Hangzhou Dianzi University

Hangzhou Dianzi University is a teaching and research university with outstanding electronic information characteristics, obvious advantages in economics and management disciplines, and the mutual penetration of multiple disciplines such as engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, and art. The school was founded in 1956 and was originally named Hangzhou Aviation Industry Finance and Economics School. It then went through the periods of Hangzhou Aviation Industry School, Zhejiang Electrical Engineering College, Zhejiang Mechanical Industry School, Hangzhou Radio Industry Management School, and Hangzhou Radio Industry School. In 1980, the State Council approved the establishment of Hangzhou Electronic Industry College. In 2003, the original Hangzhou Publishing School was fully incorporated and renamed Hangzhou Dianzi University in 2004. The school was successively affiliated to the Second Ministry of Machinery Industry, the Fourth Ministry of Machinery Industry, the Ministry of Electronics Industry, the Ministry of Information Industry and other central ministries and commissions. In 2000, it implemented a school management system jointly built by Zhejiang Province and the Ministry of Information Industry, with Zhejiang Province as the main management. In 2007, it became a university jointly built by Zhejiang Province and the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Commission. In 2015, it was listed as a key construction university in Zhejiang Province. The school insists on being based in Zhejiang, relying on the industry, facing the world, serving the society, and supporting national defense. It upholds the fine tradition of "unity, diligence, truth-seeking and innovation", promotes the school motto of "diligent learning, practice, adherence to the truth and innovation", and has formed a distinctive school-running feature.

The school campus environment is beautiful and picturesque. It currently has 5 campuses including Xiasha, Wenyi, Dongyue, Xiasha East and Qingshan Lake, covering an area of ​​more than 2,500 acres; it has 19 colleges and teaching units, and 1 independent college, with more than 25,000 full-time students and more than 2,400 faculty and staff. The university has a complete talent training system including undergraduate education, graduate education, education for international students in China, and continuing education. It currently has 45 undergraduate majors, 18 majors selected as national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 26 majors selected as provincial first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 2 national comprehensive reform pilot majors, 6 pilot majors of the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program", 7 national characteristic major construction sites, and 2 national defense characteristic key majors. It is the only university with national defense characteristic key majors among provincial universities, and 8 majors have passed the engineering education professional certification. There are 9 first-level doctoral programs, 4 postdoctoral research mobile stations, 19 first-level master programs, 18 professional degree master programs, and master's degree recommendation rights and IELTS test sites. It has 4 national defense characteristic disciplines, 2 Zhejiang Province's top first-level disciplines, 2 Zhejiang Province's top disciplines, 4 Zhejiang Province's first-class disciplines (Class A), 6 Zhejiang Province's first-class disciplines (Class B), 1 Zhejiang Province's key research base for philosophy and social sciences, 1 Zhejiang Province's key research base for humanities and social sciences, and 19 Zhejiang Province's key disciplines. After years of construction and development, the school has developed into an important base for talent training, scientific research, social services and cultural inheritance and innovation in Zhejiang Province. The school's scale, level, quality and efficiency are all among the top universities in Zhejiang Province.

The school has a high-level teaching and research team led by experts and well-known scholars with outstanding contributions at the national and ministerial levels, and young and middle-aged experts, professors, and doctors as the backbone. There are more than 2,400 faculty and staff in the school, more than 1,700 full-time teachers, more than 350 senior professional titles, and more than 1,300 teachers with doctoral degrees. Among them, there are 3 academicians, 2 Changjiang Scholars Distinguished Professors, 1 National Excellent Teacher and National March 8 Red Flag Bearer, 5 National Outstanding Youth Science Fund winners, 8 National Overseas Talent Introduction Program experts, 2 National Ten Thousand Talents Program Leading Talents, 5 Chief Experts of National Social Science Major Projects, 4 National-level candidates of Hundred Thousand Projects, 3 National Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions, 2 Changjiang Scholars Youth Project Selected, 4 National Overseas Talent Introduction Program Youth Project Selected, 2 National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund Winners, 9 Experts Enjoying Special Government Allowances from the State Council, and 18 Selected by the Ministry of Education's "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program". There are 2 provincial special experts, 4 provincial young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, and 12 provincial "Qianjiang Scholars" Distinguished Professors. There are 2 national "111 Plan" discipline innovation and intelligence introduction bases and 1 provincial academician expert workstation.

