Wenzhou University (WZU) is a municipal public university in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is owned by the Wenzhou Municipal People's Government.
History
Wenzhou University was founded through the amalgamation of Wenzhou Normal College established in 1956 and the former Wenzhou University, which was established in 1984.[1]
Campuses
The two main campuses of the university are in Wenzhou’s Chashan University Town, an area surrounded by green mountains and rivers.
WZU has with a total area of 1.7 square kilometers (419 acres), and the housing area is 820,000 square meters. The library has a collection of approximately 1.59 million volumes.[1]
Administration
Faculty
The number of faculty members, administrative and supporting staff is 1,950, which 1,310 are full-time teachers (including 167 professors, 448 associate professors), 181 are mentors for postgraduates and doctorate students, and 201 are academics.[1]
Students
The university has a full-time student population of 24,960.[1]
Schools and departments
There are 20 departments or colleges at the university:[1]
Unless otherwise stated, all the universities and colleges listed are provincial or municipal public universities and colleges. DBC: Double First-Class Construction; 985: Project 985; 211: Project 211; Key: National Key Universities; P+M: provincial and ministerial co-founded universities. Degree: institutions offering degree education; Professional: institutions offering professional training and certificates. Vocational: institutions offering vocational training and diploma. Private: privately founded. Foreign: Sino-foreign cooperative joint universities; Independent: Independent college affiliated to a university; Continuing: Continuing education institutions; Private: Privately founded As of April 2018, there were 108 higher education institutions in Zhejiang, among which 36 were private, and 9 Continuing education institutions.
