Wenzhou Medical University

Wenzhou Medical University (WMU) is a higher institution under the administration of Zhejiang Provincial Government. It can trace its origin back to the former Zhejiang Specialized Medical School established in 1912. In August 1958, the Second Zhejiang Medical College was established in Wenzhou as a branch of Zhejiang Medical College, whose name was later changed to Wenzhou Medical College in accordance with its location. In 2013 Wenzhou Medical College was officially renamed Wenzhou Medical University. In 2015, WMU was shortlisted as one of the co-development universities by the Ministry of Education, National Health Commission and Zhejiang Provincial Government. In 2017, it became a Priority Development University in Zhejiang Province. WMU started its five–year undergraduate programs in 1958 and master’s programs in 1978, making it one of the first institutions in China authorized to confer master’s degree, and later also authorized to confer doctoral degree. Now WMU has 5 Primary Category Discipline PhD Programs (Clinical Medicine, Basic Medicine Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Technology) and 1 professional doctorate program in Clinical Medicine, 12 Primary Category Discipline Master Programs (Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Traditional Chinese Pharmacology, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese and Western Integrative Medicine, Pharmaceutical Science, Medical Technology, Stomatology, Public Health and Prevention Medicine, Public Management), 7 Professional Master’s Programs (Clinical Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Stomatology, Nursing, Pharmaceutical Science, Public Health, Applied Psychology), and Postdoctoral Scientific Research Mobile Stations under the Primary Category Discipline of Clinical Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science. WMU ranks 73 in the ESI Chinese University ranking, with 8 disciplines, i.e. Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Biology and Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Neuroscience and Behavior, and Immunology ranking in the top 1% of the world, among which Clinical Medicine ranks within the global top 1.21‰ in ESI ranking. WMU features 1 State Key Laboratory co-built by the Ministry of Education and Zhejiang Province, 1 National Engineering Research Center, 1 National Research Center for Clinical Medicine (Ophthalmology Diseases), 1 Key Laboratory of Clinical Research and Evaluation of Medical Devices and Drugs for Ophthalmological Diseases of the State Food and Drug Administration, 2 Collaborative Innovation Centers jointly built by the Ministry of Education and Zhejiang Province, 2 National International Science and Technology Cooperation Bases, 29 Provincial or Ministerial scientific research platforms, 2 Provincial Top Priority Disciplines, 3 Provincial Level-A Disciplines of Distinction, 6 Level-B Disciplines of Distinction, 10 Key Disciplines for Colleges and Universities in Zhejiang and 2 Provincial Priority Development Disciplines. WMU takes to heart the needs of the people and society, and stays committed to the mission of educating healthcare professionals of excellence, those that operate with confidence and vision and strive to achieve and innovate. WMU offers 30 undergraduate programs in 4 major disciplines of medicine, science, engineering and management. At present, the total enrollment of WMU amounts to 14,439 (exclude Wenzhou Medical University Renji College), including 5,279 postgraduate students (386 doctorate students), 566 international students, covering a full range of programs that include bachelor’s and master’s degrees, doctoral and postdoctoral studies, from full-time education to continuing education programs, with students not only from mainland China but also overseas and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. As the quality of education improves steadily, WMU graduates from Clinical Medicine Program have consistently ranked within top 10% nationwide in terms of their passing rate of National qualification examination for medical practitioners. According to the data from the Provincial Education Examination Institute, WMU ranks the first among the undergraduate colleges in Zhejiang Province in the graduate satisfaction of the employer of the class of 2020, the undergraduate graduate employability and graduate satisfaction to the university of the class of 2018, WMU has more than 14,000 faculty and staff, including academic appointments of the affiliated hospitals, and over 1,800 of them hold senior professional titles. The main campus of the university has 1,698 full time teachers, of which 444 have senior professional and technical positions, 578 have associate senior professional and technical positions, and 1,273 have doctoral degrees. WMU has 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 academician of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, 2 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. Many