Zhejiang Gongshang University

About Zhejiang Gongshang University

Zhejiang Gongshang University(ZJSU), founded in 1911, is the Earliest Business School in Modern China. It is located in a picturesque city–Hangzhou which is the capital city of Zhejiang Province.

It ranks China’s Top 8 and Zhejiang’s Top 1 University for Finance and Economics. It is Grade A Institution in the Evaluation by Ministry of Education of China. ZJSU is also a Key Comprehensive University co-constructed by Ministry of Education of China, Ministry of Commerce of China and Zhejiang Provincial Government. The University was confirmed to be the Internationalized Characteristic University and Key Construction University by Zhejiang Province.

ZJSU is a comprehensive university covering nine academic areas including economics, management, law, literature, history, philosophy, engineering, science and arts. ZJSU offers more than 60 full-time Chinese-taught degree programs to international students including undergraduate, graduate, PhD and post-doctoral programs. The university also provides non-degree programs such as Chinese Language and Culture Program, China and Chinese Business. Bachelor program of Chinese Language and Literature(Business Chinese) and 37 English-taught degree programs are especially designed for international students.

The university has a full-time student population of 31300, a high level faculty and staff team of 2500 and has an area of 165.7 hectares, with three campuses: Xiasha Campus, Jiaogong Campus and Tonglu Campus. More than 2200 international students are studying on the campuses coming from more than one hundred countries.

Basic information

City: Suzhou, Jiangsu
Founded in: 1907
Type: Public
Number of total students: 11000
Number of international students: 25
Number of faculty: 656

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Facts & Figures

Located in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang Province, renowned as the Paradise on Earth

Established in 1911 as ¨Hangzhou Business School”

Renamed in 1980 as ¨Hangzhou Institute of Commerce”

Renamed in 2004 as ¨Zhejiang Gongshang University”

Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Education and the Government of Zhejiang Province

Motto: Honesty, Persistence, Diligence and Simplicity

Students: 27900, including 1600 international students

6 academic discipline Ph. D programs, 47 sub-discipline Ph. D programs, 16 academic discipline master degree programs, 92 sub-discipline master degree programs, 16 master of professional studies programs(covering 25 fields) and 3 postdoctorate research centers

Faculty and staff: 2300

Library collection: 3.28 million books, 3000 journals & newspapers, over 21,000 digital journals

Overall floor area: 410 acres

Honors & Reputations

Graded Excellence in the Undergraduate Teaching Assessment by Ministry of Education in 2006

Top 20 Universities for Students Employment Competitiveness in China

Top 50 Universities for Graduate Employment Experience in China

Course Construction Pilot Unit for Academic Graduate Students by Ministry of Education

First Prize for the First Teaching Report by President of Universities in Zhejiang Province

The First Batch of “Universities with Internationalized Characteristics” at Zhejiang Province

Exemplary Site of Cultural Campus Construction in Zhejiang Province

Civilized Unit of Zhejiang Province

Advanced Unit of Democratic Management of Factory (School) Affairs

Top Disciplines

Grade A (Provincial): Statistics, Business Administration, Applied Economics, Management Science and Engineering, Food Science and Engineering, Foreign Languages and Literature.

Grade B (Provincial): Law, Computer Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Engineering, Marxist and Theory, Information and Communication Engineering, Design, Theoretical Economics.

Statistics: Ranked No.1 (Provincial) & No.2 (Nationally)

Business Administration: Ranked No.1 (Provincially)

Applied Economics: Ranked No.1 (Provincially)

Food Science and Engineering: Ranked No.1 (Provincially)

Law: Ranked No.1 (Provincially)

Food Science: ESI Ranked Top 1%

History

The institution was established in 1911 as Hangzhou Vocational Business School (the earliest Chinese Business School). In 1980, the school became a public university approved by the National Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Institute of Commerce. In 2004, it was renamed Zhejiang Gongshang University.