Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) is located in Hangzhou, a historical and cultural city, boasts a long history of schooling and covers a campus area of over 2100mu.Silkworm School, precursor of ZSTU, was founded in 1897 by Lin Qi, governor of Hangzhou prefecture then, with the noble ambition to save the nation by engaging in industry and education, and was one of the earliest new-learning educational institutions ever founded in China. In 1908, Silkworm School was imperialistically promoted by the royal court of the Qing Dynasty to be Advanced Academy of Sericulture and Mulberry owing to its outstanding schooling achievements.