excellent talents were selected in the National Ten Thousand Talents Plan, and as the Young and Middle-Aged Leading Talents in Science and Technology Innovation by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Provincial Super Experts; teachers won the National Scientific and Technological Progress Awards, Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize, Science and Technology Prizes of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, and were honored as National Outstanding Teachers, National Moral Models, National March Eighth Red Flag Bearer, etc. WMU also has 1 Innovation Team of Ministry of Education, 1 National Higher Education Team of Huang Danian Style, 2 Innovation and Talents-Introduction Bases in Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Technology (111 Base). WMU was also awarded as the Provincial Advanced Units for valuing talents. WMU has 4 national featured majors, 16 national first-class undergraduate professional construction sites, 1 national faculty team, 1 training mode innovation experimental zone, 2 national experimental teaching base demonstration center, 1 national practice base, 1 National Clinical Teaching and Training Demonstration Center, 1 National Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center, 5 national excellent resource-sharing courses, 1 national bilingual demonstration course, 2 national English courses brand for overseas students, 2 national courses open online courses , 6 national projects of virtual simulation experimental teaching, 2 national Level-A offline courses, 2 national online and offline courses, 1 national Level-A course of social practice, 5 Pilot programs of Excellent Doctor Education and Training Plan of Ministry of Education, 1 pilot project of national comprehensive reform on disciplines and has won 3 second prizes of national teaching award. In recent years, WMU has undertaken more than 1,200 scientific research projects of National level. More than 170 projects have won provincial, ministerial or national prizes, including 1 first prize of State Technological Invention Award, 5 second prizes of State Technological Invention Award, 2 second prizes of National Award for Technological Invention, 1 first prize and 3 second prizes of Technology Award of Ministry of Education, 5 first prizes of Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award, 1 first prize of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association Science and Technology Award, 1 major contribution award of Zhejiang Province Science and Technology Major Progress, 19 first prizes of Zhejiang Science and Technology Award, 1 first prize, 1 second prize and 1 third prize of Human and Social Science Award of Ministry of Education, 1 second prize for Outstanding Outcome Award in Education and Research and 4 first prizes of Zhejiang Philosophical and Social Science Award. Composed of three campuses, WMU covers a total area of 1,900 mu. The university library has a collection of 2.03 million volumes. WMU publishes 5 academic Journals and 1 academic newspaper, among which Eye and Vision is listed in SCIE academic journal and 3 journals are listed as China science and technology core journals. In addition, the Chinese Journal of Optometry & Ophthalmology and Visual Science, is listed as one of Chinese Medical Association Journals. WMU has 5 affiliated hospitals, among which four are ranked as Level A Tertiary. WMU also has 29 non-directly affiliated teaching hospitals across the province. The Eye Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital and the Second Affiliated Hospital are among the top 100 hospitals selected by Chinese Academy of Medicine based on their technology impact. The Affiliated Eye Hospital ranked 1st for three consecutive years among eye hospitals nationwide, and its Ophthalmology ranked 2nd for three consecutive years nationwide. Guided by the motto that stresses compassion, gravitas, hard work and truth-seeking, WMU has been pursuing excellence through its unique strength and university culture, as well as the potential of its people. WMU is on a steady march towards comprehensive development that is propelled and guided by its programs of excellence. It seeks progress through internationalization, and strives to serve the regional social and economic development using its strength in healthcare service and capacity in bringing together the government, academy and business sectors. In 2021, WMU’s comprehensive strength is ranked 95 among the top 100 national universities in Wushulian Chinese University Rankings. Wenzhou Medical University seeks to establish itself as a leading educational and research university deserving of international recognition and an institution emphasizing undergraduate medical education while vigorously developing graduate programs of the highest standard, maintaining medical disciplines as its core while promoting multi-disciplinary programs; and aspiring to serve the community and China as a whole with a global vision.

