Wenzhou University (WZU)

The Wenzhou University (WZU) is situated in the picturesque and prosperous city of Wenzhou, of the Zhejiang Province in the People’s Republic of China. Spread across the two campuses of Chashan and Xue Yuanlu, the university covers an area of 157 hectares.

TRACING ITS ROOTS
The origin of Wenzhou University can be traced back to 1933 when the Wenzhou Normal College was founded by the patriot Huang Suchu. The university is steeped in rich culture and finetradition.

FACULTY
This prestigious university has a staff of 1599 faculty members that includes 190 fulltime professors and 437 associate professors. A total of 337 faculty members possess doctoral degrees while 287 of them are post graduate and doctoral supervisors. A total of 293 of the faculty are well known academic and technical scholars at the provincial and municipal levels. Moreover the list of faculty members also include 2 winners of the “National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars” award, 3 winners of the “State-sponsored Top100/1,000/10,000Talent Project”award,1 professor with the title of “Chang Jiang Scholars”,7 experts who received the “State Council Special Allowance” award, 3 recipients of “MOE’s New Century Excellent Talent Project” award, 5 provincial “Elite University

Teachers” and 3 members who received the “Chief Expert in 21 Industrial Clusters- Zhejiang Province” award.

STUDENTS
At present a total number of 12956 students are pursuing their studies at the various departments of the 19 colleges under the university.

COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES
WZU has established exchange programs and cooperative relations with universities and educational institutions of many foreign countries including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, U.S., U.K., Canada, Italy, Australia, German and Russia. This seat of higher learning has also set up a Confucius Institute in collaboration with the Burapha University of Thailand. Wenzhou University happens to be the first group of universities authorized by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, to recruit and provide instruction to foreign students in both Chinese Culture and Language. Currently about 200 international students graduate from the university every year.

LIBRARY FACILITIES AVAILABLE
The library of this seat of higher learning boasts of a collection of over one million books including both paper and electronic books on diverse subjects and 59 databases and different e- journals in many languages.

COURSES OFFERED
Wenzhou University offers master degree in 6 broad disciplines, and bachelor’s degree in 55 programs covering Literature, Education, Economics, History, Science, Engineering, Law, Management and Art. The university also offers high level programs in Solid State Physics, Disaster

Prevention, Material Science, Organic Chemistry, Leather, Chemicals Engineering, Protection Engineering and Ecology in the science stream. On the other hand, in the arts stream, high level courses in Chinese Language and Characters, Literature, Arts Studies and Folk Art are offered.

Wenzhou

Wenzhou is a prefecture level city situated along the coast of the East China Sea , on the south eastern part of the Zhejiang province of the People’s Republic of China. On its western side it shares its border with Lishui, on the northern side with Taizhou and on its east is the East China Sea. The city with a population of about 770,000, is an economic, cultural and communication hub. Since the rule of the Tang dynasty, the city has been known as an important trading port and is famous for its handicrafts and arts. Blessed by Mother Nature with a number of scenic spots, that includes the Yandang Mountain and the Nanxi River, the city is a major place of tourist attraction. The city has also been made famous by a number of enterprising emigrants, who have originally hailed from the city, and have made a mark in the business world overseas.

ADMINISTRATION
At present, the districts of Lucheng, Longwan and Ouhai and the 6 counties of Yongjia, Pingyang, Cangnan, Dongtou, Wencheng and Taishun and the 2 county-level cities of Ruian and Yueqing are under the administration of the Wengzhou city.

TRACING ITS ROOTS
The city of Wenzhou dates back to about 2000 BC, when it acquired fame for its pottery. It was known as the Kingdom of Dongou during the 2nd century BC. The city acquired the current name in 675 AD, when it was promoted to a prefecture level city during the rule of the Tang dynasty. The city’s traditional role has been that of a port that connected the interior mountainous region of Southern Zhejiang province to the rest of the country. During the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1942, Wenzhou port played an important role by virtue of being one of the few Chinese ports that were still under the Chinese control. Though its importance declined during the later years of the war, it again gained prominence in 1955 after the reestablishment of coastal trade along the Zhejiang coast.

ECONOMY
After initiation of reforms and opening up of the Chinese economy, Wenzhou has taken the lead in developing the private economy of China. Majority of the individuals and families were engaged in household manufacturing, as a result of which Up till now, Wenzhou has a total of 240,000 individually-owned commercial and industrial units and 130,000 private enterprises. Out of these, 180 are group companies, 4 of these finds place among China’s top 500 enterprises and 36 among national 500 top private enterprises. The flourishing of private economy in Wenzhou has given rise to the “Wenzhou Economic Model”, which has set an example in the modernization drive of the People’s Republic of China. The main industries of the city are papermaking, food processing, and building materials, production of farm machinery. Since the 1990s, manufacturing of low-voltage electric appliances became a major industry in Wenzhou, with some of the large private enterprises setting up joint ventures with GE and Schneider. The city also exports various items including foodstuffs, tea, wine, jute, timber, paper and a non-metallic mineral called Alunite. Alunite is abundantly found here and hence Wenzhou is sometimes called the “Alunite Capital of the World”.

Academic & Department

• School of Business


• College of Law and Politics


• College of Physical Education


• College of Humanity


• College of Foreign Languages


• College of Music


• Institute of Art & Design


• College of Mathematics & Information Science


• College of Physics and Electric Information


• College of Chemistry and Materials Science


• College of Life & Environmental Science


• College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering


• College of Computer Science & Engineering


• College of Architecture & Civil Engineering


• Fashion Institute


• College of Adult & Further Education


• Ou Jiang College


• College of International Cooperation


• City College