Hangzhou City University

Hangzhou City University is a public undergraduate university in Gongshu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, owned by the Hangzhou Municipal Government, founded in July 1999 as Zhejiang University City College and converted to its present name by a Ministry of Education decision of 7 January 2020, and it offers undergraduate programs together with master's programs authorized in 2022.浙大城市学院是一所位于中国浙江杭州拱墅区的公立本科高校，由杭州市人民政府举办，1999年7月以浙江大学城市学院之名创办，2020年1月7日经教育部批准转设为现名，办学定位为应用型本科，以本科教育为主并于2022年起开展硕士研究生教育。

Its predecessor was China's first private independent college founded by a national key university, jointly operated by Zhejiang University and the Hangzhou Municipal Government as a full-time undergraduate institution.其前身是中国首家由国家重点大学创办的民办独立学院，由浙江大学与杭州市人民政府合作办学，办学层次为全日制普通本科。

After becoming a municipal public institution the university gained master's degree authority in 2022 in electronic information, civil and hydraulic engineering, and art, and it remains an applied undergraduate university.转设为市属公办高校后，学校于2022年获得硕士学位授予权，硕士点包括电子信息、土木水利和艺术三个类别，研究生培养层次由此获得正式授权，办学定位保持应用型本科。

History

• Zhejiang University City College was formally established in July 1999 with the approval of the Ministry of Education and the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government as a full-time ordinary undergraduate college.浙江大学城市学院于1999年7月经教育部和浙江省人民政府批准正式成立，为全日制普通本科高校，由浙江大学与杭州市人民政府合作举办。
• It was the first private independent college in China created by a national key university and was jointly operated by Zhejiang University and the Hangzhou Municipal Government as a full-time undergraduate institution.它是中国首家由国家重点大学创办的民办独立学院，由浙江大学与杭州市人民政府合作举办，属全日制普通本科高校，这一身份在当时的中国高等教育中并无先例。
• The college was positioned to train high-level applied talent, to develop a diversity of disciplines and to emphasise exchange and cooperation with international institutions.学院定位为培养高层次应用型人才、发展多样性学科，并重视与国际院校的交流合作，这一办学方向贯穿其独立学院时期。
• Its graduates initially received bachelor's degrees from Zhejiang University, and from the class of 2012 the college awarded degrees in its own name.学院毕业生最初获授浙江大学学士学位，从2012届毕业生开始改由学院独立授予学位，学位授予主体由此发生转变。
• In April 2012 the college obtained authority to confer bachelor's degrees independently, formalising the change that had begun with the 2012 graduating class.2012年4月，学院获得学士学位授予权，这一授权使2012届开始的独立授位正式确立，学院由此具备完整的本科授位资格。
• In 2017 it was selected as a cultivation unit for professional master's degree programs in Zhejiang Province, an early step toward graduate education.2017年，学院成为浙江省专业硕士点培育建设立项单位，这是其向研究生教育迈出的早期一步，为后来的硕士授权积累了条件。
• In July 2019 it was approved to establish a Zhejiang provincial postdoctoral workstation, adding a postdoctoral platform to its research system.2019年7月，学院获批设立浙江省博士后工作站，在科研体系中增加了博士后平台，科研训练由此延伸到博士层次之后。
• On 7 January 2020 the Ministry of Education approved the conversion of Zhejiang University City College into Hangzhou City University, a Hangzhou municipal public undergraduate institution with an applied orientation.2020年1月7日，教育部批准浙江大学城市学院转设为浙大城市学院，为杭州市属公办本科层次普通高校，定位为应用型高校，学校由此完成从独立学院到市属公办大学的转变。
