History & Location

Wenzhou University (WZU), the only comprehensive university across the region of Southern Zhejiang Province, Northern Fujian Province and Eastern Jiangxi Province, and the key university supported by Zhejiang Provincial Government, is located in Wenzhou City, a dynamic historical and cultural city which boasts its distinct natural scenery. Its predecessors include Wenzhou Normal College (founded in 1956, evolved from Wenzhohu Normal School established in 1933) and former Wenzhou University (founded in 1984), the two of which were merged in 2004. In the past 92 years, many talented professionals have contributed to the growth and prosperity of the University, one of which was Academician Gu Chaohao, the winner of the China’s highest science and technology award, who worked here as the president.

Campus & City Life
With two campuses respectively located at Chashan Town and Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou University covers a total land area of 1973.43 mu (approximately 1,315,626.67 sq.m.). The main campus has a library collection of 3,020,500 paper books and 1,932,200 E-books, as well as various electronic periodicals in Chinese and foreign languages and 73 databases. We currently employ 2412 staff including  1,527academic staff, 1073 (70.27%) of which have doctoral degrees. We also have 41 national-level talents including academicians, Yangtze River scholars, highly distinguished medium-aged and young experts, candidates for “national talent project”, national outstanding youth fund winners, etc. 174 academic professionals were selected as talents at or above provincial level in total.

Wenzhou is a modern coastal city advantageously located near the East China Sea and halfway up China's mainland coastline. The mid-subtropical monsoon climate of Wenzhou is featured with four distinctive seasons, moderate temperatures and a pleasant weather. It is conveniently connected with other major cities in China, with only 1 hour to Shanghai, 2 hours to Beijing, Guangzhou or Hong Kong by air. Its main campuses are situated in Wenzhou's Chashan University Town which is surrounded by green mountains and picturesque water views. The university is only half an hour away from both the train station and the airport. The rapidly growing export trade and vibrant private economy bring Wenzhou University great opportunities to collaborate with institutions and enterprises both domestically and globally.

Academic Excellence

We provide undergraduate programs, postgraduate programs, continued education programs, international student programs, and international exchange/joint education programs in 22 colleges/schools. The disciplines include arts, science, engineering, law, education, economics, history, management and fine arts. We have 22 national first-class undergraduate programs, 19 provincial first-class programs, and 29 national-level courses. 4 programs are certified by the Ministry of Education for engineering education and 14 for teacher training. WZU is among the first batch of state-approved Chinese Language and Culture Education Base, designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) to accept Chinese Government Scholarship students, and is authorized to accept overseas Chinese students and students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Overseas students applying to study at WZU can apply for Chinese Government Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship, Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship, and Wenzhou University Scholarship for International Students.

Wenzhou University school offers three doctoral program and 40 postgraduate programs . We have a post-doctoral workstation and cooperate with 25 well-known universities and research institutions at home and abroad to train doctors and post-doctors. Ecology is rated as the key discipline of Zhejiang Province, and other 9 disciplines, including chemistry, Chinese language and literature, electrical engineering, law, Marxist theory, applied economics, mechanical engineering, ecology, and civil engineering, are rated first-class disciplines in the Province. Chemistry, materials science, engineering, computer science and ecology are among the top 1% of ESI ranking in the world.

Research & Innovation

We pursue the coordinated development of basic and applied research, and the synchronized advancement of humanities and social sciences, natural sciences and engineering technology research, all of which has put WZU among the cohort of national intellectual property pilot universities. We are proud to have 3 national-level scientific research platforms, 50 ministerial and provincial-level scientific research platforms, 4 provincial key innovation teams and 4 provincial high-level university teams. Our academic staff has undertaken 12 national key science and technology projects, 3 projects with grant from National Science Fund for Outstanding Youths, 2 projects with grant from National Science Funds for Excellent Youths, 64 projects with grant from National Natural Science Fund and Social Science Fund, and 1048 other national projects. They have also published 584 books, and won 192 national, provincial and ministerial awards such as the second prize of National Technological Invention, the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress, the first prize of Excellent Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) sponsored by Ministry of Education, and the Chinese Patent Gold Award.

Industry-university-research Cooperation. WZU and the local government have jointly established 15 local research institutes, of which 4 are responsible for the operation of provincial-level industrial innovation service complexes. We are contributing to the regional industrial transformation & upgrading with our research in ecological protection, laser photoelectric technology, and low-voltage electrical appliances. The national-level “Distributed sewage treatment technology” has been applied in 8 places. We have also built China’s first cyanobacteria bloom physical jet treatment ship to help address the environmental problems. The “Island special power supply system”, which won China Patent Gold Medal promotes the rapid development of national islands, port construction and shipbuilding. The fast laser precision processing technology, the brainchild of a national key R&D project has helped solve the problem of manufacturing air film holes in C919 large aircraft blades. The course General Theory of the History of Ancient Chinese Opera, which won the first prize for outstanding teaching achievements sponsored by the Ministry of Education promotes the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional culture. We also fully utilized our teacher training resources, established a basic education development center, and expanded the construction of affiliated schools. 16 affiliated primary and secondary schools and kindergartens have been built to meet the local demands for education. WZU founded 2 independent colleges, among which City College of Wenzhou University was transformed into Wenzhou Business College in 2016, and Oujiang College of Wenzhou University was transformed into Wenzhou University of Technology in 2021.

Global Footprint

We, together with Kean University in the United States, built Wenzhou-Kean University. Rated as “Zhejiang Key University with High-quality International Exchange and Cooperation”, we have established good relationship with 152 universities across 32 countries and regions, and built a Confucius Institute at Burapha University in Thailand. The “International Water Ecology and Environmental Research Center” and the “International Water Resource and Ecology Research Center” were jointly established with the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, respectively. We worked with Samara State Aerospace University in Russia, North Columbia University in Canada, Chonnam University in South Korea, etc. to train doctoral students. As one of the first batches of Chinese education bases approved by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, a research base for overseas Chinese, and an international cultural exchange base for overseas Chinese, WZU hosts “Zhejiang Overseas Chinese Networking College,” and strives to become the homeland of Wenzhou people all over the world.

The university has always attached great importance to international students education and all the 57 undergraduate programs and 46 postgraduate programs are open to international students. Considering the limited Chinese language ability of some international applicants, WZU offers international students with English-taught programs at both undergraduate postgraduate levels. Those special programs are great opportunities for international students to learn specialty knowledge and in the meantime to get a better understanding of China's language and cultures.

Dormitory Triple room RMB 2,900 per year

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