Drawing on global resources

Alumni young and old, and students from home and abroad, of Zhejiang University attend ZJU's 120th anniversary on May 21 in Hangzhou.[Photo by Zhou Lichao/provided to China Daily]

ZJU International Campus (Haining) was launched in September, hosting several joint ventures with overseas educational institutions, including a data science laboratory center with the Imperial College London, and trans-campus union colleges with University of Edinburgh and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Robert J. Jones, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, praised ZJU's efforts on the project. "The first batch of 30 students has already completed their study," he said, "and 160 more students will start their life here this autumn. It is encouraging."

Robert J. Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago, paid his third visit to Hangzhou. "It is impossible for one country to solve problems by itself; one needs to have a global perspective," he said.

"We have student exchanges and workshop cooperation in chemistry and engineering with ZJU. In addition to that, I hope our American students can learn classical traditions and history from China," he said.

Ralph J. Hexter, the interim chancellor of UC Davis, says that collaborations between the two universities go back to 1990, expanding to the areas of agriculture, transportation and bioengineering.