• The same decision abolished the separate corporate identity of Zhejiang University City College, ending the independent college created in 1999.同一决定同时撤销了浙江大学城市学院的建制，结束了这所1999年创办的独立学院的法律身份，原有办学资源由新设大学承接。
• In June 2020 the Hangzhou Municipal Government and Zhejiang University signed a cooperation agreement pledging support beyond conventional levels for the new university's ten-year push to enter the national top 100.2020年6月，杭州市人民政府与浙江大学签署合作协议，以「超常规」支持这所新大学用十年时间进入全国百强，市校合作由此进入新阶段。
• In 2022 the university was authorized to grant master's degrees and added programs in electronic information, civil and hydraulic engineering and art.2022年，学校获批硕士学位授予权，并增列电子信息硕士、土木水利硕士和艺术硕士三个硕士点，硕士层次人才培养正式展开。
• The new master's programs were nevertheless required to strengthen their construction pending review by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee.新设硕士点仍需进一步加强建设，等待国务院学位委员会组织核查，这一要求写入了当年的授权文件。
• Lu Shijie served as dean of the college from July 1999 to July 2005, the founding period in which the institution admitted its first students.鲁世杰于1999年7月至2005年7月担任学院院长，这一时期正是学校创立并迎来首批学生的阶段，他因此成为首任院长。
• Wang Liren led the college from July 2005 to April 2008, and Wu Jian served from April 2008 to December 2017.王立人于2005年7月至2008年4月执掌学院，吴健则于2008年4月至2017年12月任职，两人先后主持了学院扩张阶段的校务。
• Wei Wei was dean from December 2017 to April 2020, serving through the conversion to university status in January 2020.韦巍于2017年12月至2020年4月任院长，任内经历了2020年1月的转设进程，学院在此期间完成身份转换。
• Luo Weidong became president in April 2020, the first to hold the title after the conversion, and served until November 2023.罗卫东于2020年4月出任校长，是转设后首位使用校长职衔的负责人，任职至2023年11月，任内学校获得硕士授权。
• Yang Bo has served as president since February 2025, taking office more than a year after Luo Weidong left the post in November 2023.杨波自2025年2月起担任校长，距罗卫东2023年11月离任已过去一年多，学校最高负责人一职由此完成又一次交接。
• The college's four provincial key disciplines in pharmacology, computer application technology, business management and geotechnical engineering once gave it the largest number of such disciplines among Zhejiang's independent colleges.学院在药理学、计算机应用技术、企业管理和岩土工程四个省级重点学科上的数量曾位列浙江省独立学院首位，学科布局以应用方向为主。
• Because it began as an independent college of Zhejiang University, its early academic staff and curriculum drew on the parent university's resources.由于最初是浙江大学的独立学院，学校早期的师资与课程依托母体大学的资源，教学质量由此得到保障。
• The 2020 conversion made it a city-run university under the Hangzhou Municipal Government rather than a college attached to Zhejiang University.2020年的转设使其成为杭州市人民政府举办的市属大学，而不再是浙江大学下设的学院，办学主体与隶属关系随之改变。
• Zhejiang University, the founding partner, was established in 1897 and is based in Hangzhou, the same city as the university.创办伙伴浙江大学建立于1897年，校址同样位于杭州，与浙大城市学院同城相望，两校的合作因而具有地缘上的便利。
• The college operated as an independent college for 21 years, from its founding in July 1999 until the January 2020 conversion, when it became a municipal public university.从1999年7月创办到2020年1月转设，学院作为独立学院办学21年，随后成为市属公办大学，办学历史由此进入新阶段。

