浙江越秀外国语学院是经教育部批准设立的全日制民办普通本科院校。学校始创于1981年，2008年经教育部批准为普通本科院校，更名为“浙江越秀外国语学院”，2015年通过教育部本科教学工作合格评估，2024年9月被国务院学位委员会批准为“硕士学位授予权加强建设单位”。

学校坐落于我国历史文化名城绍兴，现有稽山、镜湖两个校区，占地面积1600亩，建筑面积47万平方米，馆藏纸质图书225万余册（其中，原版外文纸质图书21万册），电子图书144万余册，数据库68个，自建“绍兴地方特色数据库”1个。

建校以来，学校坚持党的全面领导。坚持非营利性办学，实行理事会领导下的校长负责制，遵循高等教育发展规律，秉持“和成育秀”校训精神，以“培养高素质全球化公民”为办学使命，坚持“外语+”“国际化”发展战略，已形成以外语为特色，多学科协调发展的学科专业格局。学校现有14个二级学院和2个教学部，开设51个本科专业，其中包括17个外语语种，涵盖文学、经济学、管理学、艺术学、工学、教育学等6个学科门类，是目前浙江省开设外语语种最多、外语人才培养规模最大的高校。

学校全面落实立德树人根本任务。学校是全国第二批《习近平谈治国理政》多语种版本“三进”工作的25所试点高校之一，先后荣获全国国防教育特色学校、浙江省文明单位、浙江省“党建强发展强”党组织等诸多荣誉。

学校已建设一支学历职称结构合理、专业水平高、教科研能力强的高素质师资队伍；有教育部教指委委员4名，浙江省教指委委员12名，浙江省151层次人才4名，浙江省高校领军人才培养对象6名，绍兴市“名士之乡”英才计划拔尖人才8名。学校面向全国20个省、市、自治区招生，现有全日制在校生17000余名。已累计培养7万余名毕业生，毕业生以其扎实的外语水平和专业知识，以及综合素质高、实践能力强等优势，受到用人单位的广泛欢迎，毕业生就业率连续多年保持在全省本科高校前列。2021年学校作为绍兴市唯一高校荣获绍兴市“改革开放创新发展突出贡献奖先进集体”。

教育教学改革成效突出。现有翻译、汉语国际教育、日语、朝鲜语4个国家级一流本科专业建设点，法语、编辑出版学、国际商务、酒店管理等10个省级一流本科专业建设点。根据艾瑞深校友会2024全国应用型高校本科专业排行榜，我校有27个专业入选，其中六星级专业4个、五星级专业7个。课程质量不断提升，现有国家级一流本科课程2门、省级一流本科课程97门、省级课程思政示范课程11门、省级虚拟仿真教学项目20项。 近三年获省级教学成果奖二等奖1项，市级教学成果奖一等奖2项、二等奖2项。“十四五”期间立项省级教学改革研究项目18项。

学校持续坚持“外语+”人才培养模式改革，人才培养质量不断提高。落实“学生中心、产出导向、持续改进”（OBE）的教育理念，强化应用型人才培养，构建了“英语+专业方向+通识教育+辅修（微专业）”“小语种+英语+专业方向+通识教育+辅修（微专业）”“非通语种双外语+通识教育+辅修（微专业）”“非外语类专业+英语（小语种）+通识教育+辅修（微专业）”等特色鲜明的人才培养模式。通过理论教学与实践教学、外语教学与专业教学、本土教学和境外教学的有效融合，构建跨学科专业培养、跨校联合培养、校企联合培养和国际联合培养的人才培养机制。学校大力推进产教融合、校地校企合作，打造“基地共建、资源共享、师资共培、学生共育”协同育人平台。现有省级重点建设实验教学示范中心4个、省级大学生校外实践教育基地3个；大学生创业园获批工信部“校企协同就业创业创新示范实践基地”和“浙江省创业孵化示范基地”。

学校坚持“国际化”办学，不断深化国际合作育人。已与30余个国家和地区的180余所高校和教育机构开展合作，现有本科层次的中外合作办学机构1个、省级国际人文交流基地1个。近年来，每年派出600余名学生出国（境）学习交流，开展本科双学位、本硕连读等留学项目，每年招收外国留学生500人次左右。国际化办学水平位居全省同类高校前列。

