Below is the List of Universities and Colleges in

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...

. As of April 2018, there were 108 higher education institutions and 9 continuing education institutions. As part of the Chinese education system, most universities and colleges in Zhejiang are public universities founded and run by the government, except for 36 private universities and colleges.

Military academies

The Chinese People's Armed Police runs two academies in Zhejiang.

People's Armed Police ) , abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates , patch ...

were part of the Ministry of Public Security, until it came under the Central Military Commission in January 2018. The

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came under the Chinese People's Armed Police in July 2018. Since then, the two affiliated universities became part of the military system.

Public universities

Directly supervised by the central government

The

University of International Relations The University of International Relations (UIR; ) is a national public university in Beijing, China. Its former English name is translated as "Institute of International Relations." It is also colloquially known as "Guoguan" (国关 Guó Gū ...

is a public university based in Beijing, under the Ministry of State Security. It was a

National Key University National Key Universities () previously referred to universities recognized as prestigious and which received a high level of support from the central government of the People's Republic of China. The term is no longer in official use by 1990s. The ...

. Its Hangzhou campus used to be Zhejiang Second Police College under the Ministry of State Security since 1983 before it was made the Hangzhou campus of the university in 1997. The campus has been training

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students since 1983 and only recruits Tibetan students who are tested in Chinese in the National College Entrance Exam.

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a National university, national public university, public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigiou ...

was selected into China's national plan to develop first-class universities, namely

Project 211 Project 211 () was an abolished project of developing comprehensive universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of comprehensive universities and cultiva ...

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and

Double First Class University Plan The World First Class University and First Class Academic Discipline Construction (), together known as Double First Class (), is a tertiary education development initiative designed by the People's Republic of China central government in 2015 ...

, in 1995, 1999 and 2017, respectively. It was also a

. As a university in the first batch of Project 985 universities, Zhejiang University is a member of

C9 League The C9 League () is an alliance of nine universities in China, initiated by the Chinese Central Government to promote the development and reputation of higher education in China in 2009. Collectively, universities in the C9 League account for 3% ...

. In 2000,

was made under the direct supervision of the

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. The party secretary and president of Zhejiang University are regarded as vice ministerial government officials, whose nomination and approval are made by the

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and the

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. The university's Communist Party Committee and Commission for Discipline Inspection are under the

and the

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respectively.

Co-founded by local and central governments

Degree education

Vocational education

Other provincial universities and colleges

Private universities

Degree education

Independent colleges

Independent colleges are the private sector of public universities, which offers for-profit degree education for those who are not admitted to public universities. They were first set up in Zhejiang as a business model since the 1990s, yet a national reform has aimed to transform them into vocational or private universities independent of their affiliated universities since 2019. For example, Zhejiang University City College and Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University were transformed into public universities, with the latter renamed as NingboTech University. The reform led to students' protests in 2021, after which the government suspended the reform. In Zhejiang, the reforms for Hangzhou Dianzi University Information Engineering School, Zhejiang Gongshang University Hangzhou College of Commerce, Zhijiang College of Zhejiang University of Technology had since been suspended.

Sino-foreign joint universities

Vocational education

Historical universities

Summary

By university town

Following the foreign concept of the

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and the proposal by

China Association for Promoting Democracy The China Association for Promoting Democracy ( zh, s=中国民主促进会, p=Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Cùjìnhuì) is one of the eight legally recognised minor political parties in the People's Republic of China that follow the direction of the ...

's Ningbo committee, the Ningbo Higher Education Park was built in 1999-2000 as the first higher education park in China. Since then, similar parks have been built in Zhejiang. Currently, the largest one is the Xiasha Higher Education Park, also named Qiantang Science Town, which is home to 14 higher education institutions and 200 thousand students. Below is the full list of the universities according to their university towns. * Ningbo Higher Education Park (South), Ningbo: *#

Zhejiang Wanli University Zhejiang Wanli University (), formerly the Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Agricultural University (), is a private college in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. The college is operated by the Zhejiang Wanli Education Group Company. Previously holding vocationa ...

