Zhejiang University of Technology
No.18 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou, China
The Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) is a comprehensive key university owned by the Zhejiang Provincial Government, and it was established in the Year 1953.The history of the University can be traced back to 1910, when the Zhejiang Intermediate School of Technology was first founded.The ZJUT is situated in Hangzhou, a picturesque historical and cultural city in China.As a century-old university, ZUT has gone through various historical periods, namely Hangzhou Chemical Engineering School, Zhejiang Secondary Chemical School, Zhejiang Chemical College, and Zhejiang Engineering College.
The University now consists of 3 campuses, covering a total area of over 213 hectares, with a floor space of 840,000 square metres.It has 22 colleges and 2 departments, namely College of Chemical and Material Engineering, College of Mechanical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, College of Information Engineering, College of Computing Science/Software, College of Business and Administration, College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Humanities, College of Art, International College, College of Science, College of Foreign Studies, College of Law, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhijiang College, Jianxing College, College of Politics and Public Administration, College of Educational Science and Technology, College of Adult Education, Department of Morality and Politics and Department of Physical Education and Military Training.The present University, as a provincial key comprehensive university, offers not only engineering courses, but also a large range of disciplines like science, liberal arts, law, agriculture, philosophy, economics, pharmaceutical science, management, education and art. And with a national key laboratory and a post-doctoral program, the University is entitled to confer degrees of master, doctor, MBA.
Hangzhou, referred to as "Hangzhou", formerly known as Lin 'an and Qiantang, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, sub-provincial city, mega-city, and the economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of Zhejiang Province approved by The State Council, as well as one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta.
Hangzhou is located in east China, the lower reaches of qiantang River, the southeast coast, the north of Zhejiang province and the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. There are many cultural relics in Hangzhou. There are a large number of natural and cultural landscape relics in West Lake and its surroundings, representative of which are West Lake culture, Liangzhu culture, silk culture and tea culture.
Hangzhou has a history of more than 2,200 years since it was established as a county in the Qin Dynasty. It was once the capital of the State of Wu yue and the Southern Song Dynasty. It is known as "paradise on Earth" because of its beautiful scenery.
