The center was established to be a distinctive and globally standardized platform of case study, development, teaching and exchange, dedicated to researching and developing cases for teaching management subjects that arise from China’s globalization, especially the case study of “Businessmen of Zhejiang Province”. Moreover, the center works to expand cooperation in case development and research with the world’s top case-based teaching/research organizations, representative enterprises, governments and NGOs.
Focus: to conduct case study in colleges and universities based on the analytical frame of Management.
Teaching Development Center, ZJU
The center is affiliated to Undergraduate School of ZJU. As one of the state-level demonstration centers for teachers’ development in the 12th Five-Year Plan, the center offers a range of services: policy consultation of undergraduate education, consultation and demonstration of teachers’ development in Zhejiang Province. To promote joint development of teachers and students, continue the tradition of excellence in teaching, improve teaching ability and offer innovative and stimulating models of teaching, the center relies on researches in teaching, training sessions for teachers, teacher consultation and evaluation, sets up a platform of teachers’ communication and discussion, and takes the lead in teachers’ development in universities and colleges.
Focus: development strategy of undergraduate education, research on teachers’ development, joint improvement of teachers and teaching
Research Association of Higher Education, ZJU
The association is an academic body of higher education comprised of voluntary individuals, departments and organizations in the management, theoretical research and practice of higher education. It is a member organ of China Association of Higher Education (CAHE), operated under the guidance and supervision of ZJU and CAHE.
Focus: to conduct annual research projects and entrusted projects, enhance the management of research subjects and the utilization of outcomes, hold the academic forum of higher education management, undertake the missions of CAHE, and organize the theoretical and practical exchange of higher education.
Institute of Higher Education, ZJU
This institute is an academic organ affiliated to College of Education, meanwhile being the Research Institute of Higher Education in Zhejiang Research Institute of Education Science. Its main responsibility includes cultivating talents, improving research and social service in higher education, education leader and policy.
Focus: to plan the development of higher education; comparative research of international higher education, college/university governance and academic management.
Research Center of Science and Technology Information in ZJU Library and Information Center
The center is affiliated to ZJU Library, dedicated to the gathering and research of information on universities and colleges in Zhejiang Province. The center offers portals to exploring and utilizing relevant information resources in higher education, and its major responsibility is to provide teaching and research information for functional organizations in ZJU.
Focus: to provide basic data support for research on higher education in Zhejiang Province and conduct comparative research on basic data of top-tier universities at home and abroad; to follow up on the change and future trend of the international university ranking list.
Research Center of Party-building, ZJU
The center was established as a research organ under the guidance of the Party Committee of ZJU to enhance the Party construction and ideological, political performance. The administrative personnel of the center is affiliated to Organization Department of the Party Committee of ZJU, its service to Institute of Social Science, ZJU. The center is dedicated to the study of strategic, solution-based, regular and basic issues concerning the construction of the Party Committee of ZJU, focuses on the multi-channel transformation of research achievements, offers the basis for grass-roots work and service for improvement of Party members.
Focus: to conduct research on leadership and operation mechanism of Communist Party of China (CPC) in colleges and universities, on a better system of personnel and cadre, on the role of grass-roots Party organizations, on the development and integrity of CPC members.