Hangzhou Dianzi University Information Engineering Institute

Located in the historical city of Hangzhou, China, Hangzhou Dianzi University is an institution of higher learning that offers multiple disciplines of engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law and education. While highlighting electronics and information science, the university is also fairly strong in the discipline of business management. The predecessor of the university is Hangzhou Aviation Finance and Economics School, founded in 1956. In 1980, Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Engineering was set up, which was later renamed Hangzhou Dianzi in 2004. The university was at first affiliated with the No. 4 Ministry of Mechanical Industry, then with the Ministry of Electronic Industry and still later with the Ministry of Information Industry. Since 2000, the university has been under Ministerial and Provincial leadership with the Provincial Government playing the main management role. Now, the university is a teaching and research oriented university of Zhejiang for priority development. The university’s three campuses, Xiasha Campus, Wenyi Campus and Dongyue Campus, occupy a combined land area of 2,000 mu with a building area of 670,000 square meters. The university has a current enrollment of more than 15,000 full-time undergraduates and postgraduates and a staff of 1,300. It boasts the teaching and research equipment valued over 100 million yuan, and book collection of 1 million volumes. The good teaching and research facilities prepare the university for continued improvement in education standard.