Westlake University, located in the picturesque city of Hangzhou, is a new type of research university, a first in the history of modern China. It is both supported by public and private funding and a vanguard in the reform of the higher education system in China. With its predecessor Westlake Institute for Advanced Study established in 2016, Westlake University is striving to cultivate top talent, to make breakthroughs in basic research and innovation in cutting-edge technologies, and to foster human development through science and technology.
Excellence
At Westlake, we strive for excellence in advanced research and nourish talented change-makers to make a better world.
Refinement
At Westlake, we focus on selected disci-plines from natural and life sciences, and engineering that are future-oriented and feature impactful cutting-edge research. Furthermore, we aim to stay small and refined to ensure research and education quality.
Research-oriented
At Westlake, we dedicate ourselves to fundamental research and original tech-nologies, and translate our research fin-dings to real-world applications.