About Zhejiang University:

Zhejiang University founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education. It is also a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University. The university campus is located in the city of Hangzhou. Zhejiang University Library's collection contains about 7 million volumes, making it one of China's largest academic libraries Zhejiang University is a key comprehensive university whose fields of study cover eleven branches of learning, namely philosophy, literature, history, education, science, economics, law, management, engineering, agriculture, and MBBS. The university now has 110 specialties for undergraduate studies, and it is entitled to confer master's degrees in 264 programs and doctoral degrees in 181 programs. Under its administration, there are 13 National Key Laboratories, 2 National Engineering Research Centers and 3 National Engineering Technology Centers. Besides, it has set up 24 national key specialties and 39 post-doctoral stations.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World University Rankings 304 218 178 145 139 113 83 70 62 58 44 40 36 30 19 46 16

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture 100 68 58 59 25 38 36 33 33 22 23 18 14 5 5 2
Engineering 38 24 20 18 10 8 7 6 8 5 6 5 4 5 3 3
Life Sciences - - 236 234 175 142 135 112 107 84 71 66 57 25 19 13
Medicine - - - - - - 271 254 239 209 202 196 186 108 101 96
Natural Sciences 80 74 60 50 46 42 34 26 36 27 27 19 16 14 16 15
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - 145 129 67

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences 36 25 16 13 11 11 8 9 10 9 5 5 5
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 57 62 - 29 17
Chemistry 21 11 7 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3
Chemical Engineering 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 3 3 3
Civil Engineering 15 9 10 8 6 7 5 6 7 7 10 11 12
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 178 153 95 92 94
Computer Science 33 28 15 13 14 12 10 10 10 9 8 8 12
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - 103 - 65 31
Electrical Engineering 26 19 9 10 8 6 5 4 5 4 5 6 9
Environment / Ecology 60 65 73 68 62 66 51 50 40 28 - 14 4
Geosciences - - - 282 253 259 219 182 129 102 - 48 90
Immunology - - - - - - - - 98 104 - 50 35
Materials Science 28 24 13 11 10 12 11 9 9 5 5 4 7
Mathematics 75 69 29 23 28 31 39 51 38 49 52 54 77
Mechanical Engineering 81 59 51 26 29 20 17 18 14 12 7 8 8
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 18 16 - - 3
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 46 34 - 16 11
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 172 189 - 134 80
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 69 66 64 47 49 41 40 25 24 3 3 2
Physics 74 76 89 82 59 65 63 50 22 20 14 14 10
Plant & Animal Science 87 61 51 53 47 47 44 37 29 23 18 15 10
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 219
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - 176 160 91
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 9 8 9
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 2
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 10 6 3