List of Zhejiang University alumni
This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students, academic staff , and university officials of Zhejiang University and its predecessors in China. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that later merged with Zhejiang University.
Politics & government
Name
Known as
Known for
Links to Zhejiang University
Chen Duxiu
political leader, writer
Studied shipbuilding and French at Qiushi Academy during 1897-1899 until he was expelled due to anti-government speech.
Jiang Baili
military writer, strategist, trainer
Studied at Qiushi Academy during 1899–1901
Chen Yi
military leader, politician
Studied at Qiushi Academy
Huang Fu
politician
Led and participated in the 1924 Beijing Coup
Served as the Acting President of the Republic of China
Studied at Qiushi Academy
Jiang Menglin
educator, politician
Studied at Chekiang Higher Institutes from 1903 to 1904
Served as the first president of National Chekiang University from 1927 to 1928
Wu Han
historian
Studied college preparatory courses at Hangchow College from 1927 to 1928
Hu Qiaomu
politician, Marxist theorist
Studied at the Department of Foreign Languages, National Chekiang University from 1933 to 1935, before he was expelled from the university[2]
Xu Liangying
physicist, historian, human rights defender
Writer of an open letter to Chinese leaders to call for a re-assessment of 1989 protests, signed by 45 Chinese scholars[3]
Recipient of Andrei Sakharov Prize in 2008[4]
BSc Physics at National Chekiang University, Class of 1942[4]
Zhou Rongxin
politician
Secretary-General of the State Council (1965–1975)[5]
President of Zhejiang University (1958–1962)
Huang Zhiquan
politician
BSc Agricultural Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University, 1959–1963
Zhang Mengjin
politician
Studied at Hangzhou University
Lu Yongxiang
politician, educator, engineer
BSc Hydrodynamics (Hydraulic Mechanics) at Zhejiang University, 1959–1964
Lecturer at ZJU since 1981, professor since 1983, president from 1988 to 1995
Chen Mingde
politician
BSc Electrical Engineering at Zhejiang University, 1958–1962
Zhang Xinsheng
politician
Studied English and literature at the Department of Foreign Languages of Hangzhou University during 1977–1979
Xie Xuren
politician
Studied Industrial Economic Management at Zhejiang University during 1981–1984
Zhu Yanfeng
politician
Former vice-governor of Jilin
BSc Automation at Zhejiang University, Class of 1983
Wang Youcai
human rights defender
BSc Physics at Zhejiang University, 1983–1987
Sun Zhonghuan
politician
Studied the postgraduate course of economic management at Hangzhou University from 1997 to 1998
Dong Junshu
politician
BSc Economic at Hangzhou University
Humanities & culture
Chen Duxiu – communist philosopher, writer[2]
Hu Qiaomu – communist philosopher, writer
Wu Han – historian, writer, playwright
Song Xi – historian, president of Chinese Culture University
Shao Piaoping – journalist, author, revolutionary
Xia Yan – playwright, screenwriter
Wang Xufeng – writer, tea researcher, Mao Dun Literature Prize winner (2000)
Wu Guanzhong – painter, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres recipient 1991[6]
Yu Dafu – author, poet
Chen Daqi – polymath, educator, politician
Ho Ping-sung – historian, writer, educator; president of Jinan University
Zheng Xiaocang – writer, educator, translator
He Xie-hou – educator, president of Peking University .