The school has strong scientific research strength. It has participated in and completed a series of national key research projects from the "Sixth Five-Year Plan" to the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", high-tech research projects such as "973" and "863", and national, provincial and ministerial research projects in many fields. In 2021, the actual research funding exceeded 520 million yuan, ranking second among provincial universities. In recent years, the school has won 4 second prizes in the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 2 second prizes in the National Invention Award, and 1 second prize in the National Natural Science Award. Among them, it presided over 1 second prize in the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2021, and presided over 3 first prizes in Zhejiang Science and Technology in 2021. The school was selected as the "Higher Education Science and Technology Achievement Transformation and Technology Transfer Base" of the Ministry of Education, the "Pilot Unit for Granting Ownership or Long-term Use Rights of Scientific and Technological Achievements to Researchers" of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the "National Intellectual Property Pilot Demonstration University" of the State Intellectual Property Office and the Ministry of Education, and won the title of "National Advanced Collective of Science and Technology Innovation in the Information Industry". It has a number of scientific and technological education research platforms, including the Zhejiang Smart City Research Center (Zhejiang Province "2011 Collaborative Innovation Center"), the Zhejiang Informationization and Economic and Social Development Research Center (Zhejiang Provincial Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences), Zhejiang Higher Education Research Institute, Marine Engineering Research Center, Microelectronics Research Center, China Financial Cloud Service Research Institute, Biological 3D Printing and Medical Device Research Institute, China Science and Education Evaluation Research Institute, Zhejiang Management Accounting Application Innovation Research Center, Zhejiang (Hangzhou Dianzi) Innovative Materials Research Institute, etc. At present, the school has established stable scientific and technological cooperation relations with hundreds of domestic and foreign companies, and has become a highland for scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation in Zhejiang Province, achieving good economic and social benefits.

The school adheres to the educational concept of "people-oriented and pursuit of excellence", and is committed to cultivating high-quality talents with patriotism, international vision, innovative spirit and practical ability. It has won 13 national teaching achievement awards. There is currently one national talent training model innovation experimental zone, and it is a university approved by the Ministry of Education for the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program. The school has a strong academic atmosphere and outstanding academic competition results. In the past five years, it has won more than 300 national second prizes in top authoritative academic competitions for college students, such as Challenge Cup, Internet+, Electronic Design, Mathematical Modeling, ACM Programming and Smart Cars. It has entered the ACM International College Student Programming Contest Global Finals 7 times and has won international awards such as the Special Prize in the American Mathematical Modeling Contest. The number of winners in provincial and above academic competitions and the number of students with patents are ranked first among provincial universities. In 2017, the 41st ACM International College Student Programming Contest Global Finals ranked 20th in the world; from 2017 to 2021, the National College Student Smart Car Competition National Finals won a total of 24 first prizes (including 5 national champions), and the total score ranked first in the country for many consecutive years; in 2020, the National College Student Electronic Design Competition Information Technology Frontier Special Invitational Competition (Renesas Cup) won the highest award of the competition, the Renesas Cup; from 2017 to 2021, the National General College Student Competition List (Undergraduate) ranked 17th in the country, and the local undergraduate college competition list ranked first in the country.

In the 66 years since its establishment, the school's teaching practice results in the cultivation of compound IT talents have won the National Teaching Achievement Award for five consecutive sessions. The school has trained and supplied more than 160,000 outstanding talents for the country and society. Many alumni have become leaders of domestic electronic companies such as Alibaba, SMIC, BOE, CEC Panda, Hisense, Skyworth, Xiamen Hongfa, and Beixinyuan. According to statistics, nearly one-third of the heads of the top 100 IT companies in the country are alumni of our school. The school is known as the "cradle of IT entrepreneurs" and "fertile ground for excellent accountants." The school's graduates have solid basic knowledge and strong hands-on ability, and are well received by employers and all walks of life. The initial employment rate of graduates and the proportion of graduate students have always been among the best in Zhejiang provincial universities. The enrollment scores in 30 provinces, cities and districts across the country are among the top of similar colleges and universities. According to a third-party survey, our graduates' starting salary rate, career stability, domestic and foreign enrollment rate, and loyalty to their alma mater are all in the leading position in the province. The school is an "advanced collective for employment of graduates from ordinary colleges and universities across the country" and a "national university with typical experience in graduate employment."

