International Economics and Trade

Located in Hangzhou, a city known for enchanting natural beauty and abundant cultural heritages, Zhejiang University of Technology is one of the top industrial universities in mainland China with engineering, especially chemical and biological engineering, as its strongest element. At present, the long-term Chinese language courses program and the summer course of short-term Chinese training are the favourites of International students. Apart from that, a total of 86 high-quality degree programs, such as advertising (bachelor's degree), architecture (master's degree), mechanical-electronical engineering (doctoral degree) etc. have been growing in popularity among foreign students as well. Welcome to study at ZJUT in the "Heaven on Earth"!

ZJUT equips itself with an excellent team of faculties. Among its 3200 staff, there are 410 professors，965 associate professors and over 870 teachers with doctor’s degree. ZJUT has one academician of CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering), three academicians of CAE and CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) whom ZJUT shares with other institutions, 43 teachers titled with “National Excellent Teacher” and 47 teachers with “Provincial Excellent Teacher”. At present, there are about 34,900 full-time students，7,256 graduate students including 6,823 postgraduate students and 433 PhD candidates and over 1012 international students.

Having established interscholastic cooperative relationship with about 60 colleges and universities from America, England, France, German, Japan, Belgium, Australia, Russia, Korea, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, etc, and about 10 colleges and universities from Hong Kong and Macao, ZJUT becomes more and more active in external exchange, and makes great progress in many aspects, such as dual culture of students, academic exchange between teachers and scientific research, running schools with foreign countries, introduction of overseas intelligence, education of overseas students, teaching Chinese as foreign language, etc. So far, ZJUT has been entitled to recruit overseas students with Chinese government scholarship, CIS scholarship and scholarship of Zhejiang government, from about 75 countries and areas, coming to study Chinese language and culture, undergraduate courses and master courses.

I.Educational Objectives

The purpose of this program is to train high-level application-oriented professionalswith globalvision,who can grasp thefundamental theories, knowledgeandskillsinglobal economicsandinternational trade; who should be quick in the awareness of the current international economic and local social development both at home and abroad; who can comprehend and apply into practice the current accepted standards, rules, regulations and laws in international trade and who can solve practical problems in this field.

II.Graduation Requirements

The students in this program will mainly study the basic theories and fundamental knowledge of economics and management, international economics and trade, receive the fundamental trainings of economics and management, and master the ability of theoretical analysis and doing the international trade business. The graduate of this program should obtain the following knowledge andskills:

1.Mastering basic theories and Knowledge of International Economics and trade;

2.Attaining the basic skills of dealing with the international trade practice;

3.Being familiar with the current policies and regulations of economics and trade in China;

4.Being able to carry out analyses and research with the quantitative, statistic and accounting methods;

5.Having the basic ability of listening, speaking，reading and writing in Chinese.

III.Core Disciplines

Economics, Finance.

IV.Professional Core Courses

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Fundamentals of Applied Statistics, Accounting, Management, Money and Banking, International E-commerce,World Business Environment, International Finance, International Settlement,International Investments, International Trade Principle, International Trade Practice, International Business Law, International Marketing.

V.Courses Instructed Bilingually (in Chinese & English) or in English

All the courses of this program, excepts a few Chinese-related ones, will be taught in English.

VI.Length of Study 4 years.

A Brief Survey of Zhejiang University of Technology

Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), located in Hangzhou, a city famous for its pretty landscape, was established in 1953. Yet its history can be dated back further to 1910 when its original body—Zhejiang Intermediate Industrial School-- was founded. ZJUT is a key comprehensive university of Zhejiang province, covering a large range of disciplines like liberal arts, science, law, economics, pharmaceutical science, industrial and commercial management and education, etc.

ZJUT has 3 campuses, covering a total area of over 3200 Mu (equivalent to 213 hectares) with a floor space of over 830,000 square meters. ZJUT has 21 schools and 2 departments with full-time undergraduates of 28,000 and postgraduates of 1,600. Among its 2,800 staff members, there are over 800 professors and associate professors. ZJUT now has one academician of CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering), and three academicians of CAE and CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) whom ZJUT shares with other institutions of high education or research. The value of ZJUT’s fixed assets totals about 1.82 billion RMB. The university library has a collection of about 2,80 million volumes (including electronic books) and over 17,000 kinds of Chinese and foreign journals and periodicals.

