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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
640 600 560 520 480 440 400 360 320 280 240 Graduate Students (Thousands) 200 160 120 80 40 0 1986 1988 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989 1990 1992 Year Masters Doctors Number of Graduate Students in China (1982-2004)
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”
Source:NSF http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/
University Data of CLRU (28) and AAU (61) Source: Progress Report of 211 Projects(1995-2005)
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 Role of International Research
Scientific Research in China: Global Collaborations Top co-authorship countries & Regions for 2005 Source: Thomson Web of Science data
Alumni > 500,000, 120 branches, >$60M donation last year New platforms with international support Watson Institute Qiushi Advanced Institute (Qiushi Foundation) Innovation Institute (Stanford) Nano-Institute (California) Joint Research Centers Internationalization
●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) International Collaboration
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
○ Economy ○ Law ○ Education ○ Humanity ○ Language & Inter Exchange ○ Sciences ○ Life Sciences ○ Mechanical & Energy Eng ○ Materials & Chemical Eng ○ Electrical Eng ○ Information S & T ○ Architecture & Civil Eng 24 Schools & 81 Departments ○ Bio-system & Food ○ Environment & Resources ○ Bio-med Eng & Instruments ○ Agriculture ○ Animal Science ○ Medicine ○ Pharmacy ○ Business ○ Computer Science & Technology ○ Public Administration ○ Media and Int Culture ○ Aerospace
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.
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