Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences units only
City Population: 6,878,000 Enrolment: 42,845 full-time students Standard Course Load: 4 Units/semester
What to be close to one of the largest cities in the world? SEMESTER DATES UWA Semester 2 = Study at Zhejiang University and you’ll be within two . Autumn: September to November hours of Shanghai, as well as have easy access to cities . Winter: November to January like Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin, Kunming and Hong Kong! UWA semester 1 = . Spring: March to April Exchange students going to Zhejiang University can not . Summer: May to June only participate in the Chinese Language Programme, but also take units in English towards their other majors at the COURSES same time. Exchange students will be involved in the Chinese Language Programme within the College of Foreign ABOUT ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY Languages and College of Humanities at Zhejiang In September 1998, a new Zhejiang University was University. The programme is open to undergraduate and established on the basis of the amalgamation of four postgraduate students, as well as those interested in former individual universities, namely Zhejiang University, research. Hangzhou University, Zhejiang Agricultural University and Zhejiang Medical University, which were all located in the The teaching is delivered in a combination of English and garden city of Hangzhou. Chinese.
Endowed with picturesque surroundings and a favourable There are no Chinese Language requirements but UWA academic atmosphere, Zhejiang University is an ideal students are responsible for prior contact with ZU staff to place for teaching, research, and learning. Zhejiang ensure that they can fulfil their academic requirements. University is located in the coastal city Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, which lies 180 km away from Upon your arrival to Zhejiang, you will need to sit a Shanghai, a metropolitan city in the southeast of China. It Chinese Placement test to determine which level of is a major research university comprised of 21 colleges. Chinese classes you will be placed in. Registration (or enrolment) in classes will take place during Orientation.
Please contact the UWA Study Abroad Office for a list of courses taught in English that may be available to you.
HEALTH INSURANCE GEOGRAPHY: Zhejiang consists mostly of hills, which UWA has insurance to cover its outgoing exchange account for about 70% of its total area. There are over students: UWA Corporate Personal and Travel Policy. It 3000 islands along the ragged coastline of Zhejiang and is usually accepted by the host universities as primary many bays, with Hangzhou Bay being the largest. insurance. Every campus of Zhejiang University has a clinic, where CLIMATE: Zhejiang has a warm temperate climate. international students can receive medical services at a Average annual temperature is around 15-19 °C, average low cost. January temperature is around 2-8 °C, and average July temperature is around 27-30°C. There is plenty of rainfall HOUSING in early summer, and by late summer Zhejiang is directly On-campus accommodation in the International College threatened by typhoons forming in the Pacific. is reserved for exchange students at the price of around 1500 RMB per person per month. NATIONAL DAYS Exchange students are usually allowed to check in within New Year's Day three days before the date of registration. A refundable Chinese New Year or Spring Festival (3 days) deposit of 800 RMB is required upon lodging in. International Labor Day (3 days) National Day (3 days). Usually two students share one room without a kitchen. Most rooms are equipped with central heating facilities OTHER INFORMATION and a telephone. Majority of the rooms have private Please refer to the following websites for more shower bath and toilet, some have air-conditioning, self- information about studying at Zhejiang. study rooms, reading rooms, game rooms, E-mail terminals, public kitchens and washing machines. Website for International Students: http://iczu.zju.edu.cn/english/default.html Daily necessities are provided in the off-campus supermarkets. Post offices and banks are all near the main gate of each campus. Bus routes connect all Accommodation and tips for when you are there: campuses with downtown, scenic spots and the train http://iczu.zju.edu.cn/english/type3/010316.html station. CONTACTS Food http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/ A dining-hall is adjacent to the International Students http://www.zju.edu.cn/ Dorm; meals cost only $3 to $5 per day. The University also has convenient and inexpensive canteens where a Our contact details: good variety of Chinese and Western foods are served. http://www.international.uwa.edu.au/se/welcome Tel: 6488 8199 LIVING EXPENSES [email protected] It is recommended that you budget for approximately 1000 RMB per month exclusive of accommodation.
ABOUT ZHEJIANG "There is heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below." So goes the old Chinese saying, and if you won't take their word for it, believe Marco Polo, who once called Hangzhou the most enchanting city in the world.
West (Xi Zi) Lake highlights the local attractions. Legend has it that Xi Zi is a heavenly jewel fallen to earth. West Lake scenery has inspired painters for centuries; its shoreline now features the National Tea and Silk Museums, and Huqingyutang Therapeutic Centre of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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