ZJUI's BEST Program earns rave reviews: fostering excellence in engineering and cultural Exchange
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2023-08-28
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The BIM-ZJUI Excellence Summer Training (BEST) program, a collaboration between the Zhejiang University-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute (ZJUI) and the Beasiswa Indonesia Maju (BIM) Scholarship Program, has concluded with resounding success, receiving high praise for its commitment to engineering excellence and cross-cultural enrichment. Spanning from July 1st to 13th, the BEST program welcomed twenty high school students and two teachers from Indonesia to ZJUI's Internation...
Empowering global youth for a sustainable future: ZJU’s SDG Global Summer School unveiled
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2023-08-23
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“The SDGs are a common vision for humanity and a series of actions to benefit people and our planet,” stated Prof. HE Lianzhen, vice president of Zhejiang University, during the virtual the opening ceremony of the 2nd SDG Global Summer School held on July 31st. Themed on “SDG for a Shared Future”, the Summer School has gathered over a thousand young students from 82 countries and regions around the world, who will be exploring innovative paths towards a sustainable future together over ...
UCL president & provost Michael Spence delivers speech at ZJU
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2023-08-23
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On May 19, Dr. Michael Spence, president & provost of University College London, visited Zhejiang University and gave a lecture in the Global Lecture Series.ZJU President DU Jiangfeng warmly welcomed Dr. Spence and his delegation, briefing them on ZJU’s latest development. He emphasized the significance of UCL as an important partner of Zhejiang University, highlighting the strong foundation of cooperation between the two institutions. He expressed the hope that Dr. Spence's visit would...
Institut Polytechnique de Paris delegation visits Zhejiang University
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2023-08-23
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On April 26, a delegation from Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), led by Elisabeth Crépon, vice-president for International Affairs and Dominique Rossin, vice-president for Education, visited Zhejiang University. HE Lianzhen, vice president of Zhejiang University met with the guests. HE Lianzhen extended her cordial welcome to the IP Paris delegation. She recalled the solid foundation of cooperation between the two sides and introduced the latest progress that Zhejiang University ...
Relaunch of the SAHZU international joint training program
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2023-08-23
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This spring saw the return after three years of international students and physicians to the campuses of the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU).Louie Wang, a medical student at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), was the first medical student that registered for a medical elective at SAHZU. He swiftly booked a flight to Hangzhou.The Department of Emergency Medicine at SAHZU, which is ranked fourth in emergency medicine in China, is where Louie Wan...
2nd Sino-German Forum concludes, green building a key focus
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2022-06-16
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the China-Germany diplomatic ties. As one of the important events in the Sustainability Action Plan: A Global ZJU for Social Good, also called “Z4G” for short, the 2nd Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum was successfully held online on June 10. Themed on “Empower SDGs with Green Building”, the forum brought together 30 distinguished scholars from China and Germany. They engaged in in-depth discussions on low-carbon concrete structures, building d...
Global representatives from multi-stakeholders join the heated discussion on “Open Science and Quality Graduate Education in Global South”
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2022-05-09
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On May 4, a side event under the framework of the 7th UN STI Forum, was hosted to engage representatives from multi-stakeholders including leadinguniversities, global publishers, NGOs and academics to explore the interaction between ‘open science’ and ‘quality graduate education’ in Global South under South-South collaborations. Stimulating dialogue was addressed for all the panelists to forge a consensus over the concept of open science on graduate education in Global South and deliver...
ZJU and UIUC kick off 20th anniversary of partnership virtually
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2022-04-24
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On April 19, Zhejiang University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) held an online meeting, marking the kick-off for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of partnership. Present at the meeting were ZJU President WU Zhaohui, ZJU Vice President HE Lianzhen, UIUC Chancellor Robert J. Jones, UIUC Vice Chancellor Susan Martinis, UIUC Vice Chancellor Sean Garrick, and representatives from the two universities. The meeting was co-chaired by LI Min, director of the ZJU Off...
1st Asia-Pacific Carbon Neutrality Symposium successfully held
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2022-04-20
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It is not only a strategic course of action in response to climate change but also an inevitable option to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind that every nation should achieve peak CO2 emissions to carbon neutrality. As part of the 125th anniversary of Zhejiang University and Global ZJU for Social Good (Z4G), the 1st Asia-Pacific Carbon Neutrality Symposium was successfully held virtually on April 11-12. The symposium was jointly hosted by Zhejiang...
ZJU’s Global Summer School recruitment kicks off
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2022-04-01
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Curious about future cities in science fiction movies? Eager to address digital divide in the upcoming smart city? Want to know how many trees you need to plant to neutralize your carbon emissions in a year? Heads up! Keys to these interesting questions are hidden in ZJU’s Global Summer School! As part of Z4G, Zhejiang University’s sustainability action plan, the two-week Summer School is launched to inspire the young students to electrify the global community in response to the UN 2030 Agenda...