy of Marxism		✓
	Ideological and Political Education		✓
	Research on Sinicization of Marxism		✓
	Study of Overseas Marxism		✓
	Marxist Theory			✓
School of Mathematical Sciences	Mathematics and Applied Mathematics	✓
	Statistics	✓
	Information and Computing Science	✓
	Basic Mathematics		✓
	Computational Mathematics		✓
	Applied Mathematics		✓
	Operations Research and Cybernetics		✓
	Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics		✓
School of Physics	Theoretical Physics	✓	✓
	Condensed Matter Physics		✓
	Plasma And Fusion Physics		✓	✓
	Optics		✓
	Computational Physics		✓
	Applied Physics		✓
Department of Chemistry	Chemistry	✓	✓	✓
School of Earth Sciences	Geographical Information Science	✓
	Atmospheric Sciences	✓
	Geology	✓
	Structural Geology		✓
	Earth Exploration and Information Technology		✓
	Environmental Sciences		✓
	Cartography and Geographic Information Systems		✓
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences	Psychology	✓
	Applied Psychology	✓	✓	✓
	Counseling Psychology	✓
	Child Development and Educational Psychology		✓	✓
	Cognitive Psychology		✓	✓
School of Mechanical Engineering	Mechatronic Engineering	✓	✓	✓
	Mechanical Design and Theory	✓	✓	✓
	Industrial Engineering	✓	✓	✓
	Vehicles Engineering		✓
	Power Engineering			✓
	Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation		✓
School of Materials Science and Engineering	Materials Science and Engineering	✓
	Materials & Chemical Industry		✓	✓
	Polymer Chemistry & Physics		✓	✓
	Materials & Engineering		✓	✓
	Polymer Materials and Engineering	✓		✓
College of Energy Engineering	Energy and Environmental System Engineering	✓
	Vehicle Engineering	✓
	Process Equipment and Control	✓
	Power Engineering and Engineering Thermo physics		✓	✓
	Energy and Power Engineering		✓	✓
College of Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering and Automation	✓		✓
	Automation	✓
	Electronic Information Engineering	✓
College of Civil Engineering and Architecture	Architecture	✓		✓
	Civil Engineering	✓	✓	✓
	Urban & Rural Planning	✓	✓
	Traffic Engineering	✓	✓
	Management Science and Engineering		✓
	Water Conservancy & Hydropower Engineering	✓	✓
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering	Chemical Engineering and Technology	✓	✓	✓
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering	Biological Engineering	✓
College of Ocean	Marine Science	✓
	Ocean Engineering / Technology	✓
	Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering	✓
	Marine Chemistry		✓
	Physical Oceanography		✓
	Marine Biology		✓
	Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering		✓
	Hydraulic Engineering	✓	✓
	Marine Geology		✓
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics	Engineering Mechanics	✓	✓
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics	Flight Vehicle Design and Engineering	✓	✓
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering	Macromolecular Materials and Engineering	✓	✓
College of Optical Science and Engineering	Optical Communication Technology	✓
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering	Electronic Science and Technology	✓	✓
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering	Information Engineering	✓	✓
College of Computer Science and Technology	Computer Science and Technology	✓	✓
	Software Engineering	✓	✓
	Digital Media Technology	✓
	Information Security	✓		✓
School of Software Technology	Software Engineering		✓	✓
School of Software Technology	Industrial Design Engineering		✓
College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science	Biomedical Engineering	✓	✓	✓
College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science	Electronic Information Technology and Instrument	✓	✓	✓
College of Life Sciences	Ecology	✓	✓
	Bioinformatics	✓	✓
	Biotechnology	✓	✓	✓
	Biological Sciences	✓	✓
College of Bio-systems Engineering and Food Science	Bio-systems Engineering	✓
	Food Science & Engineering	✓
	Agricultural Engineering		✓	✓
	Food Science & Engineering		✓	✓
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences	Environmental Engineering	✓
	Environmental Science	✓
	Environmental Science and Engineering		✓
	Agricultural Resource and Environment.	✓	✓
College of Agriculture and Biotechnology	Agronomy	✓
	Horticulture	✓	✓	✓
	Plant Protection	✓	✓
	Tea Science	✓	✓
	Applied Biological Science	✓
College of Animal Sciences	Animal Medical Sciences	✓
	Animal Sciences and Technology	✓
	Economic Zoology
School of Medicine	Prevention Medicine	✓		✓
	Stomatology	✓	✓
	Medicine	✓	✓
School of Public Health	Disease Control & Hygiene Surveillance	✓
	Health Care Management	✓	✓	✓
	General Medicine	✓
	Nutrition Medicine	✓
	Rehabilitation Medicine	✓