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Wenzhou-Kean University

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Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) is a province-state friendship project between the Zhejiang Province and New Jersey in the United States. It is a Chinese-American jointly established higher education institution with independent legal person status and limited liabilities. On November 16th, 2011, the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (MOE) approved the application of preparation on establishing Wenzhou-Kean University which was cooperatively run by Wenzhou University and Kean University USA. On March 31st, 2014, the MOE announced the approval of the establishment of Wenzhou-Kean University. The University adopts such a governance structure as the Chancellor shall act as the executive officer, and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors composed of members from both the Chinese and American parties is the highest authority of Wenzhou-Kean University. During the preparation stage, the University received friendly concerns from the Chinese Central leaderships and enormous attention from Party committees and People’s governments at different levels. On May 8th, 2006, Mr. Xi Jinping Secretary of CPC Zhejiang Province (at that time) visited Kean University in New Jersey and delivered a keynote speech in the Signing Ceremony of cooperation in establishing Wenzhou-Kean University. The MOE regards the establishment of the University as one of the critical projects that enlarges the scope of Education Open-up while enhancing education reform in return. In July 2014, WKU was listed on the fifth round of the deliverables of China-US High-level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange as the only education project in Zhejiang province. On September 23th 2015, President Xi Jinping mentioned Wenzhou-Kean University at the third China-U.S. Governors Forum, describing the University as “making good progress.” In June 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Education and Zhejiang Province listed WKU as one of the exemplary Sino-foreign cooperative universities, supporting it to become “an internationalized and world-class university”. Striving for excellence in building an international university with world-class education, Wenzhou-Kean University has been dedicated to the principle of “providing students with different ways of development”. In November 2013, the University was accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. In March 2018, the Bachelor Degree Conferral Evaluation Panel of the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province concluded that Wenzhou-Kean University has the qualifications to confer bachelor degrees. In 2019，WKU was approved to offer 11 graduate-level programs. Being well-knit with Chinese actual conditions and needs in developing regional economy and culture, the University sets up its pedagogical goal that aims to merge Chinese and American teaching methodologies in practice and builds itself into a world-class university featuring world-class campus and facilities, professional faculty communities, academic research and maintenance services. Aiming to build itself into a high-level education institution as a fine example of Sino-foreign education partnership, the University strives to cultivate students with global vision and patriotic sentiment, pressing ahead China’s higher education reform and better serving regional economic, social and cultural development. The WKU TOEFL center was unveiled in September 2019, and Wenzhou has become the third city in Zhejiang Province that has a TOEFL test site. In January 2020, WKU was approved as a GRE test center, making it the only test center in southern Zhejiang area. The construction of the campus was listed as one of the major projects for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. WKU’s many international indexes rank top in Zhejiang Province. In the 2021 Best Chinese Universities Ranking released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, Wenzhou-Kean University ranks the 163rd. The University introduces advanced educational resources from prestigious universities in the U.S. and uses original American textbooks. 100% of the curriculum are provided by Kean University and all the courses are taught in English. 