According to the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Sino foreign Cooperative Education and its implementation measures, the Ministry of Education conducted a review of Sino foreign cooperative education institutions and projects reported by various regions in the second half of 2022. Based on the expert evaluation results, a batch of undergraduate or above Sino foreign cooperative education institutions and undergraduate or above Sino foreign cooperative education projects were approved. The Joint School of Education at the University of Kansas, Zhejiang Normal University, has been approved for establishment, achieving a breakthrough in Sino foreign cooperative education institutions at Zhejiang Normal University.
Recently, the Ministry of Education of China officially issued a document approving the establishment of the Joint School of Education at the University of Kansas, Zhejiang Normal University. This is a Sino foreign cooperative educational institution focused on education, with the cooperation partner being the University of Kansas in the United States.
The Joint School of Education at the University of Kansas, Zhejiang Normal University offers undergraduate and master's degree education, offering undergraduate programs in primary education and master's programs in special education, applied psychology, and science and technology education. The total enrollment is 810 people. Undergraduate students enroll 90 students annually (included in the national enrollment plan for ordinary universities), and eligible graduates can obtain a bachelor's degree certificate from Zhejiang Normal University, a bachelor's degree certificate, and a bachelor's degree certificate from the University of Kansas in the United States. 150 master's students are recruited annually (included in the national master's student enrollment plan), and eligible graduates can obtain graduate certificates from Zhejiang Normal University, master's degree certificates, and master's degree certificates from the University of Kansas in the United States. The United Education College will officially begin enrollment this year.
Zhejiang Normal University, as one of the first batch of key construction universities in Zhejiang Province, has cultivated over 300000 talents of all levels and types for society in the past 67 years, including nearly half of Zhejiang Province's in-service special level teachers and provincial key middle school principals. It is known as the "cradle of basic education teachers in Zhejiang Province". After the establishment of the United Education College, it will fully leverage the exemplary and leading role of high-level Sino foreign cooperative educational institutions to assist in the internationalization of higher education in Zhejiang and the construction of a common prosperity demonstration zone for high-quality development in Zhejiang; By learning from foreign educational concepts and curriculum systems, we aim to cultivate teachers with solid professional knowledge and familiarity with the laws of students' physical, mental, and cognitive development. We strive to cultivate teachers who master diverse educational teaching models and understand the dynamics of basic education reform.
The University of Kansas (referred to as "KU") was founded in 1866 and is a high-level research university in the United States. It is one of the 36 public universities of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and ranked 201-300 in the soft science world in 2022. The University of Kansas has a wide range of disciplines, with 14 colleges and over 400 degree programs. The School of Education and Humanities at the University of Kansas ranked 17th in the 2022 U.S. News ranking of the best educational colleges in the United States, 9th among public education colleges, and 2nd in the special education program in the United States. The college has a strong faculty, and its teaching and research capabilities are widely recognized.
The official approval of the United Education College is an important milestone in the internationalization process of Zhejiang Normal University, which is of great significance for implementing the "high-level and distinctive" internationalization development strategy to promote the development of education disciplines and the construction of high-level universities.