Wenzhou University

Wenzhou University is the only comprehensive university in southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian and eastern Jiangxi, and a key construction university in Zhejiang Province. It is located in Wenzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China and known as the "Southeast Mountains and Rivers". The school was formed by the merger of Wenzhou Normal University and the former Wenzhou University in 2004. The school's origins can be traced back to the Wenzhou Normal School founded in 1933. It has a history of 88 years. Academician Gu Chaohao, the winner of the country's highest science and technology award, served as the president. When General Secretary Xi Jinping was in charge of Zhejiang, Zeng Yuzhong pointed out with sincerity: “We must attach great importance to education and talents, especially Wenzhou University and other institutions of higher learning.” (Excerpted from "Doing on the ground, walking in the forefront", CPC Central Party School Press)

Wenzhou University has now formed a multi-level and multi-form school structure including undergraduate education, postgraduate education, continuing education, international student education, and international cooperative education. Disciplines cover ten disciplines including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, and art. There are 20 colleges.

The school has two campuses, Chashan and Xueyuan Road, covering an area of 1973.44 mu, with a school building area of 996,500 square meters. The total value of teaching and research equipment is 794 million yuan. The collection of paper books is 2.3157 million copies, e-books 1.8448 million copies, and electronic journals in Chinese and foreign languages. And 104 data databases. The school has 1202 full-time teachers (735 doctors, accounting for 61.15%; 686 senior titles, accounting for 57.07%), full-time academicians, double-employed academicians, Yangtze River scholars, national outstanding youths, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding national contributions, national " There are 27 national-level talents including the “Ten Thousand-Ten Thousand Talents Project”, national elite youths, cultural masters of the Central Propaganda Department, and “four batches” of talents. There are 158 high-level talents (263 person-times) at the provincial level or above. ).

The school became a master's degree granting unit in 2003, and now has 17 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points and 12 master's professional degree authorization points. In 2017, it was listed as the construction unit of Zhejiang Province Doctoral Degree Awarding Unit. It has built a Zhejiang Postdoctoral Workstation, and cooperates with 18 well-known universities and scientific research institutions at home and abroad to train doctors and post-doctors. The school has distinctive disciplines and has formed a discipline ecology with excellent basic disciplines in liberal arts and sciences, and strong disciplines in engineering, economics, management, law, and business applications. It is the most comprehensive university in southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian, and eastern Jiangxi. Ecology is the key discipline of Zhejiang Province, and nine disciplines including Chemistry, Chinese Language and Literature, Electrical Engineering, Law, Marxist Theory, Applied Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Ecology, and Civil Engineering are the first-class disciplines in Zhejiang Province. Chemistry, materials science, and engineering are among the top 1% of ESI in the world.

The school adheres to the "quality school", fully implements the fundamental task of Lide and fosters people, and strives to cultivate high-quality applied talents who are "practical, innovative, capable of entrepreneurship, good management, and daring to take responsibility". The school’s undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education in 2008 was “excellent”, and in 2015 it was the first batch to pass the undergraduate teaching review and evaluation by the Ministry of Education. It has 15 national-level first-class undergraduate professional construction sites, 9 provincial-level first-class professional construction sites, 18 national-level courses, of which 8 are the first batch of first-class undergraduate courses, 4 are certified by the Ministry of Education for engineering education, and 3 are certified for teacher training. One, 100 million yuan was approved for the National Industry-Education Integration Project. Won 1 first prize, 1 second prize of higher education national teaching achievement, and 7 first prizes of provincial teaching achievement. The school has been established as a national-level entrepreneurial talent training Wenzhou model innovation experimental zone, the first batch of demonstration universities in the country to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, and a teacher education base in Zhejiang Province. In the past five years, students have won 48 international awards and 1046 national awards. In 2019, the school’s "Challenge Cup" competition score ranked 16th in the country, won the "Winning Cup" and continued to be the sponsor; won 5 first prizes in the most recent national "Great Art Exhibition", ranking 8th in the country.

The school insists on “revitalizing the school through scientific research”, in-depth implementation of the “local and first-class” project, adheres to the coordinated development of basic research and applied research, and insists on the simultaneous advancement of humanities and social sciences, natural sciences and engineering technology research, and has been established as a national intellectual property pilot university . The school currently has 3 national-level scientific research platforms, 29 provincial-level scientific research platforms, 4 Zhejiang key innovation teams and 4 Zhejiang high-level innovation teams. He presided over 9 major national projects including National Science and Technology Major Projects, 2 National Science Funds for Outstanding Youths, 2 National Science Funds for Outstanding Youths, 32 National Natural Science and Social Science Fund key projects, and 673 other national projects. Published 235 various books. The scientific research achievements have won 145 national, provincial and ministerial awards such as the Second Prize of National Technological Invention, the Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress, the First Prize of Excellent Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) of Higher Education Ministry of Education, and the Chinese Patent Gold Award.

