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Innovative International Partnerships: Eliminating Barriers & Grasping Opportunities. W EI YANG, Z HE J IANG U NIVERSITY, C HINA. Outline. Chinese Research Universities. Strategy for International Partnership. Opportunity for Zhejiang University. Chinese Research University.
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Innovative International Partnerships: Eliminating Barriers & Grasping Opportunities WEI YANG, ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA
Outline Chinese Research Universities Strategy for International Partnership Opportunity for Zhejiang University
China becomes the largest higher education system in the world Recent Drive of Higher Education in China
Numbers of Awarded Doctoral Degrees, USA, Germany, Japan, UK, India and China (1975-2005)
Published Papers (Article/Review) in China, Germany, France, Japan & UK (1991-2006) From “Scientific Observation, 2007”
University Data of CLRU (28) and AAU (61) Source: Progress Report of 211 Projects 1995-2005
International Training for Students & Staffs Sandwich —— Composite Curriculum Scholarship —— Government PhD Program Summer——International Exposure Raise Oversea Exchange Ratio & International Student Ratio to 20% Approach for International Partenership
Government Doctoral Scholarship (5000/year) (Top students to world-class universities and supervised by top professors) Organized by 39 universities of National 985 projects To world leading programs of collaborating researches with Chinese partners National Drive for Collaborative Research
Global Collaborations Top co-authorship countries & Regions for 2005 Source: Thomson Web of Science data
●Agreements with 140 University ●2712 oversea students ●Scholarships, Sandwich, Summer ● WUN (Scholars & Students Exchange) ● GUNI (UNISCO, Regional Outreach) ● APRU (Economy-Education-Research Alliance) ● Elite Univ (Ivy-League, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge) ZJU: International Collaboration
Alumni > 500,000, 120 branches, >$60M donation last year New platforms with international support Alumni Support for Internationalization
Comprehensiveness 2006: Revenue $440M, (#2-3 in the nation) Largest Disciplinary Coverage of Doctoral Programs 24/81 Disciplines rank top 5 in China 6 University Hospitals with 7000 staffs Current Status of ZJU
Current Status of ZJU • Education Credit system, quarter, elite college, innovation incentive High G/U ratio
Research (2006) Research Funds $160M, 2nd in China Number 1 in SCI papers (3011) NSFC grants (325) Patents (>1400) Regional Corporation Current Status of ZJU
University Hardware Total of 6km2 land, newly built central campus, 2.2Mm2 floor space, average 120m2 faculty housing, digital library Current Status of ZJU
SCI Papers • 13 folds in ten years, annually 34% • Number one in China 1997: 220篇 2006: 3100
Ten Year Citations • Up 213 places in 22 months. • 9 disciplines enter top 1% in ESI.
Paradise on the Earth WE HAVE A DREAM !