Zhejiang University is located in the coastal city of Hangzhou,capital of Zhejiang Province, which lies 180 km away from Shanghai, ametropolitan city in China. As one of the China's Seven ancientcapitals, Hangzhou is a world-famous tourist resort praised as "aparadise on earth", boasting very favorable natural conditions, witha mild climate, convenient transportation systems, picturesquescenery and rich cultural heritage. The university is one of the fewtop-ranking research institutions of higher learning in China. It hasa full coverage of disciplines in 11 major branches of Learning,Namely Philosophy, Literature, History, Education, Sciences,Economics, Law, Management, Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine.With a history of more than 80 years of graduate education, theuniversity now offers 331 academic and professional Master's Degreeprograms and 283 Doctoral programs. Under its administration thereare 14 Nation Key Laboratories, 2 National Engineering ResearchCenters and 3 National Engineering Technology Centers and 43post-doctor stations. At present, the university has a full-timestudent body of over 39,000, with 22,900 undergraduates, over 15,700Master's Degree students and over 6,600 Ph.D. candidates, and theuniversity also has about 1,700 international students coming fromover 100 countries. A truly comprehensive institute with developinginto a world-class institution as its goal, Zhejiang University aimsto provide an outstanding education that will enable its students tobuild a future of professional, intellectual and personal success,capable of leadership in different areas. Equally important, however,is the role the university has been playing in research. With afaculty capable of top-level and large-scale research and a highproportion of graduate students, the university has been undertakingprojects, both basic and applied, to address pressing issues of todayand the future.
Eligibility
* Applicants must be non-Chinese nationals and in good health. * Applicants must have a Master's Degree. * Applicants must be under the age of 40. * Applicants should have a competitive academic record. * Applicants should have strong scientific research ability. * Applicants must NOT be beneficiaries of any other kinds ofsponsorships./Read more:/http://CAMBODIAJOBS.BLOGSPOT.COM/2008/04/phd-scholarships-at-zhejiang-university.html