100% of the faculty are recruited globally. The University offers small size classes and adopts an inquiry-based learning approach. China’s national conditions and culture education are embedded in teaching practices. The University aims to cultivate students with global vision, know-how of international rules and conventions, and innovative creative and initiative competences. “Start here, go anywhere”. The University helps students realize their dreams and prepare them to be successful in the global arena. Wenzhou-Kean focuses on undergraduate education at the present stage, and it will offer graduate education in the next phase gradually. The University comprises four colleges–College of Business and Public Management, College of Architecture and Design, College of Liberal Arts and College of Science and Technology. The University now offers 20 undergraduate programs with six disciplines, namely, economics, science, engineering, literature, management and art. WKU has established a diverse and mixed discipline in the field of science, engineering, literature and arts with economics and management as its pillar. Finance, English, Computer Science, Marketing, Global Business, Graphic Design, Mathematical Sciences, and Biology were included in the provincial first-class undergraduate programs list. Global Business, Computer Science, and Graphic Design were listed as Zhejiang Provincial Higher Education Distinctive Program. Students will receive dual degrees from Wenzhou-Kean University and Kean University in addition to a graduation certificate from Wenzhou-Kean University. In 2021, WKU offers six graduate programs, including Global Management, Instruction and Curriculum, Computer Information Systems, Architecture, and Doctor of Educational Leadership. The University will roll out more graduate programs gradually, including Psychology (M.A), Educational Administration (M.A.), Accounting (M.S.), Counseling and Supervision (Ph.D.), and Combined School and Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.). Students will receive a degree from Kean University after graduation. WKU currently has about 380 faculty and staff, with around 140 faculty members. The faculty members come from 35 countries and regions around the world. 98% of them have overseas study and teaching experience, and most hold doctorate degrees. The outstanding faculty community has provided strong talents support for the University’s development as a global university. In 2021, the University recruited 1300 tier-1 students from 21 provinces and cities in China. Now it has a student population of about 3500. WKU and KU have exchanged 1200 students over the past few years. Now, WKU has graduated six cohorts –around 2100 students have graduated from the University. 60% of them choose to further their studies in the most prestigious universities in the world. Among the graduates of Class of 2020, 64% go to graduate schools, 46% are accepted by QS top 50 universities, and 75% are admitted by QS 100 universities. These renowned schools include Harvard University, Colombia University, University of Pennsylvania, University College London, University of Edinburgh, University of Melbourne, University of Hong Kong, and the University of Toronto. According to the data released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, the Class of 2019 ranks the 13th by the rate of graduate college admission. Many outstanding students participated in various global platforms, including APEC meetings, World Youth Leadership Camp, and Youth Leadership Conference. Students also won awards in many high-level competitions both in China and abroad, such as Imagine Cup Global Competition, Mathematical Contest in Modeling, etc. WKU students also published papers in leading magazines, including Frontiers in Microbiology and Bioinformatics. They published 82 papers in international journals and meetings and attended 110 conferences. Covering an area of 494 acres in land planning, the campus of Wenzhou-Kean University is located in a beautiful township called Li’ao in Wenzhou. The area of the first phase construction is 173.8 acres and the floor area is 250,000 square meters. The style of Chinese layout and elements of American university are embodied in the campus buildings and facilities. The University strives for building a humanistic, ecological, intellectual, and outreach campus with merged Chinese and American cultures. A global and modern campus structure has been revealed along with the ongoing construction projects. The first construction phase of 200 thousand square meters has been built, including General Educational Hall, College of Business and Public Management Hall, Ge Hekai Hall, Comprehensive Lab, Student Residence, Faculty Housing. WKU is accelerating the projects of Student Learning and Activity Center, Stadium, Administration Hall, and Science and Technology Building. The design of the second phase of 2000 mu has started and the planning of Phase III Student Residence Hall and Phase II Faculty housing has begun. According to the strategic planning, WKU will develop about 7000 on-campus students and 400 faculty by the year 2025. 30 undergraduate and graduate programs will be offered to students, and the campus will reach 380,000 square meters. WKU will be a high-level international university that is “contributing in Wenzhou, renowned in Zhejiang, influential in China and distinctive in the world”.