学校积极推进学科交叉融合，科学研究与服务地方成果丰硕。我校是“联合国学术影响力”组织成员，外国语言文学、中国语言文学学科为浙江省一流学科，外国语言学及应用语言学、法语语言文学、中国语言文学、日语语言文学、新闻传播学、翻译学等6个学科为绍兴市重点学科。“东北亚研究中心”和“非洲大湖区研究中心”是教育部国别与区域研究中心，“东北亚研究中心”被教育部认定为高水平研究中心。学校集中人才资源，积极打造经典与文化翻译、国别与区域、数字经济、国际传播等特色研究方向，2015年至今，我校教师共主持立项国家级科研项目61项（其中，重点课题3项、国家自然科学基金2项），省部级科研项目158项（其中，重大课题2项）；已在“国际战争审判文献翻译和整理”“中华学术外译”“浙东唐诗之路系列研究”等领域形成研究高地。与上海交通大学战争审判与世界和平研究院、上海交通大学出版社共建“南洋译书院”，承担了国家出版基金项目《远东国际军事法庭庭审记录·全译本》（第二、三辑）共30卷1500万字的翻译和出版工作。学校正承担由南京市委宣传部批准立项、侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆委托的38卷“南京大屠杀国外资料翻译项目”日译中项目。

学校充分发挥多语种外语优势，为浙江打造高能级开放强省和提升绍兴城市国际化水平提供智力支撑和人才支持。主动对接“中国文化走出去”战略，传承弘扬中华优秀传统文化，承担了绍兴文化研究工程2021年度重大项目“浙东唐诗之路研究”。建有“大禹与中国传统文化研究中心”“绍兴市多语种翻译与网络传播研究中心”“绍兴市网络舆情研究院”等市级重点哲社研究基地和新型智库。发挥鲁迅故乡的地域优势，连续10年与鲁迅文化基金会协同开展“鲁迅与雨果”“鲁迅与托尔斯泰”“鲁迅与泰戈尔”“鲁迅与夏目漱石”“鲁迅与但丁”等系列跨时空大师对话的文化交流活动，成为传承和弘扬鲁迅文化的重要基地。国别与区域研究服务浙江开放发展，近五年有110份资政报告被各级政府采纳，其中有多份报告得到国家领导人肯定性批示。

学校积极参与G20杭州峰会、杭州亚运会、世界互联网大会、中国纺织品博览会、杭州西湖博览会、绍兴发展大会、绍兴友城大会等重要活动，提供高质量的接待、翻译、礼仪等多语种志愿服务，受到国际友人和社会各界的高度评价，荣获G20杭州峰会志愿服务先进集体、杭州亚运会浙江省先进集体、2023年度浙江省志愿服务工作突出贡献集体等荣誉。志愿者的优秀表现获央视《新闻联播》《中国青年报》《浙江日报》等媒体广泛报道，形成了具有越秀特色的志愿服务品牌。

面对新时代高等教育改革发展新机遇、新挑战，学校将始终坚持质量立校、特色强校，着力推进内涵式发展，不断深化教育教学改革，创新培养“双高”“两强”（思想素质高、专业水平高，跨文化交际能力强、数智应用能力强），具有国际视野、中国情怀、能直接参与国际合作与竞争的交叉融合型人才，朝着打造中国民办大学卓越品牌、建设百年名校的目标勇毅前行。

以上数据截至2024年10月

Introducing ZYU

Zhejiang Yuexiu University (ZYU), a full-time institution of higher learning which offers regular undergraduate education, is located in Shaoxing, the hometown of the celebrated Chinese writer Lu Xun and a well-known ancient city of rich cultural heritage. The history of ZYU can date back to its founding in 1981. After decades of development, it was accredited in 2008 by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (MOE) as a four-year university. In 2015, ZYU passed the Undergraduate Education Assessment organized by Ministry of Education, and in 2017, ZYU was selected by Zhejiang Academic Degrees Committee as a university on the shortlist for master degree education.

ZYU comprises two campuses (i.e.,Jishan and Jinghu) and covers an area of some 1,600 mu (106 hectares) with a total floor area of about 470,000 square meters. Its libraries have a collection of 2.25 million paperback books in Chinese and foreign languages , 1.44 million e-books , 68 databases.

