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Westlake University is a new type of non-profit research-oriented university supported by public and private funding. It is a vanguard in higher education reform in China and is established with the approval of the Ministry of Education of China.

With the aim to become a world-class research and education institution, the university is committed to attracting the globally leading professors, developing state-of-the-art disciplines, cultivating world-class talents, and making fundamental discoveries. Westlake University has three schools: School of Life Sciences (covering all branches of modern experimental biology, computational biology, and all branches of medical sciences), School of Science (covering mathematics, physics, chemistry, and emerging fields of sciences), and School of Engineering (covering all branches of engineering).

Our location in Hangzhou, a vibrant city with a population of more than 9 million people, is a microcosm of the best China has to offer. Only 48 minutes from Shanghai by high-speed rail, this picturesque capital of the Southern Song Dynasty blends the ultra-modern and the ancient. Hangzhou represents one of the most beautiful cities in China with lush-green hills, terraced tea-fields, sparkling rivers creeks, along with integrated into sub-tropical forests.