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Zhejiang A&F University
Date：2022-05-09
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ZAFU Q&A When was it founded? Established in 1958, Zhejiang A&F University (ZAFU) is a provincial-level key university jointly built by the provincial government and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. Over the past 60 years, the university has grown to cover three campuses, with a total area of 213 hectares. As a multidisciplinary university, it offers eight discipline classes, with strengths in agriculture, forestry, and the biological environment. Currently, the disciplines of Engineering, Plant & Animal Science, Agricultural Science and Environment/Ecology rank in the top 1% of Essential Science Indicators; ZAFU is now ranked in the National Top 200 Universities according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Where is it? It is located in the outskirt of famous tourism city Hangzhou, which is home to the world culture heritage site, West Lake. Thanks to its ideal location along the prosperous Yangtze River Delta, the university is close to well-known commercial cities like Shanghai, Yi Wu, Wenzhou and Ningbo. How many faculties within ZAFU? ZAFU has 17 faculties under its belt with international college especially engaging in international student education. As a prestigious university in Zhejiang province, ZAFU has its strength in forestry, agriculture, environment and business while highlighting its specialty in ecological endeavor, bamboo processing, tea culture, and landscape design. Consequently many strategically important labs at national level were set up at ZAFU, among them are Accredited Entity to Measure and Monitor Carbon Sink, State Engineering Technology Center, National Key Lab of Experimental Cultivation and Breeding, Provincial Innovative Centers for Science and Technology, just name a few.
Does it have a strong teaching stuff? Yes, it is. ZAFU boasts a 2,100 strong team of staff and faculty, of which 1,000 are teachers, six are academicians, three are selected among the national new century talent pool, two are professors specially engaged by the provincial government, 54 are included in the 151 talent-cultivating program, 18 are discipline leading teachers among the province-wide universities, 195 are qualified to supervise graduates, more than 40 are provincial outstanding teachers, 1 is entitled as prominent teacher in term of professional ethics by the state. How is its academic performance? Over the past 60 years, the university has grown to cover three campuses, with a total area of 213 hectares. As a multidisciplinary university, it offers eight discipline classes, with strengths in agriculture, forestry, and the biological environment. Currently, the disciplines of Engineering, Plant & Animal Science, Agricultural Science and Environment/Ecology rank in the top 1% of Essential Science Indicators; ZAFU is now ranked in the National Top 200 Universities according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities. How about the students? ZAFU has 20,816 full-time students. ZAFU makes persistent and unswerving efforts to produce well-informed, highly-capable, well-cultivated and innovation-minded practical students. Graduates of ZAFU are well received for their diligence, devotion and capability. The first employment rate of undergraduate students is always more than 90% and in the forefront of Zhejiang universities. In 2008, Education Ministry formally evaluated ZAFU as outstanding in term of teaching. ZAFU has an international student population of 1,140 (including short-term and long-term). Besides the advanced mandarin program, the university opens 60 of its undergraduate programs to international students. Meanwhile, the university also offers tailor-made short-term program for international students to learn mandarin and experience Chinese culture as well as typical southern China culture. Is it active in international engagement? ZAFU has been dedicated to the idea of open education, and has actively carried out international exchanges and cooperation. It has signed cooperative agreements with more than 80 universities and research institutes in 23 countries (regions), including the U.K., the United States, Canada, Finland, Japan, and Australia. Strategic partnerships have been established with more than 10 Top 100 Universities around the world including the University of Helsinki, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University of British Columbia. ZAFU has also jointly established a Confucius Institute with the University of Novi Sad in Serbia representing its growing international influence. At present, the university is on the way to build itself into a world famous ecological entrepreneurial university.
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