Wanli Education Group (WEG) is situated in the city of
Ningbo
Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...
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 Jiangs ...
province, near
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
.
About the Group
In June 1993, WEG took over an engineer school on the verge of bankruptcy and established an international school whose offer ranges from kindergarten to higher education.
In a decade or so, due to a rapidly increasing demand, WEG reached an enrollment level of 24,000 students, with a teaching and administrative staff of 2,100 people.
Using a land surface of 3000 mu (200 hectares), WEG built a surface area of 1 million square meters. In the context of the educational reforms and modernization policies, WEG claims to be an experimental institution which is implementing a new kind of management model "centered on the students". After achieving a relative level of recognition in primary and secondary education, WEG is now trying to upgrade its higher education offer, notably through a joint-venture initiated in 2004 with the
University of Nottingham
, mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom
, established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status
, type = Public
, chancellor ...
in the UK.
At the moment, WEG's higher education offer in the city of Ningbo is divided between the Chinese-speaking and English-speaking campuses which are located in the same district of
Yinzhou:
Zhejiang Wanli Institute (浙江万里学院)
University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
, mottoeng = "A City is built on Wisdom"
, established = 2004
, type = Public
, chancellor = Fujia Yang
, vice_chancellor = Shearer West
, provost = Nick M ...
(UNNC)
At the provincial level, WEG may be compared with similar education groups like
Hangzhou
Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...
's Greentown (浙江绿城教育投资有限公司) which also operates a large network of schools from kindergarten to secondary education.
External links
Wanli Education Groupin Chinese only)
Zhejiang Wanli Institute(Law School, English version)
Greentown Education Group(in Chinese only)
Education in Ningbo