Science & engineering
Mathematical sciences
Chen Jiangong – mathematician
Wang Yuan – mathematician, president of Chinese Mathematical Society
Gu Chaohao – mathematician, president of USTC
Hu Hesheng – mathematician, Noether Lecturer 2002
Zhu Miaolong – mathematician, president of Qingdao University
Chuan-Chih Hsiung – geometrician, founder of Journal of Differential Geometry
Jian-Shu Li – mathematician, president of Hong Kong Mathematical Society
Shi Zhongci – mathematician
Xia Daoxing – mathematician
Chung Tao Yang – topologist
Yuan-Shih Chow – probabilist
Lin Fanghua – mathematician, Bôcher Memorial Prize winner, 2002
Huang Daren – mathematician, president of Sun Yat-sen University
T. Tony Cai – statistician, COPSS Presidents' Award winner 2008
Pengfei Guan – geometrician
Xu-Jia Wang – mathematician, Australian Mathematical Society Medal winner 2002
M. T. Cheng – mathematician
Lizhen Ji – mathematician and writer
Jia Rongqing – mathematician
Chen-Bo Zhu – mathematician, president of Singapore Mathematical Society
Xiaoming Liu - computer scientist
Meteorology, geology, geography
Physics, material science
Shiyi Chen – physicist
Cheng Kaijia – physicist
He Xiantu – physicist
Tsung-Dao Lee – physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (physics, 1957)[2]
Chien-Shiung Wu – physicist, Wolf Prize winner (physics, 1978)
Zhao Jiuzhang – physicist, Father of Chinese Satellite
Li Zhijian – physicist
Shao Xianghua – metallurgist
Guo Kexin – physicist, metallurgist, crystallographer, Father of Chinese Electron Microscopy
Hu Ning – physicist, educator
Xu Liangying – physicist, Andrei Sakharov Prize recipient 2008
Hsin Pei Soh – physicist, educator
Hu Jimin – physicist, educator
Wang Ganchang , physicist[2] [7]
Chemistry, biomedical sciences, agricultural sciences
Kwang-Chu Chao – chemist, chemical engineer
Yang Guanghua – chemical engineer, President of China University of Petroleum
Rui-Ming Xu – biophysicist
Wang You – chemist, biochemist
Xu Guangxian – chemist, president Chinese Chemical Society
Huang Minlon – organic chemist, pharmaceutical scientist, Honorary-president of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association
Kun-Liang Guan – biochemist, MacArthur Award winner 1998
Yang Huanming – biologist
Tao-Chiuh Hsu – biologist, the 13th president of American Society for Cell Biology
Binghui Shen – radiobiologist
Yang Fuyu – biochemist, biophysicist, Father of Chinese Membrane Biology
Jiang Ximing – zoologist
Chen Hang – botanist, horticulturist, The Veitch Memorial Medal winner 1990
Yao Zhen – biologist, oncologist, the 1st President of Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology
Jin Guozhang – pharmacologist
Wei Zheng – pharmaceutical scientist
Qiu Fazu – surgeon, Bundesverdienstkreuz recipient 1985
Zhu Zuxiang – agricultural scientist
Jay Gan – agricultural & environmental scientist
Computer science
Engineering
Economic & social sciences
Industry & business
Sports
References
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^ "June 4 verdict reversal urged" . South China Morning Post . 1995-05-17. Retrieved 2022-05-04 .
^ a b Buckley, Chris (2013-02-01). "Xu Liangying, Scientist and Advocate, Dies at 92" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-05-03 .
^ Times, Joseph Lelyveld Special to The New York (1975-05-26). "Chinese, Too, Debate 'Open Enrollment' Program for Their Universities" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-05-03 .
^ Grimes, William (2010-06-29). "Wu Guanzhong, Leading Chinese Painter, Dies at 90" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-05-03 .
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University
History
Names Qiushi Academy (1897-1901) → Qiushi University (1901-1902) → Chekiang University (1902-1903) → Chekiang Higher Institutes (1903-1914) → (closure) → National Third
Chungsan University (1927-1928) → National Chekiang University (1928-1950)→ Chekiang University (1950-1990) →
Zhejiang University (current)
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People
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Administration
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Teaching
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Faculty of Arts and Humanities
School of Humanities
School of International Studies
College of Media and International Culture
School of Art and Archaeology
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Economics
Guanghua Law School
College of Education
School of Management
School of Public Affairs
School of Marxism
Faculty of Science
School of Mathematical Sciences
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
School of Earth Sciences
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty of Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
School of Material Science and Engineering
College of Energy Engineering
College of Electrical Engineering
College of Civil Engineering and Architecture
College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ocean College
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Faculty of Information
College of Optical Science and Engineering
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering
College of Control Science and Engineering
College of Computer Science and Technology
School of Software Technology
College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science
Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environment Science
College of Life Sciences
College of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences
College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
College of Animal Sciences
Associated
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