The school's predecessor was Qiushi College, which was founded in 1897. It is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning founded by China people themselves. 1928 was named National Zhejiang University.
1937 Zhejiang university moved westward, running schools in Zunyi and Meitan, Guizhou, and 1946 moved back to Hangzhou in the autumn.
From 65438 to 0952, some departments of Zhejiang University were placed under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other universities, and the main part was reorganized into several universities in Hangzhou, which later developed into the original Zhejiang University, Hangzhou University, Zhejiang Agricultural University and Zhejiang Medical University.
1998, four universities with the same roots merged to form the new Zhejiang University. ?
In August 2020, the official website of the school showed that the school had seven campuses: Zijin Port, Yuquan, Xixi, Huajiachi, Zhijiang, Zhoushan and Haining. There are 7 departments, 37 specialized colleges (departments), 1 engineering college, 2 Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run schools and 7 affiliated hospitals.
Introduction to Zhejiang:
Zhejiang is the birthplace of Wuyue culture and Jiangnan culture, and one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization in China.
As early as 50,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age, there were primitive human activities of "Jiande people", including Hemudu culture 7000 years ago, Majiabang culture 6000 years ago and Liangzhu culture 5000 years ago.
It is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, a land of plenty, and is known as the "House of Silk" and "Land of plenty".
Zhejiang is one of the most active provinces in China. On the premise of giving full play to the leading role of state-owned economy, the development of private economy has driven the economic take-off and formed a distinctive "Zhejiang economy". By 20 13, the per capita disposable income will be the first in China. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration consisting of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and Shanghai has become one of the six world-class urban agglomerations in the world.