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60-507: Zhejiang University ( ZJU ) is a public university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang , China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education . The university is part of Double First-Class Construction , Project 985 , and Project 211 . The university was established as National Third Chungshan University in 1927, in memory of Sun Yat-sen , and soon renamed as National Chekiang University in 1928. During

120-746: A branch in the campus since October 2016. Later, the Institute of Ningbo was founded in June 2018 within the campus of Ningbo Institute of Technology (NIT), Zhejiang University . In January 2020, the NIT was made independent from Zhejiang University and renamed as NingboTech University, but remains in the campus. The campus is also home to the School of Software Technology, Zhejiang University. The university also has several research institutes off its campuses within Zhejiang, which include

180-573: A meeting with Tan Zhenlin in Beijing, red guards from ZJU were told that Mao Zedong wanted to protect Jiang Hua in this revolution. This led to a split within red guards in Zhejiang, particularly with another faction led by Zhang Yongsheng from the Chinese Academy of Art, who wanted to persecute Jiang Hua. The two factions fought each other constantly throughout the Cultural Revolution. With

240-619: A public poll in 2021, the South Gate was voted as the ugliest building in China. Zheda Road that stretches from the main gate of the campus to the High School Attached to Zhejiang University was known for its road greening landscape design. Alongside the road is a compound named Zheda Qiushi Village, also known as Qiushi Village, which was the residential area for Zhejiang University faculty and their family. Qiushi Primary School, also known as

300-652: Is a campus that opened in 2015 and serves as the campus for the Ocean College . It is located in Lincheng, Dinghai District , Zhoushan City on the Zhoushan Island . The Library of the Ocean College is located in the north of the campus. Between the library and the south gate is a meadow. The university's only training ship, named Zijingang, is deployed at the campus. Only third-year and fourth-year undergraduate students of

360-765: Is home to Guanghua Law School. Before being acquired by Zhejiang University in 1952, the Zhijiang campus served as the main campus of Hangchow University , and is located on the Yuelun Hill next to the Qiantang River and the Liuhe Pagoda . The campus is now home to James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Guanghua Law School and the Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences . The Library of Guanghua Law School

420-556: Is located in the Center of campus. Between the library and the south gate of the campus is a large meadow. The campus is next to Xuejun High School. Xuejun used to be the affiliated high school of Hangzhou University, and is among top two high schools in Hangzhou, hence a major source of students admitted into Zhejiang University. Due to the location, the university canteen at Xixi was often overloaded with high school students. The Huajiachi campus

480-637: Is located to the north of the Main Teaching Building. Several buildings in the campus are listed as the Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level . The 2010 movie Aftershock made the campus a popular tourist destination within the city, as the movie was shot on location within the campus to mimic a Chinese university life in the 1980s. Zhoushan campus ( simplified Chinese : 舟山校区 ; traditional Chinese : 舟山校區 )

540-522: Is part of C9 League . Established in 1897 by Hangzhou's mayor, Lin Qi, Qiushi Academy was the major predecessor to Zhejiang University (ZJU). The educational reforms of 1902 and 1904 in China led to the academy being renamed Chekiang University in 1902, and subsequently Chekiang Higher Institute in 1903. Elmer L. Mattox of Hangchow Presbyterian College was appointed as the head teacher of the college, responsible for supervising and organising teaching. The Institute

600-569: Is right. ( Chinese : 君子之學,唯求其是 )" It was made the name of the former body Qiushi Academy in 1897, which means seeking truth and has the same pronunciation as truth in English. According to Chu, Seeking truth is not limited to studying hard or doing experiments in the lab. As Doctrine of the Mean says, seeking truth is 'to study extensively, inquire prudently, think carefully, distinguish clearly, and practice earnestly.' In May 1988, "pursuing innovation"

660-681: The Complete Library of the Four Treasuries housed in the Wenlan Pavilion , to prevent their capture by Japanese forces. In March 1945, Fei Gong, an NCKU professor and critic of the Nationalist government, disappeared in Chongqing in what was later proved to be a government assassination. In September, with the surrender of Japan, a group of NCKU professors led by Luo Zongluo were ordered by

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720-672: The Hangzhou Metro to the east of the campus and Zijingang Campus Zhejiang University Station on the south side. The South Gate of the campus is linked to the Zijingang Campus Zhejiang University station with bridges over the Yuhangtang River, which were opened in February 2022. The gigantic, five-arched South Gate was built with donations from alumni, but widely regarded unfit for the purpose among ZJU students. In