Academics

• The university maintains four provincial key disciplines: pharmacology, computer application technology, business management and geotechnical engineering.学校建有四个省级重点学科，分别为药理学、计算机应用技术、企业管理和岩土工程，覆盖医药、信息技术、管理与土木四个应用领域。
• In 2022 its master's degree authorization covered electronic information, civil and hydraulic engineering and art, the three categories in which it now trains graduate students.2022年获批的硕士学位授权覆盖电子信息、土木水利和艺术三个类别，学校目前即在这三类中培养硕士研究生，硕士教育以专业应用为导向。
• Bachelor's degrees have been conferred in the university's own name since the class of 2012, following the degree authority granted in April that year.自2012届毕业生起，学士学位由学校以自身名义授予，这一做法源于当年4月获得的学位授权，此前的学位由浙江大学颁发。
• The provincial postdoctoral workstation, approved in July 2019, supports research training beyond the master's level.2019年7月获批的省级博士后工作站支持硕士层次以上的科研训练，学校因此具备接收博士后研究人员的平台。
• Its applied orientation shapes the curriculum, which emphasises professional practice alongside academic study.应用型定位塑造了课程体系，在学术学习之外强调专业实践，教学内容与行业需求保持对应。
• The university partners with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and with the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies and Macau University of Science and Technology.学校与香港理工大学以及澳门旅游学院、澳门科技大学建立合作关系，合作范围覆盖香港与澳门两个特别行政区。
• In Taiwan it cooperates with five institutions: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Ming Chuan University, National Chi Nan International University, Shih Hsin University and Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology.在台湾地区，学校与国立云林科技大学、铭传大学、国立暨南国际大学、世新大学和南台科技大学五所院校合作，合作对象以科技类与综合类大学为主。
• Its American partners are the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in Nebraska, and California State University, Chico, in California.其美国合作伙伴为内布拉斯加州的内布拉斯加大学林肯分校和加利福尼亚州的加州州立大学奇科分校，两校均为美国州立大学系统成员。
• In Europe it works with Heriot-Watt University in Scotland and Rennes School of Business in France.在欧洲，学校与苏格兰的赫瑞瓦特大学和法国的雷恩高等商学院合作，合作院校分别位于英国与法国。
• In Japan it cooperates with Saga University and Nagasaki International University, and in Singapore with Singapore Polytechnic.在日本，学校与佐贺大学和长崎国际大学合作，在新加坡则与新加坡理工学院合作，亚洲合作网络由此延伸至东亚与东南亚。
• The partner list names fifteen institutions in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, the United States, Britain, France, Japan and Singapore.合作院校名单共列出十五所院校，分布于香港、澳门、台湾地区以及美国、英国、法国、日本和新加坡。
• Those fifteen partners break down as five in Taiwan, three in Hong Kong and Macao, two in the United States, two in Europe, two in Japan and one in Singapore.十五所合作院校的分布为台湾地区五所、香港与澳门三所、美国两所、欧洲两所、日本两所、新加坡一所。
• The teaching stock includes seven general teaching buildings, six liberal arts buildings and five science and engineering buildings, eighteen blocks in all, which form the main teaching space of the campus.教学设施包括七栋公共教学楼、六栋文科楼和五栋理工科楼，合计十八栋，构成校园教学空间的主体。
• A library and information centre serves the campuses, alongside an administrative building whose expansion is under construction as the seventh liberal arts building.一座图信中心为各校区服务，行政楼扩建工程则作为第七文科楼在建，建成后将补充办公与教学空间。
• The university's four provincial key disciplines were built around applied fields that match Hangzhou's industrial base in pharmaceuticals, software, management and civil engineering.学校的四个省级重点学科围绕应用领域建设，与杭州在医药、软件、管理和土木工程方面的产业基础相契合。
• Zhejiang University's College of Engineers occupies space in the north campus, allowing joint use of teaching and laboratory facilities.浙江大学工程师学院在北校区办学，使教学与实验设施得以共享，两校在同一校园内形成研究生工程教育与本科教育的邻接关系。
• Master's students are trained in the three authorized categories, and the university continues to strengthen those programs for the state review.硕士研究生在三个授权类别中培养，学校持续加强这些项目以迎接国家核查，培养方案与师资配置均按授权要求调整。
• International partnerships support student exchange and joint teaching rather than full degree programs delivered abroad.国际合作主要支持学生交流与联合教学，而非在境外完整开设学位项目，合作形式以交流协议与课程对接为主。
• Undergraduate teaching is organised through the three numbered building series, with the library and information centre as the shared academic core.本科教学依托三个编号系列的教学楼群组织，图信中心则作为共享的学术核心，教室、实验与文献资源集中在同一片区。

