Zhejiang Gongshang University

In the past years, ZJSU has been paying great attention to international exchanges and cooperation, and making an effort to promote education internationalization. The university has partner relationships with more than 90 universities and scientific research institutions from more than 50 countries (including the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Japan, and South Korea, etc.). Moreover, ZJSU started cooperation programs with over 60 foreign universities and research institutions (such as Columbia University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Manchester, Waseda University, University of Canterbury, and Chulalongkorn University) in the areas of faculty and students exchange, mutual accreditation of credits, scientific research cooperation. MPM, in cooperation with the University of Quebec, has trained over 600 postgraduates. Alliance Française de Hangzhou has developed into the largest French language training and cultural exchange center in Zhejiang Province. ZJSU co-established Confucius Institute with Howest University, Belgium. The number of students in Confucius Institute has reached over 600. ZJSU also co-established research centers with well-known foreign universities and research institutions, such as Sensory Science Laboratory with American Monell Chemical Sense Center. ZJSU launched "Blue Sky" project aimed at enhancing faculty internationalization. It sends 50 promising teachers annually to key foreign universities for study and research; dozens of academic leaders and young administrators attend key universities overseas for training as well. The university encourages scholars to attend international academic meetings and activities. ZJSU actively conducts student exchange programs with key universities overseas and has sent thousands of students in recent years to foreign universities for long-term and short-term exchange and visiting programs. From 2014, ZJSU has set up a special fund of 3 million RMB yuan annually, for sponsoring excellent students to study abroad for long or short terms. With the development of internationalization and the overall improvement, the university has hosted and sponsored more than 20 large-scale international activities and important academic conferences, including the 2010 International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) Conference of North East Asia, the 20th International Association of Feminist Economics, the Academic Conference of East Asian Culture co-organized with University of Columbia and the 2012 Bangkok Asia Food Science Forum co-hosted with Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.