Yuquan Campus (simplified Chinese: 玉泉校区; traditional Chinese: 玉泉校區; pinyin: Yùquán Xiàoqū), is a campus of Zhejiang University. It was the location of former headquarters of the university. Today, it also owns some administrative departments of the university.[1]
浙江大学玉泉校区 | |
 The front of the library | |
| Established | 1956 |
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Parent institution | Zhejiang University |
| Address | 38 Zheda Road, Xihu District , Hangzhou , Zhejiang , 310007 , China 30°15′40″N 120°07′30″E / 30.2611°N 120.1250°E |
| Campus | 136 hectares (340 acres) |
Introduction
editThe campus is urban in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
The campus is sited on the northwest corner of the West Lake, with the Lingfeng Hill (灵峰) and Laohe Hill (老和山) on its back side and it faces to the Wushi Hill (乌石峰). It's close to the Yuquan historic site (the Jade Spring) and named after it. There is a botany garden aside, which is one of the largest in China.
The campus has a total area of 2044 mu, and a total building area close to one million m2.
Notable buildings
edit- Sir Run Run Shaw Hall of Science (邵逸伕科學舘 / 邵逸夫科学馆, donated by and named after the Hong Kong media mogul Run Run Shaw.
- Chu Kochen Building of Int'l Education (竺可楨國際教育大樓 / 竺可桢国际教育大楼, named after the former president Coching CHU, a.k.a. CHU Kochen or ZHU Kezhen)
Institutions
edit- Faculty of Science (headquartered)
- School of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Earth Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering (headquartered)
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- School of Material Science and Engineering
- College of Energy Engineering
- College of Electrical Engineering
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Faculty of Information (headquartered)
- College of Optical Science and Engineering
- College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering
- College of Control Science and Engineering
- College of Computer Science and Technology
- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science
References
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