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Wenzhou University

Wenzhou

Wenzhou University is the only comprehensive university in southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian and eastern Jiangxi and a key university in Zhejiang Province. It is located in Wenzhou city, a famous historical and cultural city in China and known as "the best landscape in southeast China". The university was founded by the merger of Wenzhou Normal University and wenzhou University in 2004. The school can be traced back to wenzhou Normal School founded in 1933. It has 88 years of history and academician Gu Chaohao, winner of the National Highest Science and Technology Award, was once the president of the university. Xi Jinping, general Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Party School Press, has pointed out that "we should attach great importance to education and talent work, especially to run wenzhou University and other institutions of higher learning". Wenzhou University has formed a multi-level and multi-form running pattern of undergraduate education, graduate education, continuing education, international education and international cooperation education. Its disciplines cover ten disciplines including philosophy, economics, law, pedagogy, literature, history, science, engineering, management and art. It has 20 schools. The university now has two campuses, Chashan and Xueji Road, covering an area of 1,973.43 mu and covering an area of 993,200 square meters. The total value of teaching and research equipment is 858 million YUAN. The university has a collection of 2,315,700 printed books, 1,844,800 electronic books and 104 electronic periodicals and data databases in Both Chinese and foreign languages. The university has 1273 full-time teachers (820 doctors, accounting for 64.4%; Senior titles, 698 people, accounting for 54.83%), with full-time academicians, changjiang scholars, country all, countries have made outstanding contribution to the middle-aged and young experts, "pacesetter project" national choice, the state optimal green, culture department of the famous and "four of a batch of" talents such as national talent 31 people, all kinds of existing at or above the provincial level high level personnel 158 people. In 2003, the university became a master's degree awarding unit, and in 2017, it was listed as a doctoral degree awarding unit of Zhejiang Province. There are 17 master's degree authorization centers in first-level disciplines and 12 professional master's degree authorization centers. Ruian Graduate School of Wenzhou University and Post-doctoral workstation of Zhejiang Province have been established to jointly train doctors and post-doctoral students with 24 well-known universities and scientific research institutions at home and abroad. The university is characterized by distinctive disciplines, with excellent basic disciplines of liberal arts and science and strong applied disciplines of engineering, economics, management, law and business. It is the university with the most comprehensive strength in southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian and eastern Jiangxi. Ecology subject for zhejiang province key advantages of the construction of characteristic disciplines, chemistry and Chinese language and literature, electrical engineering, law, marxist theory, applied economics, mechanical engineering, ecology, nine of zhejiang province first-class disciplines such as civil engineering, chemistry, material science, engineering, computer science into four disciplines ESI global top 1%. The university adheres to the principle of "quality is the foundation of the university", fully implements the fundamental task of moral cultivation, and focuses on cultivating high-quality applied talents with "emphasis on practice, strong innovation, entrepreneurship, good management, and dare to take responsibility". In 2008, the university was evaluated as "excellent" by the Ministry of Education for undergraduate teaching, and in 2015, it was one of the first batch to pass the evaluation of undergraduate teaching by the Ministry of Education. It has 15 state-level first-class undergraduate programs, 15 provincial-level first-class undergraduate programs, 18 state-level courses, among which 8 are the first batch of first-class undergraduate courses, 4 have passed the engineering education certification of the Ministry of Education, and 3 have passed the teacher education certification. It has won one first prize and one second prize for national teaching achievements in higher education, and seven first prizes for provincial teaching achievements. The university has been established as wenzhou Model Innovation Experimental Zone for national entrepreneurship talent training, one of the first national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and the teacher education base of Zhejiang Province. The students have won 40 international awards and 1153 national awards in the past five years. In 2019, the school ranked 16th in the "Challenge Cup" competition in China, won the "Victory Cup" and won the sponsor for two consecutive years. In the recent national "big art Exhibition" won 6 first prizes, the number of first prizes ranked first in the country, the total number of awards ranked first in Zhejiang universities. The university adheres to the principle of "revitalizing the University through scientific research", carries out the project of "Facing local and first-class", insists on the coordinated development of basic research and applied research, and promotes the simultaneous development of humanities and social sciences, natural sciences and engineering technology research. The university has been designated as the national intellectual property rights pilot university. The university now has 3 state-level scientific research platforms, 29 provincial-level scientific research platforms, 4 zhejiang provincial key innovation teams and 5 Zhejiang Provincial high-level innovation teams. He has presided over 10 major national science and technology projects, 2 National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2 National Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scholars, 34 key projects of the National Natural Science and Social Science Foundation, and 723 other national projects. He has published 275 works of various kinds. His research achievements have won 150 national, provincial and ministerial awards, such as the Second Prize of National Technological Invention, the second prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress, the first prize of The Ministry of Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), and China Patent Gold Award. The school adheres to the "linkage of the School city" and the combination of "going out" and "inviting in" to carry out in-depth social services. It has jointly built 9 industrial research institutes and 3 provincial industrial innovation service complexes with local governments, and ranked 81 universities in China in terms of patent transformation. The university's research in ecological environmental protection, laser photoelectric technology, low-voltage electrical appliances and other fields has become a booster for regional industrial transformation and upgrading. It actively cultivates innovative advantages around strategic emerging industries such as intelligent equipment, digital economy and new materials. National demonstration projects of "Decentralized Sewage treatment Technology", a major national science and technology special achievement, have been established in 8 places nationwide. Relying on the national Key RESEARCH and development Program and international key projects, China's first physical injection treatment ship for cyanobacteria blooms has been developed, making contributions to solving the problems of cyanobacteria blooms in the world. The Achievement of China Patent Gold Award "Special power supply system for Sea islands" promotes the high-speed development of national island, port construction and shipbuilding; Zhejiang Low-voltage electrical appliance technology innovation service platform provides talents and technical support for hundred-billion electrical appliance industry cluster; Ultrafast laser precision machining technology solves the difficult problem of making air film holes in the blades of C919 aircraft. The government has strengthened advisory advice and made remarkable achievements in researching regional characteristics such as comprehensive financial reform, social governance and public policy. The first prize of The Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Institutions of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, A General Theory on the History of Ancient Chinese Opera Theory, promotes the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture. The school gives full play to the advantages of teachers' education resources, establishes the Basic education Development Center, expands the construction of affiliated schools, and now has 1 directly affiliated kindergarten and 10 cooperative schools to serve the development of local basic education. School adhering to the "thick cultivating virtue, deep wisdom source" of the school tradition, carry forward the "pioneer study asked is," the school motto of spirit, rooted in wenzhou, zhejiang, radiation national services, facing the world, strive to be the end of the "difference" into a high-level university in zhejiang province and the nation's top colleges and universities, strive to build a high level teaching research university with distinct characteristics.