Fees

Fees	Program	Amount		Occurrence
Application Fees	Chinese Language and Culture	CNY 400		Only First Year
	Undergraduate Program	CNY 800
	Master’s Degree Program
	Doctoral Program
Tuition Fees	Chinese Language and Culture	Long-term	CNY 18,000	Per Year
			CNY 9,000	Per Semester
		Short-term	CNW 800	Per Week
	Undergraduate Program	CNY 19,800 -42,800		Per Year
	Master’s Program	CNY 22,800 -32,000		Per Year
	PhD Program	CNY 29,800 -39,000		Per Year
Accommodation	Twin Room	CNY 36,000		Per Year
	Quad Room	CNY 48,000		Per Year
	Double en-suite	CNY 60,000		Per Year
	Quad en-suite	CNY 66,000		Per Year
	All the rooms are furnished and include individual bathroom, water heater, air-conditioner, internet access and optional paid central heating. Public kitchen and laundry facilities are in the dormitory buildings.
Comprehensive Medical Insurance		CNY 800		Per Year
Physical Examination		CNY 400		Only First Year
Residence Permit		CNY 400		Per Year

Scholarships

Scholarship Name	Chinese Government Scholarship – Type A
Program	Amount	Occurrence
Undergraduate	Full scholarship covers Tuition, accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance and living allowance CNY 2,500 per month & Free Air Ticket Twice.	Per Academic Year
Master Program	Full scholarship covers Tuition, accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance and living allowance CNY 3,000 per month & Free Air Ticket Twice.
PhD Program	Full scholarship covers Tuition, accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance and living allowance CNY 3,500 per month & Free Air Ticket Twice.
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Scholarship Name	Chinese Government Scholarship – Type B
Program	Amount	Occurrence
Master Program	Full scholarship covers Tuition, accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance and living allowance CNY 3,000 per month
PhD Program	Full scholarship covers Tuition, accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance and living allowance CNY 3,500 per month	Per Academic Year
3
Scholarship Name	Zhejiang Government Scholarship
Program	Amount	Occurrence
Undergraduate	Yearly Scholarship CNY 20,000/Year	Per Academic Year
Master Program	Yearly Scholarship CNY 30,000/Year
PhD Program	Yearly Scholarship CNY 30,000/Year

Application Requirements:

Citizens of a country other than the People’s Republic of China complying with the relevant regulations set by Document No. 12 (2020) of the Ministry of Education of the PRC;
Applicants for Bachelor’s programs should be Senior School Certificate holders and under the age of 24;
Applicants for Master’s programs should be Bachelor’s degree holders and under the age of 35;
Applicants for PhD programs should be Master’s degree holders and under the age of 40;
In good health, both mentally and physically.

Application Materials

All application documents in languages other than English or Chinese must be notarized in English or Chinese. All documents shall be submitted online:

Passport home page;
Official degree certificate;
Official transcripts;
A study plan of at least 1,500 words;
Two recommendation letters from professors or associate professors;
Curriculum Vitae;
Language proficiency certificates:

TOEFL≥80, IELTS≥ 6.0 or Duolingo English Test ≥ 90;
No certificates when the applicant’s first language is English or their previous degree is from universities in English speaking countries;

A photocopy of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form (usually issued within 6 months before the application submission date);
Non-criminal record report (usually issued within six months before the application submission date);
Bank Statement (at least CNY 30,000 or equivalent foreign currency);
Proof of outstanding academic achievements, sports, art, cultural exchanges, public welfare activities, etc. (not mandatory).

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