Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University was initially known as "Qiushi Shuyuan" (Qiushi Academy), one of the earliest modern academies of higher learning established in China. ZJU is a comprehensive national university covering all study fields. It also provides the overseas students with good study and living conditions. It had its first enrollment of international students in 1979 and since then, more than 20,000 international students coming from 115 countries across the world, have come to study in the school.