W EI YANG, Z HE J IANG U NIVERSITY, C HINA Innovative International Partnerships: Eliminating Barriers & Grasping Opportunities

Outline Chinese Research Universities Strategy for International Partnership Opportunity for Zhejiang University

Chinese Research 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 ( )

Published Papers (Article/Review) in China, Germany, France, Japan & UK ( ) From “Scientific Observation, 2007”

University Data of CLRU (28) and AAU (61) 指标 CLRUAAUratioCLRUAAUratio Enrollment : :0.7 U/G Ratio 0.24:10.26: :10.26:1---- Doctor Awards : :0.8 Faculty Numbers : :0.7 Research Funding ($100M) : :6.2 Federal Funding ($100M) : :6.8 SCI Papers : :3.6 SCI Citations : :6.2 Source: Progress Report of 211 Projects

Strategy for International Partnership

Approach for International Partenership  International Training for Students & Staffs  Sandwich —— Composite Curriculum  Scholarship —— Government PhD Program  Summer——International Exposure  Raise Oversea Exchange Ratio & International Student Ratio to 20%

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

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 6km 2 land, newly built central campus, 2.2Mm 2 floor space, average 120m 2 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 Duration World Ranking ↑213  Up 213 places in 22 months.  9 disciplines enter top 1% in ESI.

Impact Factor for ZJU SCI papers

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