Hangzhou Normal University

Overview of Hangzhou Normal University

Hangzhou Normal University is a key development university in Zhejiang Province. It is a comprehensive university with a tradition of teacher education, equal emphasis on humanities and sciences, and coordinated development in humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its origins date to Zhejiang Official Two-Level Normal School, one of the country’s six major higher teacher training schools in 1908. Hangzhou Teachers College was established in 1978. Around 2000, five institutions, including Hangzhou Institute of Education and Hangzhou Medical College, were successively incorporated. It adopted the name Hangzhou Normal University in 2007.

Throughout more than 110 years, it has shared the fortunes of its era and nation, promoted culture and education across generations, and persevered in learning and self-improvement. It upholds the motto “Diligence, Prudence, Sincerity and Empathy; Breadth, Refinement and Progress” and the spirit of “Inclusiveness and Openness, Learning with the Times, Pursuit of Excellence.” Renowned teachers including Lu Xun, Li Shutong, Ye Shengtao, Zhu Ziqing and Xia Mianzun taught here. Distinguished alumni include Feng Zikai, Pan Tianshou and Chen Jiangong. It became a source of Zhejiang’s New Culture Movement and an early center for disseminating democratic and scientific ideas, and was one of the birthplaces of modern Chinese education, modern Chinese arts education and early Communist Party of China activities. Since reform and opening-up, it has kept pace with the times and continually strengthened its educational capabilities. Outstanding figures emerging in the new era include Chinese Academy of Sciences member Cai Ronggen and digital economy innovator Jack Ma.

It has an attractive environment and three scenic campuses: Cangqian, Yuhuangshan and Xiasha, located respectively in Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City, beside West Lake and beside the Qiantang River. They cover 2.29 million square meters. It has 24 schools, 2 directly affiliated hospitals and 2 directly affiliated schools, with 32491 full-time students, including 4519 full-time postgraduate students and 611 international degree students. It has 4661 faculty and staff, including 2198 full-time teachers, of whom 81.16% hold doctoral degrees. It has more than one hundred national and provincial high-level talents, including academicians, Chang Jiang Scholars and National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars recipients. It was selected among the first provincial innovation and entrepreneurship bases for high-level overseas talent.

It has 6 first-level doctoral degree authorization fields and 1 professional doctoral degree authorization field; 25 first-level master’s degree authorization fields and 26 professional master’s degree authorization fields. Sixteen disciplines rank in the ESI global top 1%: Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Plant and Animal Science, Neuroscience and Behavior, Engineering, Materials Science, Environment and Ecology, Biology and Biochemistry, Mathematics, Agricultural Sciences, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Psychiatry and Psychology, Social Sciences, General, Physics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Computer Science. Chemistry, Mathematics, Plant and Animal Science, Clinical Medicine, Engineering and Materials Science rank in the top 5‰.

It implements a Ministry of Education reform project under the Excellent Teacher Training Program and was among the first institutions to implement the national university student innovation and entrepreneurship training program and the first demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. In recent years, it has received 14 National Teaching Achievement Awards. It has 27 national first-class undergraduate program development sites, 1 Ministry of Education pilot program for comprehensive program reform, and 16 provincial first-class undergraduate program development sites. It has 38 national first-class undergraduate courses, quality courses, quality shared-resource courses, open video courses and quality open online courses; 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, and 7 virtual simulation experimental teaching courses designated national first-class undergraduate courses.

Its numbers of approved National Natural Science Foundation and National Social Science Fund projects rank among the highest at Zhejiang universities. Since 2012, it has received 3 projects under the National Major Scientific Research Program and National Key Research and Development Program.

It has 37 provincial or ministerial platforms, including key laboratories, engineering research centers, registered centers, 2011 collaborative innovation centers, science and technology innovation service platforms, soft science research bases, philosophy and social sciences bases, research centers, think tanks, proof-of-concept centers, international joint laboratories and international science and technology cooperation bases. It has 11 provincial or ministerial innovation teams. Its university science park has been recognized as a National University Science Park and a National Science and Technology Business Incubator.

It has a Sino-foreign joint education institution without independent legal personality, the Hangzhou Normal University Kharkiv Institute. It has inter-university exchange and cooperative relationships with more than 80 universities in countries and regions including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia. It is qualified to admit and educate international students and was among the first national pilot institutions for international student education quality accreditation. It currently opens 8 undergraduate, 10 master’s and 1 doctoral program to international applicants.

The entire university is united in sustained efforts to accelerate its development into a nationally first-class university with strong capabilities, distinctive characteristics and deep cultural foundations.

Scholarship categories

Chinese Government Scholarship

Established by the Chinese Government for international students studying at Chinese higher education institutions. Categories include scholarships for undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students, Chinese language students, general scholars and senior scholars. Chinese Government Scholarships may be full or partial.

International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship

Established by the Ministry of Education’s Center for Language Education and Cooperation for outstanding students from Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms worldwide to study Chinese language and culture at the university. Applications are made through the relevant Confucius Institute.

Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship for International Students

Established by the Zhejiang Provincial Government for outstanding international students of various categories. It is divided into Categories A, B and C for postgraduate, undergraduate and language students.

Hangzhou Municipal Government Scholarship for International Students

Established by the Hangzhou Municipal Government for outstanding enrolled international students of various categories. Funding standards are the same as those of the Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship for International Students.

Hangzhou Normal University International Student Scholarship

Established by Hangzhou Normal University for outstanding enrolled international degree students at various levels. It is divided into Categories A, B and C according to postgraduate and undergraduate student categories.

On-campus accommodation

The university has separate international student apartments with different specifications and conditions. Rooms have high-quality living facilities including refrigerators, air conditioning, wireless internet and bathrooms. Professional staff provide daily administration and services for international students.

Application period

Early March to the end of June

Contact information

University website: https://www.hznu.edu.cn

Online application: https://international.hznu.edu.cn

Telephone/Fax: 86-571-28865041/0571-28865041

Email:

Lcai@hznu.edu.cn (general programs and master’s/doctoral programs)

hxw@hznu.edu.cn (undergraduate programs and CIS/CSC programs)

hznusieyxy@163.com (“Wonderful Hangzhou” study camp)

Mailing address: 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, postal code 311121