1. Innovation and Higher Education
JUN ZHU
JUN ZHU
ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA
ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA
2. Outline
Outline
Background — A National Program
Background — A National Program
The Role of China’s HEIs
The Role of China’s HEIs
Zhejiang University and its Strategies
Zhejiang University and its Strategies
3. Background — A National Program
Background — A National Program
A national program for medium-to-long-
term scientific and technological
development
Centerpiece of the program:
The decision of developing China into a
nation of innovation within 15 years
4. The Role of China’s HEIs
The Role of China’s HEIs
Responsibilities:
• Educating innovative talents
• Providing professional training
• Conducting basic and cutting-edge
research
• Leading development of science and
technology
• Building an innovation culture
5. The Role of China’s HEIs
The Role of China’s HEIs
Number of Proportion nationwide
Scientists 52 %
Research Fellows 67.6 %
Citations in SCI, EI and ISTP 83.7 %
Members of Academy of Sciences 40 %
and Academy of Engineering
Research Projects 79.72 %
National Key Laboratories 52%
6. Recent Drive of Higher Education in China
China becomes the largest higher
education system in the world
25.00% 21%
20.00%
毛入学率
15.00%
9.80% （gross
university
10.00% enrollment
rate)
5.00%
0.00%
1999 2006
7. Numbers of Awarded Doctoral Degrees, USA, Germany, Japan,
UK, India and China (1975-2005)
8. Published Papers (Article/Review) in China,
Germany, France, Japan & UK (1991-2006)
五国SCI论文（article,review)增长趋势（1991-2006年）
论文数
90000 84003
80000 76075
70000
60000 54168
50000 44169
40000
31258
30000
20000
7174
10000
0
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
中国 日本 德国 法国 英国
From “Scientific Observation, 2007”
9. Global Collaborations
Top co-authorship
Chinese research papers 2001-2005 countries & Regions
for 2005
90000
80000 Country # of papers
70000
USA 6940
JAPAN 2575
60000
ENGLAND 1577
50000 Co-authored GERMANY 1536
40000 Chinese only CANADA 1294
AUSTRALIA 1144
30000
FRANCE 960
20000 TAIWAN 951
10000 SINGAPORE 855
SOUTH KOREA 757
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Source: Thomson Web of Science data
11. History
1897 Qiu Shi Academy
1928 National Zhejiang University
1937 ‘West March’ in World War II
1952 Restructuring
1998 New Zhejiang University
12.
13. Current Status of ZJU
Comprehensiveness
Largest Disciplinary Coverage of Doctoral Programs
24/81 Disciplines rank top 5 in China
6 University Hospitals with 7000 staff
2007: Revenue $0.6B+$0.6B, (#2 in the nation)
14. Current Status of ZJU
Education
Credit system, quarter semesters, elite college,
innovation incentive
High G/U ratio
本科生
23668
Undergrads
Masters
硕 生
士 Doctors
9363 Oversea
博士生
留学生 6281
1468
15. Current Status of ZJU
Research (2007)
Research Funds >$200M, 2nd in China
Number 1 in
SCI papers (3146)
NSFC grants (350)
Patents (>1400)
Regional Corporation
16. SCI Papers 13 folds in ten
years, annually 34%
Number one in
China for
2006/2007
4000
3034 3146
2775
3000
1981
2000 1553
1000
0
2003年 2004年 2005年 2006年 2007年
17. Current Status of ZJU
University Hardware
Total of 6 km2 land, newly built central campus,
2.2M m2 floor space, average 120 m2 faculty
housing, digital library
23. Talent Training & Introducing Programs
Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline
to Universities of China initiated by MOE and
State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
Program for New Century Excellent Talents in
University
24. Talent Training in Int’l Environment
Bilingual teaching
＊ In 2003-2006, about 700 bilingual courses offered
Joint degree programs with world-class universities
＊ ‘2+2’ courses in computer science (BS)
＊ ‘3+1’ courses in life science (BS+MS)
Students exchange programs
＊ In 2006-2007, 898 undergraduate students going
to study abroad
＊ Special programs: Overseas internship project,
Asia and the Pacific Young Entrepreneurs Training
Project
Overseas students reaches 3200
25. Approach for International Partnership
International Training for Students & Staff
Sandwich — Composite Curriculum
Scholarship — Government PhD Program
Summer — International Exposure
Raise Oversea Exchange Ratio &
International Student Ratio to 20％
26. National Drive for Collaborative Research
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
27. ZJU: International Collaboration
●Agreements with 140 University ●2712 oversea students
●Scholarships, Sandwich, Summer
● APRU (Economy-Education-Research Alliance)
● GUNI (UNISCO, Regional Outreach)
● WUN (Scholars & Students Exchange)
● Elite Univ (Brown/Ivy-League, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge)
28. Social and Community Service
• A Model Harmonious Region
— A Joint Construction Scheme by
ZJU & Hangzhou Municipal Government
• Land: 31.2 k㎡ in western part of the city
with Zijingang Campus of ZJU as the
center
• Total investment of Construction:
US$ 3.4 billion