780-749: The Science Society of China and the Critical Review Group. In the second half of 1937, with the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the advance of the Japanese army, the university was forced to move from Hangzhou, first to Yishan, then to Zunyi, and finally to Meitan in Guizhou Province in southwest China. During this period, the students of NCKU took on the responsibility of safeguarding Zhejiang's historical collections, including

840-500: The Thought Reform and Three-anti and Five-anti Campaigns after Ma was appointed the president of Peking University in 1949. ZJU scholars such as Su Buqing , Tan Jiazhen , Wang Guosong became targets of political prosecution. In the early 1950s, the university underwent a series of re-organisation , which aimed to establish a Soviet-styled education system, to eventually became an engineering-focused university., which only had

900-676: The Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE), the Zhejiang University–University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute (ZJUI) and the Imperial College -Zhejiang University Joint Applied Data Science Lab are located within the campus. The Ningbo campus was initiated as a collaboration with Ningbo city government in September 2017, with the campus' administration founded in September 2019. It

960-655: The Communist takeover of the NCKU campus in May 1949. In August 1948, Ma Yinchu was appointed as the university president, who promoted communist education and organisations within the university. In 1950, the new Ministry of Education instructed all universities to remove "National" from their names. Hence the university's name was changed to its present name in Chinese, or Zhejiang University (ZJU). The communist education among faculty evolved into

1020-585: The Innovation Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Zhejiang University Innovation Institute International, Innovative Institute of Basic Medical Sciences of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, the Institute of Wenzhou, Research Institute of Zhejiang University – Taizhou, Institute of Quzhou, Institute of Jinhua, Institute of Huzhou, International Institutes of Medicine in Yiwu , the Institute of Shaoxing, and

1080-629: The Local Court of Hang County reserved as Hangzhou Urban Construction Exhibition Hall. During the University Council meeting held in Yishan , Guangxi on 19 November 1938, "seeking truth" ( Chinese : 求是 ; pinyin : Qiúshì ) was made the motto of the university, upon President Chu Kochen's advice. Qiushi is an excerpt of the famous quote in Yangmingism , "A Gentleman learns only to know what

1140-746: The National Key Universities. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out and the university ceased to function. Liu Dan was removed from office after being attacked by the Zhejiang Daily and the People's Daily. There was an emergence of radical groups in favour of Cultural Revolution. In August, the ZJU students confronted with younger red guards , who were mostly high school students, to protect Lingyin Temple from their attempts to destroy Four Olds . In 1967, at

1200-730: The Northern Expedition in July 1927, the Kuomintang (KMT) took control of Hangzhou and established the National Third Chungshan University, by merging Chekiang Industrial College and Chekiang Agricultural College on the original site of Qiushi Academy. On 1 April 1928, the institution was renamed Chekiang University, and later that year it was renamed National Chekiang University (NCKU), with Jiang Menglin , an alumnus and teacher of Qiushi, as its first president. In 1929, Jiang

1260-451: The Ocean College and postgraduate students studied at the campus, while first-year and second-year students of the college receive education at Zijingang before moving to the campus in their third year. Haining International Campus ( 海宁国际校区 ) is located in the Zhejiang city of Haining . Clusters of international cooperative partners and institutions reside at this campus, which opened in 2016 as part of Zhejiang University. Student studying at

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1320-546: The Ocean Research Center of Zhoushan. The institutes and research Centers outside the province include the Institute of State System Research (Beijing Research Center), Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study, Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, the Institute of Shenzhen, Suzhou Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Changzhou Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Zhongyuan Institute in Zhengzhou. During

1380-516: The People's Republic of China History of science and technology in China References [ edit ] ^ "90年几起几伏 《科学》见证中国科学" . Archived from the original on 2006-12-30 . Retrieved 2007-02-03 . ^ "中国科学社生物研究所——中国最早的生物学研究机构 (《中国科技史料》)" . Archived from the original on 2014-01-07 . Retrieved 2014-01-07 . External links [ edit ] Saving China through Science Jia Sheng, The Origins of

1440-674: The Primary School Attached to Zhejiang University, and Hangzhou No. 15 Middle School, also known as the Junior High School Attached to Zhejiang University, are located near the compound. The Yuquan 1897 cafe within the campus is an English corner every Wednesday evening. Xixi campus was previously the site of the former Hangzhou University before it merged into Zhejiang University in 1998. The campus hosts Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, School of Art and Archaeology, and Zhejiang University Press. The library

