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The main campus of Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) is located at the cultural historical city of Jinhua in the central part of Zhejiang Province. The city links Shanghai and Hangzhou to the north, and Guangdong and Fujian provinces to the south. The university is next to a national scenic spot-the Double Dragon Cave, and covers a total area of more than 200 hectares with a total floor space of 800,000 square meters. Its green and beautiful campus furnishes an ideal place for living, study and work. The historical evolution of Zhejiang Normal University can be traced back to "Hangzhou Junior Teacher's College", set up in 1956, and then evolved into "Hangzhou Teacher's College" in 1958. In 1962, both Zhejiang Education College and Zhejiang Physical Education College were merged to form Zhejiang Teacher's College, which was moved to Jinhua in 1965. In 1980, the college was enlisted as a key provincial institution of higher learning. In 1985, the college acquired its university status as Zhejiang Normal University. Later on, in 2000, 2001, and 2004, three more schools merged into ZJNU, i.e. Zhejiang Financial School, Zhejiang School of Preschool-Teacher Education and Jinhua Railway Engineering School respectively. As one of the key provincial universities, ZJNU specializes in teacher education with multiple branches of learning. The university consists of 17 colleges offering 48 undergraduate programs. It has an enrolment over 20,000 undergraduates, 2,000 graduates, and 25,000 adult students in various adult education programs. Among the total staff of 2,458, there are 1,288 full-time teachers, including 2 national academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 173 professors and 509 associate professors, 26 selected into the "151 Talent Project of Zhejiang Province" , 34 young and middle-aged provincial academic pioneers. The university is assigned by the Ministry of Education as the Key National Training Base for Teachers of Vocational Education. In addition, it is designated by the Ministry of Railways as a base for the training of locomotive engineers. Moreover, Zhejiang Training Center for University and College Teachers is assigned to the university for various in-service training programs. At present, the university claims 16 provincial key disciplines, 8 provincial key construction disciplines, and 30 disciplines for master's degrees. ZJNU offers other MA programs including MED and MPA, and MA for Part-Time Vocational Education. The library at ZJNU has a collection of more than 226,890,000 books, 75,640,000 books online, and over 7,000 Chinese and various foreign periodicals. With a total floor space of 720,000 square meters, 43 laboratories have been established, including 4 provincial key laboratories and key provincial demonstration centers of experiment instruction. The advanced equipment and facilities at the labs totally cost RMB 190 million yuan. The university makes strenuous efforts to open up to the outside world. In recent years, ties of academic exchange and cooperation have been set up between this university and 47 foreign universities and institutes in more than 20 countries, including the United States and Great Britain. Since 1997, the University has been authorized to accept both short-term and long-term students from foreign countries, and has set up a Center for Chinese Language and Culture in Cameroon. Approved by the Ministry of Education, ZJNU has put up a Base for Education Assistance and Development to undertake human resource development projects for senior educational administrators from other continents. In addition, the university has been authorized to run a center for overseas studies so as to give relative helps for self-funded students to study in foreign countries. Following the university motto of "Wisdom with Virtue, Integrity with Innovation", ZJNU is now on its way striding forward to build itself into a high-level comprehensive teaching and research university with its own characteristics. |
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Programs for Master Degrees |
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In recent years, various forms have been employed in actively developing graduate education. So far, ZJNU has had 30 master's degree programs, classified as full-time graduate, ME graduate, MA equivalent, and graduate course programs. Graduate course programs include: |
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SINO-AUSTRALIA JOINT EDUCATION PROGRAM: E-BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
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ZNU has established the Specialty of E-Business and Information Technology in cooperation with the Edith Cowan University in Australia. The project has the approval of the Education Commission of Zhejiang, which was promulgated in its Document ZJW2001-197. The purpose of the Specialty is to absorb advanced teaching and administrative experiences from the outside world, to train middle and high level comprehensive administrators who are (oriented towards the 21st century,) world-minded, able to associate with foreigners, needed by the social, science-technological and cultural development of the country. It is also the aim of the specialty to strengthen the cooperation between ZNU and Western Australia. Edith Cowan University is one of the largest state-run comprehensive universities in Australia with a long history and a beautiful campus. Offering a wide range of courses, it is equipped with advanced facilities, and has a strong faculty that devoted to both education and scientific research. Its College of