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Wenzhou Polytechnic

Wenzhou

Introduction to Wenzhou Wenzhou is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It is located in the middle section of the 18,000km-long east coast of China, intersecting the two economic zones of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River Deltas. It is the center of economy, culture and transportation in south Zhejiang Province. The city has a land area of 12,083 square kilometers, and sea area of 8,649 square kilometers. At the end of 2019, Wenzhou had a permanent resident population of 9.3 million. In 2019, the GDP of Wenzhou reached 660.6 billion RMB. Wenzhou has a history which goes back to 2500 BC. It was a prosperous foreign treaty port, which remains well-preserved today. It is situated in a mountainous region and, as a result, has been isolated for most of its history from the rest of the country, making the local culture and language very different from those of neighbouring areas. It is also known for its emigrants who leave their native land for Europe and the United States, with a reputation for being enterprising natives who start restaurants, retail and wholesale businesses in their adopted countries. At present, there are over 175 million Wenzhou people who started their business in China as well as 68 million Wenzhou business owners worldwide. They have built a network of business owners that covers the whole nation and links the world. Wenzhou is an important pioneer in the reform and opening-up of China, and a typical success of socialist theory with Chinese characteristics. Over 50 national and provincial reform pilot projects have been carried out in Wenzhou. As one of market economy’s birthplaces in China, the city’s private economy is well developed, providing a strong foundation for various industries. Over 40 national manufacture bases have been established in Wenzhou, such as “capital of electric appliance” and “capital of shoes” in China. The city received many honorary titles, such as “national model city of good quality”, “national model city of intellectual property right”, and so on. During the “13th Five Year Plan”, Wenzhou aims to improve the status of Zhejiang “iron triangle”, spared no effort to facilitate industry transformation and upgrading. It will implement “Five Theme strategy (ecology, information, fashion, urban, international)”, and jointly promote its transformation in economy, urbanization, and social aspects. It will strive to build a model city of private economy innovation, a key city in China’s south-east coastal areas, and an exemplary city of the all-round well-off society. Wenzhou has a strong continuous demand for high-end talent. This creates an unprecedented opportunity for higher vocational education. Introduction to WZPT Upon the approval of the Ministry of Education, Wenzhou Polytechnic (WZPT) was founded through the amalgamation of Wenzhou Business School, Wenzhou School of Economics, Wenzhou Machinery Industrial School and Wenzhou Spare-time Technology University in 1999. Its history dates back to 1956. The college was funded by Wenzhou Municipal Government, and supervised by Department of Education of Zhejiang Province. Now it is a “double high” higher vocational college, national model of higher vocational college, a key higher vocational college in Zhejiang, an advanced organization of vocational education in China, and a pilot school of modern apprenticeship approved by the Ministry of Education. It is also a state-level maker space rated by the Ministry of Science and Education, one of the first batch of four-year vocational colleges, and a civilized organization of Zhejiang Province. WZPT has 4 campuses, namely Chashan, Ruian, Adult Training and Design College of Wenzhou. Chashan campus is the main campus which located in the picturesque Wenzhou Higher Education Park. WZPT takes up a total area of is 1087.2 mu (about 0.725 km2). Its building area is 354000 m2. The college has teaching equipment worth of 167 million RMB, a library collection of 1.08 million books. It has over 720 staff members, among which 248 people have sub-senior professional titles or above (including 46 professors and 8 master supervisors). At present, WZPT has about 11100 full-time students. The employment rate of its graduates has been over 98% in the last 14 years. In the past five years, its students have won over 500 awards in provincial and national kill contests. WZPT has 7 departments: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electric Engineering, Department of Architectural Engineering, Department of Information Technology, Department of Business Management, Department of Finance, Ruian College, College of Design and Innovation. In total there are 39 majors, which mainly consists of engineering-related majors. Design-related majors and majors in economics and management are also developed in a balanced way. At the moment, it has won 4 first and second prizes of national teaching achievements and 6 first prizes of provincial teaching achievements. It has 21 national majors such as national backbone major, national demonstration key major, 24 provincial advantageous specialties, 2 four-year higher vocational pilot majors, 2 national teaching resource banks, 8 national training bases, 10 provincial training bases, 7 national excellent courses.

