Wenzhou University was founded through the amalgamation of Wenzhou Normal College established in 1956 and the former Wenzhou University, which was established in 1984.[1]
The two main campuses of the university are in Wenzhou’s Chashan University Town, an area surrounded by green mountains and rivers.
WZU has with a total area of 1.7 square kilometers (419 acres), and the housing area is 820,000 square meters. The library has a collection of approximately 1.59 million volumes.[1]
The number of faculty members, administrative and supporting staff is 1,950, which 1,310 are full-time teachers (including 167 professors, 448 associate professors), 181 are mentors for postgraduates and doctorate students, and 201 are academics.[1]
Unless otherwise stated, all the universities and colleges listed are provincial or municipal public universities and colleges. DBC: Double First-Class Construction; 985: Project 985; 211: Project 211; Key: National Key Universities; P+M: provincial and ministerial co-founded universities. Degree: institutions offering degree education; Professional: institutions offering professional training and certificates. Vocational: institutions offering vocational training and diploma. Private: privately founded. Foreign: Sino-foreign cooperative joint universities; Independent: Independent college affiliated to a university; Continuing: Continuing education institutions; Private: Privately founded As of April 2018, there were 108 higher education institutions in Zhejiang, among which 36 were private, and 9 Continuing education institutions.