Campus

• The university sits in Gongshu District, Hangzhou, where the east-west Huzhou Street, an urban arterial road, divides the campus into north and south sections.学校位于杭州市拱墅区，东西走向的城市主干道湖州街将校园分为南北两个校区，校区格局沿这条道路展开。
• An underground passage connects the north and south campuses beneath Huzhou Street.一条地下通道在湖州街下方连接南北两个校区，行人与非机动车可直接穿行而无需横穿马路。
• Four public bicycle stations stand on Huzhou Street between the two campuses, and bus routes 48, 63, 129 and 26 stop at Chatangqiao.两个校区之间的湖州街上设有四个公共自行车租赁点，48、63、129和26路公交车停靠茶汤桥站，构成校园西侧的主要公共交通节点。
• Bus routes 95, 247 and 7277 serve the Reshuigangqiao stop on the other side of the campus area.95、247和7277路公交车服务于校园另一侧的热水港桥站，与茶汤桥站一起覆盖校园周边的主要公交线路。
• The teaching buildings are numbered one to seven, the liberal arts buildings one to six and the science and engineering buildings one to five.教学楼编号为一至七，文科楼为一至六，理工科楼为一至五，三组编号分别对应公共教学、人文社科与理工实验空间。
• The library and information centre forms the academic core of the campus, next to the classroom blocks.图信中心与教学楼群相邻，构成校园的学术核心，师生在教室与文献资源之间步行即可往返。
• Sports facilities include a covered wind-and-rain playground, a gymnasium and outdoor fields with tennis and basketball courts.体育设施包括风雨操场、体育馆以及设有网球场和篮球场的室外运动场，可满足体育课与日常锻炼的需要。
• Three canteens and the Jinruxin guest house serve students and visitors.三个食堂和金如新楼招待所为学生与来访者提供服务，餐饮与短期住宿集中在校园生活区。
• Ten residence halls, labelled A to J, carry the names Muxian, Hongyi, Jingcheng, Zhiyuan, Shangya, Sirui, Qiuzhen, Weixue, Mingde and Wenyuan.十栋学生宿舍以A至J标示，分别名为慕贤楼、弘毅楼、精诚楼、致远楼、尚雅楼、思睿楼、求真楼、惟学楼、明德楼和问源楼。
• The administrative building is being expanded as the seventh liberal arts building, adding office and teaching space to the north side of the academic area.行政楼正在扩建为第七文科楼，为学术区北侧增加办公与教学空间，工程完工后文科楼系列将由六栋增至七栋。
• Zhejiang University's College of Engineers occupies part of the north campus, giving students access to a neighbouring graduate engineering school.浙江大学工程师学院占据北校区的一部分，使学生能够接触邻近的研究生工程院校，北校区因此兼具本科与研究生教育功能。
• The two-part campus layout keeps teaching buildings in the south and residence halls and sports grounds around them, with Huzhou Street as the main spine.南北两区的布局将教学楼集中在南侧，宿舍与运动场分布其周，湖州街则成为主要轴线，校园功能分区由此形成。

Reputation

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by ShanghaiRanking, Hangzhou City University placed in the 701-800 band.在上海软科发布的2026年世界大学学术排名中，浙大城市学院位列第 701-800 名区间。
• It did not enter the 2027 QS World University Rankings.该校未进入 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名。
• It did not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。
• U.S. News placed it 1,705th in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities ranking.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单中，该校位列第 1,705 名。
• The institution's origin as China's first private independent college founded by a national key university remains a distinctive part of its identity.作为中国首家由国家重点大学创办的民办独立学院，这一出身仍是学校身份的独特组成部分，并常被用于说明其办学渊源。
• Its 2020 conversion into a municipal public university was accompanied by a ten-year goal of entering the national top 100.2020年转设为市属公办大学时，学校同时确立了十年进入全国百强的目标，这一目标写入市校合作协议。
• The 2022 master's degree authorization and the 2019 postdoctoral workstation mark its progression from undergraduate teaching toward graduate education.2022年获得硕士学位授予权、2019年设立博士后工作站，标志着学校从本科教学向研究生教育的推进。
• Its four provincial key disciplines once gave it the largest number of such disciplines among Zhejiang's independent colleges.其四个省级重点学科曾使学校在浙江省独立学院中拥有同类学科数量最多，学科建设在同类院校中处于前列。
• The university's partnerships extend across Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, the United States, Britain, France, Japan and Singapore.该校的合作网络覆盖香港、澳门、台湾地区以及美国、英国、法国、日本和新加坡，共涉及八个国家或地区。
• The Ministry of Education's 2020 decision designated it an applied undergraduate university, the category in which it is now listed within China's higher education system, a designation distinct from that of research universities.教育部2020年的决定将学校定位为应用型本科高校，学校目前即以这一类别列入中国高等教育体系，与以研究型为导向的高校分属不同类别。