( Ningbo Campus) *#

NingboTech University NingboTech University (Traditional Chinese: 浙大寧波理工學院, Simplified Chinese: 浙大宁波理工学院), formerly known as Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University (Traditional Chinese: 浙江大學寧波理工學院, Simplif ...

*# University of Nottingham Ningbo China *# Ningbo College of Health Sciences *# Ningbo City College of Vocational Technology *# Zhejiang Pharmaceutical University * Ningbo Higher Education Park (North), Ningbo: *# Ningbo University *# College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University *# Ningbo University of Technology *# Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology * Xiasha Higher Education Park, Hangzhou: *# Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics *#

Zhejiang Gongshang University Zhejiang Gongshang University (; abbreviated as ZJGSU or ZJSU) is a public higher educational institution that focuses on the fields of social science. The university is administrated by Zhejiang Province. "Zhejiang" is the province where the un ...

Hangzhou Normal University Hangzhou Normal University (), or Hangzhou Teachers College, is a public university in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, China. Having merged with Hangzhou Education College and Hangzhou Medical Junior College, HNU comprises nine c ...

Hangzhou Dianzi University Hangzhou Dianzi University (HDU) () is a government funded public university in Hangzhou, China. It is under the co-guidance of the Zhejiang Provincial Government and the Ministry of Information Industry of China. It was founded in 1956 as the s ...

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU; ) is a university in Zhejiang province that provides programs in the fields of engineering, sciences, humanities (arts), economics, management and law with engineering being its main focus. It is run jointly b ...

*# China Jiliang University *# Communication University of Zhejiang *# Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power *# Zhejiang Financial College *# Zhejiang Institute of Economics and Trade *# Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics *# Zhejiang Police Vocational Academy *# Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College *# Zhejiang Yuying College of Vocational and Technology * Xiaoheshan Higher Education Park, Hangzhou: *# Zhejiang University of Technology *#

Zhejiang University of Science and Technology Zhejiang University of Science and Technology (ZUST; ) is a public university located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital an ...

Zhejiang International Studies University Zhejiang International Studies University () is located in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang International Studies University (ZISU), situated near the West Lake, is run by Zhejiang Provincial Government. Brief history The main ro ...

*# Zhejiang Changzheng Vocational and Technical College * Binjiang Higher Education Park, Hangzhou: *#

Zhejiang Chinese Medical University Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (ZJMU; ) is a comprehensive public university based in Hangzhou city, capital of Zhejiang province Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Repub ...

*# Zhejiang Police College *# Hangzhou Medical School *# Zhejiang Changzheng Vocational and Technical College *# Zhejiang Vocational College of Commerce *# Zhejiang Vocational Academy of Art * Xiaoshan Higher Education Park, Hangzhou: *#

Zhejiang Normal University Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) is a comprehensive public university in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China. Its main campus is next to the Shuanglong Cave Shuanglong Cave () is a water-filled karst cave some from Jinhua City, Zhejiang P ...

*# Zhejiang College of Sports *# Zhejiang Tongji Vocational College of Science and Technology *# Tourism College of Zhejiang *# Zhejiang College of Construction * Wenzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Wenzhou *# Wenzhou Medical University *#

Wenzhou University Wenzhou University (WZU; ) is a comprehensive public university in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of ...

*# Wenzhou Medical University Renji College *# Wenzhou Vocational and Technical College *# Wenzhou Business College *# Wenzhou-Kean University

Military academies

Public universities

Directly supervised by the central government

Co-founded by local and central governments

Degree education

Vocational education

Other provincial universities and colleges

Private universities

Degree education

Independent colleges

Sino-foreign joint universities

Vocational education

Historical universities

Summary

By university town

By engagement in national higher education plans

By academic disciplines ranking

By administrative district

See also

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