The school is one of the first pilot units for cultural campus construction in Zhejiang Province. The campus culture is rich and colorful with distinctive characteristics. It has a number of national cultural brands such as network culture, original music culture, volunteer service culture, and subject competition culture. Every year, it carries out dozens of cultural theme activities such as the "University Way" Humanities Lecture Hall, the "Colorful Xiasha" Elegant Art Forum, and the Community Culture Festival, as well as a number of academic theme activities such as the Science and Technology Culture Festival and the Graduate IT Innovation Academic Forum. Many famous masters at home and abroad, such as Jin Yong, Wang Meng, Zelten (Nobel Prize winner in Economics), and Li Changyu, have come to the school to exchange ideas with teachers and students. The campus environment is beautiful, and the "Ten Scenes of Hangzhou Dianzi" such as the sea of ​​books and the clouds and shadows of Yahu are picturesque.

The school has first-class facilities, with modern teaching buildings, laboratories, science and technology museums, stadiums, and cultural activity centers. In 2021, it was approved as the "China-Austria Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Manufacturing 'Belt and Road' Joint Laboratory". It has a national-level international joint research center for brain-computer collaborative intelligent technology and a key national defense discipline laboratory; it has 15 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, including the Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center for Testing Instruments and Automation System Integration Technology, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Circuits and Systems, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Audiovisual Cognitive Health and Intelligent Image Analysis and Evaluation Laboratory, Zhejiang Information Development Research Institute, one of the first new key professional think tanks in Zhejiang Province, 3 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, 10 Zhejiang Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers, 4 provincial science and technology innovation public technology platforms, 4 Zhejiang Engineering Laboratories (Engineering Research Centers), 6 Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Carriers, 3 Zhejiang "2011 Collaborative Innovation Centers", 3 Zhejiang New University Think Tanks (Zhejiang Information Development Research Center), and an engineering training center that focuses on cultivating network-based advanced manufacturing technology talents. The school has an advanced network information platform, a sound campus network infrastructure, teaching and research laboratories, and a complete service and sharing public platform. The school conditions are at the advanced level of Zhejiang provincial universities and similar domestic institutions.

The school has extensive and diverse foreign cooperation and exchanges, and has established friendly cooperative relations with more than 120 universities and institutions in more than 40 countries and regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, Mexico, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, etc. The school vigorously introduces high-quality foreign educational resources, and has established 1 Sino-foreign cooperative education institution and 3 Sino-foreign cooperative education projects; it gives full play to the advantages and characteristics of information talent training, and actively conducts overseas joint education with universities in countries along the "Belt and Road", and has established 7 overseas education institutions in Belarus, Malaysia and other countries. The school vigorously develops the education of international students in China, with a wide range of enrollment countries, and the education level covers both degree education and non-degree education. It has established a "Special Scholarship for International Students in Countries Along the Belt and Road", and the number and quality of international students in China have increased year by year. The school has established more than 60 substantive international scientific research cooperation platforms with well-known foreign universities and first-class scientific research institutions, built 1 national international science and technology cooperation base and 4 Zhejiang international science and technology cooperation bases, and carried out extensive international science and technology cooperation and academic exchanges. Every year, a large number of foreign cultural and educational experts are hired to teach at the school for long-term and short-term, and more than 1,000 outstanding college students are sent to study abroad or long-term and short-term at famous foreign universities, and nearly 100 teachers are sent to study at foreign universities. The school's overall internationalization level ranked first among Zhejiang provincial master and doctoral universities for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019.

At present, facing new development opportunities and challenges, Hangzhou Dianzi University will adhere to its own school-running characteristics, serve the major needs of the country and society, and accelerate the promotion of connotation-oriented development with the spirit of reform and innovation and pursuit of excellence, focus on improving the school's comprehensive strength and core competitiveness, vigorously cultivate high-quality talents, promote the development of science and technology and economic and social development, and strive to build a distinctive and first-class high-level research and teaching university in China.

(Data statistics to February 2022)