1500-556: The Second World War, the university left its campus in Hangzhou to evade Japanese invasion. During the wartime relocation, the university also temporarily used the campuses in Jiande in 1937, Ji'an , Taihe Yishan in 1938, before it finally arrived in Meitan and Zunyi, Guizhou in southwest China in early 1940. The university operated there for seven years until the war ended. In June 1939,

1560-653: The Society established a major biological research laboratory in Nanjing . The Society devoted itself to the popularization of science , the improvement of science education , the standardization in Chinese translation of scientific vocabularies, and participation in international scientific meetings. It was the leading scientific organization in China prior to the establishment of government-sponsored Academia Sinica (1928) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (1949). See also [ edit ] History of science and technology in

1620-610: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 765639820 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:52:42 GMT Science Society of China Former science organization in China [REDACTED] Science Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1, published in 1915 The Science Society of China ( simplified Chinese : 中国科学社 ; traditional Chinese : 中國科學社 , 1915-1960)

1680-518: The alumni says, "Zhejiang University needs an upright and capable academic leader, not a mediocre chief executive." In November 2013, Chu Jian, vice president of the university who was rumoured to be behind the rare petition, was arrested for bribery, yet he was not tried until 2017 and was soon released after he was sentenced to 3 years in jail which had almost been fulfilled by the time of trial. In September 2013, amid extensive objection from local residents and university alumni, part of Huajiachi campus

1740-415: The calligraphy and logo in red or blue if using a blank flag or in white if using a blue or red flag is used as the flags of the university. Chu Kochen , who served as the president of National Chekiang University from 1936 to 1949, is credited with a major impact on the guiding spirit of Zhejiang University. His two open questions for the freshmen who enrolled in 1936 has been inscribed in the stone next to

1800-447: The campus are also enrolled in the residential college . The first master of the college is Professor Lap-Chee Tsui . The International Campus Library is a three-storey octagonal building located on the northeast shore of the central lake of the campus. The campus is served by International Campus, ZJU station of Hangzhou–Haining intercity railway , which opened on 28 June 2021. Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS),

1860-492: The campus, hence the name of the campus. The library is located on the east shore of the Huajiachi. The university made a plan to move out from the campus in 2007. As part of the plan, one fourth of the campus had been sold in 2013. In the plan, the campus will be transformed into a lakeside park that reserves most of the campus' old buildings. The Zhijiang campus ( simplified Chinese : 之江校区 ; traditional Chinese : 之江校區 )

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1920-920: The case, and eventually expelled the student. In November 2020, the university founded its new Ningbo campus. In 2019, the Institute of Hainan were founded in Sanya , Hainan. In 2021, new institutes were founded in Quzhou, Jinhua, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing and Taizhou within Zhejiang. In March 2021, tech tycoon Colin Huang donated $ 100 million to support the university's Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study. With seven campuses, namely Zijingang, Yuquan, Xixi, Huajiachi, Zhijiang, Zhoushan, International campus in Haining and Ningbo, Zhejiang University encompasses an area of 6.22 square kilometers with school buildings covering 3.67 million square meters of floor space. Zijingang campus serves as

1980-534: The death of Yu Zisan , the president of the university's student union, led to strikes and protests. While Chu attempted to strike a balance between his students and the Nationalist government, his relationship with the students worsened and he moved to Shanghai, upon the request of the Nationalist government. But he eventually did not move to Taiwan and secretly stayed at the Academia Sinica building in Shanghai, until

2040-475: The departments of electrical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering and mechanical engineering. The engineering school of Hangchow University merged into ZJU. The university's College of Agriculture became an independent university, named Zhejiang Agricultural University. The university's medical school merged into Zhejiang Provincial Medical College to become Zhejiang Medical College. The departments of Chinese Literature, Foreign Literature and Education

2100-525: The end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, Liu returned to ZJU as the honorary president, the only by far. In November 1980, ZJU became co-funded by both Ministry of Education and Zhejiang's provincial government. In 1989, Zhejiang University students, along with more than 10 other universities in Hangzhou, demonstrated in Wulin Square in support of the democracy movement in Beijing. After hearing of

