Ningbo Campus, Zhejiang University

Ningbo Campus is a campus of Zhejiang University located in the Ningbo Higher Education Park, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

Ningbo Campus, Zhejiang University

浙江大学宁波科创中心（宁波校区）
Ningbo Campus in 2023
Established	June 2001; 23 years ago (2001-06) (as a NingboTech campus) November 2020; 4 years ago (2020-11) (as a ZJU campus)
Parent institution	Zhejiang University (ZJU)
Address	1 South Qianhu Road , Ningbo , Zhejiang , 315100 , China 29.81695°N 121.57022°E / 29.81695; 121.57022
Campus	106.67 hectares (263.6 acres)
Website	nb.zju.edu.cn

History

In 2001, Zhejiang University established the Ningbo Institute of Technology as an independent college, thus acquiring its Ningbo campus.^[1] The independent college is a type of collaboration between the public university and the business sector in China, which awards its own degree independently.^[2] Since 2019, these colleges have been transformed to be separated from the public university that they are affiliated to.^[3] The Ningbo Institute of Technology was transformed into NingboTech University as a provincial public university, but remains on the campus as a collaboration between Zhejiang University and the Ningbo Municipal Government.^[4]

In October 2016, the Polytechnic Institute, Zhejiang University started recruiting students for its Ningbo branch. Since 2016, Zhejiang University expanded collaboration with the Ningbo Municipal Government.^[5] In August 2018, a further agreement was signed between the university and the government to form its Ningbo Campus by establishing the Institute of Ningbo, the International School of Design and the Ningbo branch institution of Polytechnic Institute, relocating the School of Software Technology and improving the academics of NingboTech.^[6]

Institutions

• NingboTech University
• School of Software Technology, Zhejiang University
• Polytechnic Institute, Zhejiang University
• Institute of Ningbo, Zhejiang University
• International School of Design, Zhejiang University

References

1. Zhang, Jia; Wang, Hui (2017), "Exploring the development of independent colleges in the context of higher education massification in China: The case of Zhejiang University", The Sustainability of Higher Education in an Era of Post-Massification, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781315186122-8, ISBN 978-1-315-18612-2, retrieved 2022-05-25
2. Zhang, Luxi; Adamson, Bob (2011). "The New Independent Higher Education Institutions in China: Dilemmas and Challenges: Independent Higher Education Institutions in China". Higher Education Quarterly. 65 (3): 251–266. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00486.x.
3. "The Chinese student protests putting 'independent' college merger plans on hold". South China Morning Post. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
4. "浙大宁波理工学院2020年精选问答-浙大宁波理工学院招生网". NingboTech University. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
5. "浙江大学宁波校区要来了！过去10年，我国本科院校增长了这么多？". China Youth Online. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
6. "浙江大学新建宁波校区总占地面积1600余亩". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2022-05-25.