Student life

• Students live in ten named residence halls, from Muxian and Hongyi to Mingde and Wenyuan, grouped around the two campuses.学生居住在十栋具名宿舍中，从慕贤楼、弘毅楼到明德楼、问源楼，分布在校区各处，宿舍名称多取传统修身用语。
• Three canteens and the Jinruxin guest house provide dining and short-stay accommodation on campus.三个食堂与金如新楼招待所为校园提供餐饮与短期住宿，生活服务集中在宿舍区附近。
• The covered playground, gymnasium and outdoor courts support physical education and recreation in Hangzhou's rainy climate.风雨操场、体育馆和室外球场在杭州多雨的气候下支撑体育教学与休闲活动，室内场地因此尤为重要。
• Graduates have entered party and government offices, domestic graduate schools including institutions in Hong Kong, and universities in the United States, Britain, Japan, France, Australia and New Zealand.毕业生有的进入党政机关，有的考入包括香港院校在内的国内高校攻读研究生，还有大量学生赴美国、英国、日本、法国、澳大利亚和新西兰的高校深造。
• The university's applied curriculum places internships and professional practice alongside classroom study.学校的应用型课程在课堂教学之外安排实习与专业实践，学生因此在求学期间接触行业岗位。
• Exchange agreements with universities in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and four other countries give students short-term study options.与香港、澳门、台湾地区以及另外四个国家高校的交流协议为学生提供短期学习选择。
• Public bicycles and city buses connect the two campuses with the rest of Gongshu District and central Hangzhou.公共自行车与城市公交将两个校区与拱墅区其他区域及杭州中心城区连接起来，学生的日常通勤较为便利。
• The underground passage beneath Huzhou Street lets students move between the north and south campuses without crossing traffic.湖州街下方的地下通道使学生无需穿越车流即可往返南北校区，两个校区的日常生活因此连成一体。
• Zhejiang University's College of Engineers in the north campus brings graduate engineering students into the same district as the university's undergraduates.北校区的浙江大学工程师学院使研究生阶段的工程学生与该校本科生处于同一片区，校园内形成不同培养层次的混合环境。
• Because the university grew out of an independent college, many of its student services and dormitory traditions date from the 1999-2020 period.由于学校由独立学院发展而来，许多学生服务与宿舍传统可追溯至1999年至2020年这一时期。

Notable people

• Lu Shijie was the founding dean of Zhejiang University City College, serving from July 1999 to July 2005.鲁世杰是浙江大学城市学院的首任院长，1999年7月至2005年7月在任，主持了学院创办初期的建设。
• Wang Liren led the college from July 2005 to April 2008, and Wu Jian followed from April 2008 to December 2017.王立人于2005年7月至2008年4月领导学院，吴健随后于2008年4月至2017年12月任职。
• Wu Jian was the first woman to head the institution, leading it for more than nine years as dean, during whose tenure the college gained bachelor's degree authority in 2012.吴健是该校首位女性负责人，担任院长九年多，任内学院于2012年获得学士学位授予权。
• Wei Wei served as dean from December 2017 to April 2020 and led the institution through its conversion into a university.韦巍于2017年12月至2020年4月任院长，带领学校完成转设。
• Luo Weidong became the first president of Hangzhou City University in April 2020 and served until November 2023.罗卫东于2020年4月成为浙大城市学院首任校长，任职至2023年11月，任内学校于2022年获得硕士授权。
• Yang Bo has served as president since February 2025.杨波自2025年2月起担任校长，是学校转设后的第二位校长。
• Yang Bo's appointment in February 2025 made him the sixth person to lead the institution since the college's founding in 1999.杨波于2025年2月获任，成为学院1999年创办以来第六位最高负责人。
• Six people have led the institution since 1999, spanning the independent college era and the municipal university era.自1999年以来，学校共有六人担任最高负责人，跨越独立学院与市属大学两个时期。
• The university's founding partnership with Zhejiang University began with the 1999 agreement between the university and the Hangzhou Municipal Government and was reaffirmed in June 2020.学校与浙江大学的创办合作始于1999年浙江大学与杭州市政府的协议，并在2020年6月得到重申。