2160-658: The government to take over the Japanese Imperial University in Taiwan . In October, the students and faculty who had retreated to Longquan began to return to Hangzhou, while those who had retreated to Guizhou returned in May 1946 with the help of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration . The university set up its first medical school on the instructions of the Ministry of Education. In late 1947,

2220-410: The group have been publicly listed, including Insigma Technology, United Mechanical & Electrical, and Shenghua Land. In October 2005, the university's Hubin campus was sold at the price of 2.46 billion Chinese yuan to Kerry Properties for commercial complex development. In June 2012, Zhejiang University founded the Ocean College in collaboration with Zhoushan municipal government. In December 2014,

2280-538: The logos of NingboTech University and Zhejiang University City College , which was formerly affiliated institutions of Zhejiang University turned independent in December 2019. The current logo of Zhejiang University was introduced by the university council meeting in January 1991. The logo was officially digitized in May 2017. The Chinese character calligraphy in the logo is taken from Mao Zedong 's writing . A combination of

2340-558: The main campus of Zhejiang University and is located in the northwest of Hangzhou. There are two libraries in the campus, i.e. the Basic Library next to the east gate and the Library of Agriculture and Medicine in the southeast corner and Library of Ancient Books in the south of the campus. The first floor of the Basic Library is an English corner every Tuesday and Thursday night. The campus is served by Sanba Station and Xialongwei Station of

2400-512: The main gate of the Zijingang Campus as well as multiple sites within the university, which says, You have two questions to ask yourself: First, what do you want to do at Zheda? Second, when you graduate, what kind of people do you want to be? In another quote that is often displayed in the campus, Chu Kochen talks about the aim of university education, where he says, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Too Many Requests If you report this error to

2460-488: The massacre in Beijing, the student protesters blocked the railway at Nanxingqiao station with their bodies for three days before negotiating with the vice-governor, Chai Songyue. At least 60 passenger trains and 166 freight trains were blocked during the protest. Since 1988 to 1995, Lu Yongxiang assumed the president of Zhejiang University, during which he made "pursuing innovation" part of the university motto and reformed teaching and research systems, including introduction of

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2520-467: The police to arrest student demonstrators. Chu Kochen , a scholar with no previous political appointments, was recommended to Chiang Kai-shek by Chen Bulei for the presidency of NCKU in April 1936. Kochen's inauguration was presided over by Jiang Menglin . Backed by Chen Bulei's strong financial backing and authority to make political appointments within the university, Chu was able to attract leading members of

2580-399: The present-day ZJU as a comprehensive university. The university maintains 7 faculties with 37 colleges and schools, offering about 140 undergraduate and 300 graduate programs. The university also has seven affiliated hospitals, 1 museum, 2 international joint institutes. 52 members of ZJU faculty are the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering . It

2640-484: The presidency of Chu Kochen from 1936 to 1949, the university retreated to Guizhou in Western China during the Sino-Japanese War, before it moved back to Hangzhou in 1946. After the Communist Revolution , the university was re-organized as an engineering-specialized university in 1952. In 1998, Zhejiang Medical University , Hangzhou University and Zhejiang Agricultural University , which were derived from former departments of Chekiang University, merged and formed

2700-422: The program of Advanced Honor Class of Engineering Education. In 1995, it was selected into Project 211. In 1997, Wang Ganchang and Bei Shizhang in Beijing, and Su Buqing and Tan Jiazhen in Shanghai, wrote a joint letter to the then General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Jiang Zemin, recommending a merger of the four universities. In 1998, with the approval of the State Council, the new Zhejiang University

2760-478: The reality, with no emphasis on being creative and innovative. During the 19 November 1938 university council meeting, the neo-Confucianism scholar Ma Yifu , who was teaching at Chekiang was invited by President Chu to be the lyric writer of the university anthem, upon Chu's advice. However, as the lyric by Ma was written in Classical Chinese and thus difficult-to-understand, the anthem wasn't composed until Professor Ying Shangneng at National Conservatory of Music

2820-437: The university began to receive direct funding from the central government. In March 1933, Kuo Zing-Yang , another KMT member, became president. But as the Sino-Japanese conflict intensified and the Nationalist government's response to the invasion was perceived as lenient, its popularity waned. This discontent culminated in the December 9 Movement of 1935, when students ousted Kuo from office, accusing him of collaborating with