The school adheres to the "study-city linkage" and the combination of "going out" and "inviting in" to provide in-depth social services. 9 industrial research institutes and 3 provincial-level industrial innovation service complexes were built together with local governments, and the number of patent conversions ranked 74 domestic universities. The school's research in areas such as ecological protection, laser photoelectric technology, and low-voltage electrical appliances has become a booster for regional industrial transformation and upgrading. It actively cultivates innovative advantages around strategic emerging industries such as smart equipment, digital economy, and new materials. National key scientific and technological achievements "Distributed sewage treatment technology" established national demonstration projects in Wenchang National Aerospace Launch Base and other 8 places; relying on the national key research and development plan and international key special projects, China’s first cyanobacteria bloom physical jet treatment vessel was developed to conquer the world Contribute to the problem of cyanobacterial bloom management; China's patented gold award achievement "Island Special Power Supply System" promotes the rapid development of national islands, port construction and shipbuilding; Zhejiang Province's low-voltage electrical appliance technology innovation service platform provides talents for hundreds of billions of electrical industry clusters And technical support; the results of the national key research and development plan project results in ultra-fast laser precision processing technology to solve the problem of C919 large aircraft blade air film hole manufacturing. Strengthening the advice and suggestions of the government and the government has been effective in the study of regional characteristics such as comprehensive financial reforms, social governance, and public policies. The first prize for outstanding achievements in scientific research in higher education institutions of the Ministry of Education "General Theory of the History of Ancient Chinese Opera" promotes the inheritance and innovation of Chinese excellent traditional culture. The school gives full play to the advantages of teacher education resources, establishes a basic education development center, and expands the construction of affiliated schools. There are currently 10 affiliated primary and secondary schools and kindergartens to serve the development of local basic education.　

The school insists on "interconnection with the outside world" and continuously improves the level of open education. The school is the only university in Zhejiang Province that has established 3 undergraduate colleges: Wenzhou-Kean University in cooperation with Kean University in the United States; among the 2 independent colleges established, the City College of Wenzhou University was successfully transferred to Wenzhou Business School in 2016, Wenzhou The University’s Oujiang College was successfully transferred to Wenzhou Institute of Technology in 2021. The school is the first batch of "Zhejiang International Characteristic University Construction Project". So far, it has established exchanges and cooperation with 125 universities in 27 countries and regions. It has opened a Confucius Institute at Oriental University in Thailand and Wenzhou University in Italy in Italy. . The “International Water Ecology and Environmental Research Center” and the “International Water Ecology Research Center” were jointly established with the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University in Japan. Shan University and others jointly recruit doctoral students. The school is the first batch of Chinese education bases of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. It is the research base of overseas Chinese in China (Wenzhou University) and the international cultural exchange base of the Chinese Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese. Spiritual homeland.

The school adheres to the "leadership of party building", strengthens the overall leadership of the party, and vigorously promotes party building and cultural inheritance. Innovating ideological and political education, attaching great importance to the construction of ideological and political courses, Internet + ideological and political "six systems" comprehensive reform was selected into the Ministry of Education's "Ideological and Political Teaching Method Reform Selection Promotion Plan for Colleges and Universities", and teacher representatives were invited to participate in the nationwide hosted by General Secretary Xi Jinping School ideological and political class teachers’ symposium. Adhering to the Wenda spirit of "Embrace the nation and benefit the people", carry forward the patriotic spirit of Zeng Liansong, the designer and alumnus of the national flag of the People's Republic of China, and form the "Three Complete Education" brand such as "National Flag Culture Project". Strengthen cultural construction, promote the culture of mathematicians, build a Wenzhou mathematics parent corridor, deepen the study of Wenzhou and Nanxi, and make positive contributions to the inheritance of the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The school's party committee has been awarded the "Zhejiang Advanced Primary Party Organization" for three consecutive times, and two party branches have been awarded the "National Model Party Branch".

The school adheres to the school-running tradition of "being a strong foundation and deepening the source of wisdom", promotes the school motto of "learning, dare to be the first", roots in Wenzhou, serves Zhejiang, radiates the whole country, and faces the world, and strives to build a high level with distinctive characteristics Teaching and research university.