ZJUT has 21 provincial key specialties, 7 provincial innovative bases, 2 provincial research bases for humanities and social sciences, one national key laboratory breeding base, one co-building key laboratory of Zhejiang province and the Ministry of Education. ZJUT also heads a national University-based High-tech Zone in Hangzhou. ZJUT has one post-doctoral station, 12 doctoral degree programs，71 master degree programs, and 55 undergraduate programs. Over 250 research achievements of ZJUT have won the National, Provincial and Ministry Prize in Scientific Inventions and the Prize of achievements in Scientific Researches, among which 10 projects have won the National Prize of Invention and the National Progress Prize in Science and Technology. In 2005, the numbers of applications for patents and those granted ranked respectively 12th and 28th among all the universities in China. Besides, in 2005, the funds ZJUT received for scientific research projects totaled 243 million RMB. In 2005, in terms of the articles excerpted by the three international index agencies—EI, SCI, and ISTP, ZJUT ranked respectively 55th, 62nd and 52nd among all Chinese universities according to EI, SCI, and ISTP statistics. ZJUT also ranks 91st among all the Chinese universities, according to the ranking made by the Management Science Institute of China.

Up to now, ZJUT has established partnerships with 38 universities from America, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Australia, and Russia and so on, and is authorized to enroll overseas students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan districts.

 

Living Conditions

Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) has university clinic, bank, stores, library, mess hall, gym, stadium, swimming pool, outdoor courts for playing volleyball, basketball, football etc. Other facilities such as hospital, bank, post offices and supermarket around the campus provide students with convenient services.

ZJUT provides international students with comfortable dormitories equipped with TV set, telephone, air-condition, washer, fridge, microwave oven, dryer, water heater, kitchen utensils and ADSL network.
Dormitory for international students:

Double Room: 5300RMB/ year

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

1.The applicant, who is between18-25 years old, has graduated from high school, has achieved above level 4(including) in HSK can apply for programs taught in Chinese.

2.The high school graduate without certificate of HSK can apply for our Try-out Courses after approval by interview, the validity of trial period is one year.

3.Programs in English:

1) English is the native language/official language; or

2) IELTS5.5 or TOEFL 60; or

3) Studied courses taught in English in high school or college; or

4) English level admitted by ZJUT.

1. Application form with ID photo (fill in online).

2. Photocopy of passport and all the visa pages.

3. Highest education certificate. Graduating students can provide pre-graduation Certificate. The original graduation certificate or notarized copy should be submitted before registration.

4. Transcripts for all the courses in highest education school.

5. Language proficiency certificates. Applicants for Chinese-taught programs must provide the photocopy of HSK certificate. Applicants for English-taught programs must provide grade report of TOEFL or IELTS test, or other proof which can reflect the applicants’ English proficiency (Not required for English native speakers).

6. Health certificate (within 6 month).

7. Non-criminal record certificate.

8. Two recommendation letters in English or Chinese (for graduate application). Letters must include phone number or email address.

9. Applicants who have given up their original Chinese citizenship and become foreign citizens should submit

(1) cancellation certificate of Chinese citizenship 

(2) current citizenship certificate 

(3) Exit and Entry Record on passport, from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2025.

10. Applicant who has acquired foreign citizenship automatically at the time of birth in a foreign country, whose parents were both Chinese citizens, or one of the parents was a Chinese citizen should submit:

 (1) Birth certificate of foreign country.

 (2) Chinese parents’permanent resident certificate of foreign country should be obtained prior to the birth of the applicant.

 (3) Exit and Entry Record on passport, from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2025.

11. Applicants under the age of 18 (by September 1st, 2025) should submit:

 (1) Letter of Guardian Guarantee and the guardian must be an adult living in Hangzhou.

 (2) A notarized copy of the Guardianship Authorization from the applicant’s parents.

12. If applicants studied in China before, study certificates and transcripts from former schools in China are required.

Free tuition, half tuition, or one year of accommodation