Introduction

Relying on the Institute of Higher Education and the Graduate Education Development Research Center, the discipline of Higher Education was approved as a master’s degree in 1996. In 2007, it started to enroll doctoral students. There are 3 professors, 2 associate professors, 2 research professors, and 1 ZJU 100 Young Professor.

This discipline conducts comprehensive interdisciplinary research on higher education, pays attention to tracking the development trend of international higher education, and links with the actual reform of higher education reform in the university and the region. In the fields of basic theory of higher education, higher education policy and management, international and comparative higher education, it has formed its own research characteristics in China. In recent years, the academic team have achieved 6 National Outstanding Teaching Awards, nearly 30 provincial/ministerial-level research achievements, published more than 30 works, and produced more than 500 papers. It has secured cumulative research funding exceeding 9 million RMB and undertaken a number of research projects sponsored by national, provincial and ministerial bodies.

Research Direction

Basic Theory of Higher Education, Higher Education Policy and Management, International and Comparative Higher Education

Doctoral Supervisor

GU Jianmin, HAN Shuangmiao, HUANG Yating, LU Binwei, SHAO Xingjiang, SUI Yifan, WANG Faming, WANG Lihua, XIA Qi, ZHANG Yingqiang

Master Supervisor

GU Jianmin, HAN Shuangmiao, HUANG Yating, LAN Jinsong, LU Binwei, SHAO Xingjiang, SUI Yifan, WANG Faming, WANG Hui, WANG Lihua, XIA Qi, ZHANG Yingqiang