Chinese language program

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) is located in Hangzhou, a historical and cultural city, boasts a long history of schooling and covers a campus area of over 2100mu.

Silkworm School, precursor of ZSTU, was founded in 1897 by Lin Qi, governor of Hangzhou prefecture then, with the noble ambition to save the nation by engaging in industry and education, and was one of the earliest new-learning educational institutions ever founded in China. In 1908, Silkworm School was imperialistically promoted by the royal court of the Qing Dynasty to be Advanced Academy of Sericulture and Mulberry owing to its outstanding schooling achievements. The period of turmoil and chaos, from the Revolution of 1911 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China, witnessed the changes of the names and locations of the institution for several times. However, no matter what hardships it underwent, it never gave up its commitment to schooling. After the founding of the PRC in 1949, the academic institution kept forging ahead and composed grand new chapters of its history. In 1959, it began its enrollment of undergraduate candidates. In 1964, the State Council named it Zhejiang Silk Engineering College. In 1979, it started to offer postgraduate programs and was authorized to confer master’s degrees in 1983. With the approval of MOE, it was named Zhejiang Engineering College in 1999 and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in 2004. In 2006, ZSTU began to have the authority to confer doctoral degrees. In 2010, with the approval of MOE, ZSTU began to be qualified to recommend excellent fresh undergraduates to take master’s degree programs free of examination. In 2017, ZSTU was listed among the Zhejiang Provincial Key Construction Higher Educational Institutions.

Chinese language program

The Zhejiang Sci-Tech University has a long history with education. Tens of thousands of its alumni spread all over the country and the globe. Many alumni make indelible contribution for Chinas economic and social development; especially the development of silk, textile and fashion industries, which are the treasures of the university. In order to arouse their patriotism, enhance communication and promote cooperation, with the university and among the alumni (both domestic and overseas), the university officially founded the alumni assemble on the 90th anniversary in 1987 with the approval from its administrative department- -the State Ministry of Textile Industry. The first alumni board of directors was held on April 5, 1987, Zhu Yuxin and Yan Haojing were appointed as honorary chairmen, Wang Jusheng and Xi Qianlong were appointed as honorary directors, Chen Zhongren was appointed as president and Dong Bingeng was appointed as vice secretary. The council had 13 vice presidents including Zhang Youmei, Zhou Hongchang and 86 directors.

The second alumni board of directors was held on the 95th anniversary in May 1992, when the alumni association was set up and the constitution of the alumni association was approved. 131 directors were selected for the third board and the alumni association assigned 40 persons in more than 30 province, cities and autonomous regions for contact. In October 1994 and October 1996 when the 97th and 98th anniversaries were celebrated, the alumni attended the memorial meeting and discussion meeting for the celebration of the 100th anniversary.

Over 3,000 alumni returned to their alma mater and attended the celebration of the 100th anniversary in 1997. 120 directors of the alumni association for the fourth board were selected by written vote after the 100th anniversary.

The alumni contact office was founded in January 1998 for better communication among the alumni and for the reform and development of the university. When the university reformed its administrative system in December 1998, the job of alumni contact was merged to the Party Office. In December 2002, it was transferred to the Division of Development and Planning.
 

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