Commerce, College of Education, College of Engineering and Technology and College of Arts enjoy a great reputation in both Australia and Southeast Asia. The Specialty of E-Business and Information Technology consists the studies of International Business, Business Management, Information Technology, and Business English. The first session started in 2001 with 47 students, and the second in 2002 with 37. The program is well under way and has achieved desired results. SINO-FRENCH COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM: FRENCH FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS By approval of the Education Commission of Zhejiang Province announced in its Document 1999-ZJW-44, Zhejiang Normal University entered into cooperation with Institute de Formation Internationale, Rouen in France to initiate in 1999 a Sino-French cooperative education program – French for International Business and European Affairs. The aim of the program is to optimize the ZNU’s disciplinary structure and talent cultivating pattern, and also to enhance the diversity and prefer ability of the education it offers, so as to train high-level people specialized in business management and trade to meet the need of China’s economic growth in the 21st century. Institut de Formation Internationale, Rouen, famous for its high-quality vocational training in international business, is affiliated with the Rouen Industry and Business Society in the Haute-Normandie Region, which has a sister relationship with Zhejiang Province. With its peaceful, tasteful environment, eminent faculty and advanced facilities, Institut de Formation Internationale is an ideal place for Chinese students to study. The course is a 2+2 program. The students spend their first two years studying at ZNU and, after finishing with success, receive a certificate for completion of study issued by Institut de Formation Internationale, Rouen. Thereafter they will continue their self-funded study in France with the recommendation from ZNU. The course recruited 17 students for the first session and 30 for the second. Most students of the two sessions are continuing their study now in France SINO-AUSTRALIA JOINT EDUCATION PROGRAM: MASTER of EDUCATION In EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION In order for the education administrators in Zhejiang to enhance their theoretical acquirements and practical working ability, Zhejiang Normal University started the Master of Education in Education Administration in 2002, which is another child of the cooperation between ZNU and the Edith Cowan University in Australia. The program has the approval of the Office of Academic Degrees, Committee for Academic Degrees, State Council, and the People’s Republic of China, which was promulgated in its Document 2000-44. The purpose of the Class is to utilize the advanced educational ideas and experiences appearing in the outside world, and to train high-level educational administrators for Zhejiang who possesses wide international vision coupled with new ideas and are able to lead the Province’s education to the international front rank. The program is also meant to provide an opportunity for experienced teachers to pursue advanced studies in areas they are interested in and to work for an internationally acknowledged Master’s degree. The Class starts every year with around 35 students, the duration of the course being 1-2 years. It is stipulated in the program that the students’ relevant basic graduate courses already completed before entering the Class are to be reconfirmed, that a 50% of the total required courses are to be added, and that a degree dissertation is to be completed. Students who finished the courses and passed the graduation oral exam will win the Master’s Degree in Education Administration granted by the Edith Cowan University. There are a total of eight disciplines to be studied in the Class, four of which are advanced ones and to be taught partly by teachers from Edith Cowan University and partly through long-distance instruction or internet teaching.The Class formally opened in November 2002. The 38 students enrolled are all eminent educators selected from all over the province. |
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With its disciplinary development as a focus, this university lays adequate stress on educational research, theoretical research and applied research. From 1988 through 2002, this university has succeeded in bidding for more than 20 projects at the national level sponsored by the National Sciences Funds and the National Philosophy & Social Sciences Funds, over 20 projects at the ministerial level by the Humanities & Social Sciences Funds, the Provincial Science & Technology Project and the Provincial Social Sciences Project. Within the same time period, more than 10.000 academic papers or treatises by the staff have been published, of which nearly 170 academic papers got quoted by such authoritative indexes as SCI, EI and ESTP, and many projects were awarded by Province and the Ministry of Education. |
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| Courses | Chinese Language & Culture Program Post Graduation or Master Degree |
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| Tuition Fee | FEES in US$ |
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US $ 1900-2200 ( Under Graduate) |
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| Hostel Fee | US $ 1000-1300 | |
| Food Expense | Us $ 600 – 700 per year three times meal | |
| College / Residence Cards etc. | US $ 100 | |
| Eligibility | Intermediate |
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| Language of Instruction | Chinese | |
| Intakes | September, March | |
