Zhejiang University has established within it a number of research institutions distributing in every colleges focusing on a broad range of research topics at both the university level and the college level. They can be categorized into three different groups, namely university research institutes, college research labs and university specialized research centers.
University research institutes mainly focus on intensive scientific research on certain fields of new and high technology, frontier of fundamental research and demands of state development.
Institute of Watson Genome Studies
Zhejiang-California International Nanosystems Institute
Research Institute of Zhejiang University- Taizhou
Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University
International Innovation Institute, Zhejiang University
Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University
Institute of Aquatic Environment
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Zhejiang University
Institute of Integrated Circuit and Primary Software
International Design Institute
Institute of Translational Medicine
Ocean Academy, Zhejiang University
Institute of Innovative Medicine
Institute of New-type Urbanization of China
Robotics Institute, Zhejiang University
Mathematics Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Univerisity
Research Institute of Zhejiang University- Ningbo
State Institute of Big Data for Health Care and Cure
Zhejiang University has 186 college research labs distributed in 26 schools and departments of the University.
School of Mathematical Sciences (6)
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (2)
School of Mechanical Engineering (7)
School of Materials Science and Engineering (6)
School of Energy Engineering (5)
College of Electrical Engineering (8)
College of Civil Engineering and Architecture (17)
College of Chemical and Biological Engineering (6)
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics (7)
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering (3)
College of Optical Science and Engineering (9)
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering (5)
College and Control Science and Engineering (3)
College of Computer Science and Technology (4)
College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science (3)
College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science (5)
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences (9)
College of Agriculture and Biotechnology (9)
College of Animal Sciences (7)
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (7)
As we gained more achievements as we move forward, we continuously encountered new questions that need to be answered, new problems that need to be addressed and new issues that need to be studied on. In the process, we come up with specialized research centers that boost topic-oriented research, cross-disciplinary research or demand-oriented research. There are totally 34 centers in the university, with some of them listed below.
Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University
Center of Engineering and Scientific Computing
Center for Cross-research on Smart Transportation
Engineering Center for Digitalized Medical Care and Cure
Engineering Center for Green Architecture and Application Technology
Center for Electrical and Information Services
Center for Digital Agriculture and Rural Informatization
Center for Analytical Instruments
Center for Robotics Studies
Center for Innovative Medicine
Center for High-speed Rail
Center for Global Change
Medical Center( Yuhang Branch), Zhejiang University
Center for Brain Imaging Science and Technology
International Research Center for Architecture and Urban Development
Center for Cross-research on Quantum Information
Center for Psychological Studies
Center for Hyper-gravity Research
Center for Internet Space Security
