Zhejiang Wanli University (浙江万里学院; 'Zhejiang Wanli College'), formerly the Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Agricultural University (浙江农业大学宁波分校), is a private college in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.[4] The college is operated by the private Zhejiang Wanli Education Group Company.[5]
In ARWU Rankings 2022, the institution ranked 369th in China.[6]
In 1958, the Ningbo Regional Agricultural Vocational School was established.
In 1960, it merged with Ningbo Regional Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Ningbo Regional Agricultural Tools Research Institute to form Ningbo Agricultural College.
In 1961, it was renamed Ningbo Regional Agricultural Vocational School.
In 1971, it merged with Ningbo Forestry School to form Ningbo Regional Agriculture and Forestry School.
In 1976, Ningbo Regional Agriculture and Forestry School was upgraded to Ningbo Regional Agricultural College.
In 1977, the Ningbo Regional Agricultural College was transformed into the Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Agricultural University.
In 1984, the Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Agricultural University was transformed into Zhejiang Rural Technical Teachers College.[7]
In 1999, Zhejiang Rural Technical Teachers School was granted vocational technical college status and was renamed Zhejiang Wanli Vocational and Technical College.
In 2002, the institution was granted college status, was renamed "Zhejiang Wanli College" in Chinese, and started to provide bachelor's degree programs.
In 2021, the institution was accredited for three master's degree programs.[8]
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.