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Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Nanjing

NUIST has a complete higher education system with undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral programs as well as post-doctoral research centers. The four disciplines of Geo-science, Engineering, Computer Science and Environmental Science and Ecology have entered top 1% ESI international discipline rankings. The discipline of Atmospheric Science ranks No. 1 in the national discipline evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education of China successively and enjoys a distinguished reputation throughout the world. In recent years, on the basis of advantageous subjects, NUIST has established a harmonious discipline system of atmospheric science, marine science, information science, environmental science, management and basic science. Characteristic Discipline The discipline of Atmospheric Science of NUIST was established in 1960 for the demand of meteorology cause of New China. It enrolled postgraduate students in 1978 and in 1981, it was approved to confer the first batch of master's degrees. In 1993, it was approved to confer doctoral degree. In 1999, a postdoctoral research center was established in the high-level discipline of Atmospheric Science. In 1988, the sub-discipline of Meteorology and Climatology under the discipline of Atmospheric Science was also designated as a key discipline by China Meteorological Administration. Meteorology was designated as a national key discipline in 2001. In 2006, it passed the National Key Discipline Assessment of the Tenth Five-Year Plan and was granted National Key Discipline of the 11thFive-Year Plan in 2007. In 2012, the discipline of Atmospheric Science ranked No. 1 in the third round of university discipline evaluation organized by the Ministry of Education of China. In 2017, the discipline of Atmospheric Science became a "Double First-class" construction discipline, and won the "A+" grade in the fourth round of university discipline evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education. At present, NUIST has 6 doctoral programs, namely, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science and Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, Management Science and Engineering, Mathematics and History of Science and Technology. Besides, there are 22 master programs and 13 professional master programs.

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Anhui Jianzhu University

Hefei

Founded in 1958, Anhui Jianzhu University (abbreviated as AHJZU) is a multi-disciplinary university featured in civil engineering. AHJZU is a university jointly established by Anhui Province and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, an excellent university for the evaluation of undergraduate teaching work by the Ministry of Education, a doctoral degree awarding unit, a university implementing the national Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program, a national demonstration unit of economical public institutions, a national advanced unit for social practice of college students, a provincial advanced unit for intellectual work, a provincial excellent teaching management team, a provincial advanced unit for career guidance, a pacesetter unit of career guidance, an provincial advanced unit for university logistics, and a civilized unit in Anhui Province. There are 13 colleges and 64 undergraduate majors in the school, covering seven major disciplines of engineering, management, science, art, literature, law and economics. There are more than 16,800 full-time undergraduates and over 2,400 graduate students. There are 1,247 full-time teachers. Among the full-time teachers, 1,141 with master's degree or above, 44 with doctoral supervisors and 768 with master's supervisors. There is 1 postdoctoral research station, 1 first-level discipline doctoral degree program, 12 first-level disciplines master's degree programs, 14 professional degree program categories, 8 provincial key disciplines, 3 provincial peak disciplines, 2 peak-nurturing disciplines, with engineering disciplines and chemistry disciplines into the top 1% of ESI global rankings. AHJZU has 1 national engineering laboratory, 13 provincial key laboratories, 33 national and provincial engineering (technology) research centers, 4 provincial international technical cooperation base and 2 college think tanks. More than 1.8 million paper books, 0.23 million electronic books and 10 million copies of academic dissertations are now available in the library. AHJZU is active in developing international cooperation and academic exchange and has established a close relationship with over 20 universities in the United States, Germany, UK, Russia, Belarus, Korea and Chinese Taiwan. We have achieved huge progress in joint student-teacher cultivation, academic exchange and scientific and research cooperation among teachers, sino-foreign cooperation in running schools and other aspects. AHJZU is the sino-foreign cooperation school running unit recognized by the Ministry of Education.

