Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) is a comprehensive key university owned both by the Zhejiang Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education, and it is ranked as the 69th top university in China in the year 2013. There are about 12 English programs of Bachelor Degree for both Chinese (local) and International students in 2013 in (ZJUT). There are many kinds of scholarships offered for international students, and ZJUT is the only university at present in China that can offer enterprise scholarship to international students. There are many practice opportunities in the enterprises for international students.
The present University, as a provincial key comprehensive university, offers not only engineering courses, but also a large range of disciplines like science, liberal arts, law, agriculture, philosophy, economics, pharmaceutical science, management, education and art. And with a national key laboratory and a post-doctoral program, the University is entitled to confer degrees of master, doctor, MBA. In addition, it has been granted the right to recommend outstanding undergraduates as candidates for graduate programs in other universities without entrance examinations and the right to recruit international students as well as students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
At present, there are about 30,000 full-time students, including 6,541 postgraduate students and 363 PhD candidates. Besides, there are also around 20,000 part-time students. Currently more than 1700 international students from many countries are studying at ZJUT. The University has a staff of 3,200, amongst whom over 390 are professors, 880 are associate professors, and 790 have PhD degrees. Now ZJUT has one academician of CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering) and three academicians of CAE and CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) whom ZJUT share with other institutions. The University has around 20 PhD programmes, 120 postgraduate programmes, and 60 undergraduate programmes. The value of its assets totals about RMB 2.69 billion. Its 60,000-square-metre library houses over 5.3 million English and Chinese books (incl. electronic books) and over 17,000 kinds of Chinese and foreign journals.
The University aims to become a comprehensive research university with strong local characteristics. By the end of 2010, the scientific research funds have amounted to about 3.2 billion yuan. To better facilitate international exchange and co-operation, the University has established partnerships with more than 50 universities from the US, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Australia, Russia, South Korea, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria etc. to conduct academic exchange, scientific research and co-operation.