2880-410: The university responded that it had no substantial plan to restore the Meitan campus. The university had a Hubin campus, which was the former site of Zhejiang Medical University. Most of the campus was demolished in January 2007 and turned into the Kerry Center, a modern commercial complex connected with Fengqi Road station of Hangzhou Metro, except for the former site of the High Court of Zhejiang and

2940-423: The university set up a satellite campus headed by Zheng Xiaocang in Longquan , Zhejiang. In 2016, Dr. Ye Yongfei of the central committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang suggest that the university restore the Meitan campus to support economic development in western China , which was echoed by the local government of Zunyi who set up a committee to gather support in 2018. In March 2018,

3000-449: The university signed an agreement with the University of Edinburgh to form a joint institute at the Haining campus. In July 2015, another agreement to build a joint institute was signed with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . In September 2016, the new Haining campus came into use. In April 2013, 53 alumni co-signed a petition against the appointment of Lin Jianhua as Zhejiang University's new president. An open letter by

3060-495: Was a major science organization in the modern history of China . It was initiated by Chinese students at Cornell University in 1914, including P.C. King , H. C. Zen , Zhou Ren , Hsingfo Yang and later renamed Science Society of China. In 1915 it began publication in China of a major journal, Kexue ( Science ), which was patterned on the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1918 Science Society of China founded headquarters in Nanjing . In 1922

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3120-426: Was added to the university motto by the university council, to adapt the motto to the times of reforms and opening up . President Lu Yongxiang explained in 1992, Strictly speaking, pursuing innovation is included in seeking truth, [...] but people often regard seeking truth as being practical, emphasising the acknowledgement and application of the existing body of knowledge and the objective analysis and knowledge of

3180-403: Was based on the campus of the former Ningbo Institute of Technology (NIT) of Zhejiang University (now NingboTech University). Zhejiang University library has not set up a branch library in the campus, yet its resources are available at NingboTech's library. The campus is served by South Higher Education Park Station of Ningbo Rail Transit . The Polytechnic Institute of Zhejiang University started

3240-461: Was established as a merger of four major universities. With over 30,000 students and 10,000 staff, the new Zhejiang University was considered the largest higher education institution in Asia. Zhang Junsheng was appointed Party secretary of the university to oversee the merger. In 2005, the university founded Zhejiang University Holding Group, later renamed as Zhejiang University Yuanzheng Holding Group. As of 2022, there are several companies affiliated to

3300-467: Was invited to compose the anthem in the summer of 1941. In 2014, the Zhejiang University Anthem was ranked the most popular university anthem, according to an online survey by the news office of the Ministry of Education. The university's mascot is Qiushi eagle, which was first portrayed within its seal used by National Chekiang University during the 1920s and 1930s and then reintroduced in the 1990 logo of Zhejiang University. The Qiushi eagle also appears in

3360-403: Was merged into Zhejiang Teachers College and relocated to the campus of Hangchow University. The faculty of College of Sciences were sent to Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1954, the university moved from Daxue Road to Yuquan. Liu Dan, the university's Party Secretary , restored sciences research and education as part of the university's engineering offerings. In 1963, ZJU was selected as one of

3420-406: Was previously Zhejiang Agricultural University before merging with Zhejiang University and served as the old Huajiachi Campus for the National Chekiang University before the early 1950s. The campus is home to the departments of dentistry and agriculture, plus the College of Continuing Education. The Huajiachi campus is Zhejiang University's oldest campus. The Huajiachi initially refers to a lake within

3480-407: Was sold at the price of 13.67 billion Chinese yuan, making the land the most expensive in the city's history. In July 2020, the university came under intense criticism for allowing an ethnic minority student convicted of rape to remain enrolled . The public questioned whether the university's decision was too lenient for sexual harassments. The overwhelming public opinions made the university review

3540-436: Was succeeded by Shao Peizi , also an alumnus and teacher of Qiushi. Shao refused to join KMT, which led to a tense relationship between the university and the government, and the government withdrew funding in 1932, leading to Shao's resignation. Cheng Tien-fong , a member of the KMT, was then appointed by the Nationalist government as the new president. Under his leadership, with the personal intervention of Chiang Kai-shek ,

3600-434: Was the first provincial educational institution to send students to study abroad. However, the proposed reforms under the new republican government following the 1911 revolution sparked controversy, causing the Institutes to cease student recruitment in 1912 and ultimately close in 1914. After the closure of Cheking Higher Institute, the attempts to restore the institute was unsuccessful due to conflicts between warlords. After

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