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Anhui Science And Technology University

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Founded in 1950, Anhui Science and Technology University (AHSTU) is a provincial university with a long history and profound cultural heritage. AHSTU started undergraduate education in 1965, and now it is multidisciplinary university with coordinated developed disciplines. There are 17,226 full-time undergraduates and postgraduates, and more than 100,000 outstanding graduates for national and regional economic and social development. Today’s AHSTU has two campuses—Fengyang campus and the Bengbu Longhu campus, covering an area of approximately 2,000 acres with floor area of 580,000 square meters. The total value of teaching and research equipment is 250 million yuan. There are 5 basic experimental teaching centers and 26 experimental Centers (labs) for professional groups, and 7 discipline platforms. There are 3 national science and technology innovation platforms, 1 national off-campus practical education base for college students, 15 provincial science and technology innovation platforms, and 9 provincial demonstration experimental training centers. The university library has a collection of 1.37 million paper books and 1.28 million e-books. The university currently has 14 colleges and 50 undergraduate programs. It has formed a professional system of applied disciplines that focuses on our superior agricultural science and emerging engineering science, and multiple disciplines supporting each other and developing coordinately. There are more than 1,200 faculty members, including 394 professors and associate professors, and 863 teachers with doctoral and master's degrees. There are 11 national and provincial excellent teachers, 2 new century outstanding talents of the Ministry of Education, 5 provincial academic and technical leaders and reserve candidates, and 8 experts enjoying special allowances from the State Council and the provincial government. It has off-campus provincial-level leading talent teams such as the micro-nano molecular sensor team. There are 4 provincial-level "115" innovation teams, 17 provincial-level teaching teams, 16 provincial-level teaching celebrities, and 34 provincial-level new teaching stars. The university vigorously promotes scientific research and technological development. In the past five years, it has undertaken more than 1,600 scientific research projects at various levels, including the National Natural Science Fund and the Social Science Fund, more than 400 of them are at the provincial (ministerial) level or above. 65 academic monographs and more than 1,200 academic papers had been published. The university has won 71 scientific research awards above the city and department level. The university has obtained 1,055 patents, including 255 invention patents, which made it one of the top ten universities for many years in the Anhui Province. It has carried out more than 500 university-enterprise and university-local research cooperation projects with local governments and related enterprises. The university vigorously implements the "International Cooperation in Running Schools Project", and has established exchanges and cooperation relationships with 26 universities in the United States, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. The university currently has 3 national-level Sino-foreign cooperative programs, 255 students went to the United States and South Korea to study in double degree undergraduate programs, and 94 graduates went abroad to study for master degrees. In the long-term school-running practice, the university has formed a good teaching spirits "dedication and devotion, moral leading and nurturing, meticulous and rigorous scholarship, and pursuing perfection" and learning spirits of "diligence in learning, thinking, hardworking, unity and cooperation". The university got “Excellent” twice in the Ministry of Education's undergraduate teaching evaluation in 2002 and 2008 respectively. In 2013, the university was selected by the Ministry of Education as one of the first batch of the pilot institutions which receive the undergraduate teaching review and evaluation, and AHSTU was highly praised by the evaluation experts. In 2017, the university was approved to be a provincial high-level applied university, and successfully passed the project acceptance of the professional master's degree talent training project serving the national special needs, which made AHSTU be ranked among the "double first-class" universities in Anhui Province. On a new historical journey, the new generation people of AHSTU adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping’s socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, in-depth study and put the guiding principles of the national and provincial education conferences into practice, and uphold the university’s motto of "Morality, Knowledge, Practice, and Innovation" , carry forward the AHSTU spirit of "hard work, pioneering and innovative, seeking the truth and being pragmatic, and selfless dedication", earnestly implement the goals and tasks set by the university’s the Third Party Congress, adhere to morality, deepen connotation development, and vigorously implement the five strategies of “quality school, strengthening schools with talents, revitalizing schools with characteristics, famous cultural schools, and governing schools according to law” . All of these will comprehensively improve the talent training capabilities of the university, thus high-quality development achieved, and the people of AHSTU will strive to build the university into a modern, first-class applied university in the country as soon as possible.

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