ZYU consists of 14 schools and its curricula involve 17 foreign language programs(i.e., English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, Polish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Persian and Hindi) and 6 disciplines(i.e.,literature,economics,management,arts,engineering and education).It enrolls candidates in 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions nationwide. To date, ZYU has 17,000 full-time undergraduate students against a faculty of some 1,000. Also engaged in the university’s teaching and research are about 100 foreign teachers and scholars from the US, Britain, Canada, South Korea, and Japan, among others.

ZYU has established an overall structure of majors and disciplines which features  foreign language education, defines literature as the core and economics and management as the backbone. Such a structure facilitates the complementary interaction between majors and disciplines and enables their coordinated growth. Accordingly, ZYU has won official recognition for its merits in disciplinary construction and development. Foreign Language & Literature is ranked in the list of Zhejiang provincial-level key disciplines. In the Shaoxing municipal-level list of key disciplines are its Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, French Language and Literature,Chinese Language and Literature as well as Japanese Language and Literature. According to Wu Shulian University Rankings by Subject, ZYU is ranked number one for literature among private universities in China , and its economics and management are in the top 20. 4 majors(i.e., Translation & Interpreting, Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, Japanese and Korean) are on the shortlist for The First-class Undergraduate Majors at National Level, 10 majors(i.e., French, Korean, Japanese, Editing & Publishing, International Business, Hotel Management, Translation & Interpreting, Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, Russian and International Economy & Trade) are on the shortlist for The First-class Undergraduate Majors at Provincial Level (Zhejiang), 8 majors (i.e., Korean, English, French, Media Studies, International Economy & Trade, Translation & Interpreting, Hotel Management and International Business) are on the list of Competitive Majors or Majors with Distinctive Features at Provincial Level (Zhejiang), 4 majors (i.e., English, Business English, Spanish and Electronic Commerce) are selected as Key Majors at Municipal Level(Shaoxing) and 2 course is selected as the the First-class Undergraduate Courses at National Level.

ZYU, as a member of the United Nations Academic Impact, has made steady progress in scientific research. Over the years, 61 research projects have been funded by National Foundations, including 3 key projects, 158 programs sponsored at provincial or ministerial level, including 2 key projects. Northeast Asian Studies Center and Center for the Studies of Great Lakes Region of Africa have been included in Region and Country-specific Studies Centers approved by MOE. Its faculty have won over 80 scientific research awards. ZYU boasts 2 provincial-level centers for foreign language application, a provincial-level off-campus practice education base, 3 municipal-level cultural innovation teams, 1 municipal-level key laboratory, 1 municipal-level think tank, and 7 municipal-level demonstration centers for teaching practices. In 2021, ZYU was selected as one of the first units for building a College-Enterprise Cooperative Demonstration Practice Base for Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

ZYU vigorously promotes its international education. In the University Rankings by Internationalization Level released by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, ZYU has ranked first among universities of its kind for 9 years. ZYU has cooperated with more than 180 colleges and universities in more than 30 countries and regions. Every year, some 600 students go for long-term and short-term language training and cultural exchanges in its partner schools. ZYU also offers to its students cooperation programs such as double BA degree, master's degree and other overseas study projects. Apart from its international faculty, ZYU admits about 500 international students every year and it has established an institution of cooperative education at the undergraduate level.

ZYU has won acclaim for its unremitting efforts over the years. It is listed among the top 20 private universities in China for many years in university rankings such as Wu shulian and China Alumni Association. Up to now, ZYU has graduated more than 70,000 students and they are popular with employers for their foreign language proficiency, comprehensive qualities, practical ability and other advantages. The employment rate of graduates remains top among universities of its kind. In recent years, the students of ZYU have won over 1800 national and provincial academic competitions.

In the face of the opportunities and challenges brought by the reform and development of China’s higher education in the new era, ZYU will adhere to the principle of development by quality and differentiation, complete the mission of fostering students’ virtues through education, and strive to realize the intensive development. ZYU is to forge ahead with confidence and fortitude towards the goal of building a top class private university with top class disciplines and making ZYU a model private university in China.

(The data is as of Nov. 2024)