Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU), founded in Hangzhou in 1956, is one of the key universities in Zhejiang province. The main campus of ZJNU is located at the cultural historical city of Jinhua in the central part of Zhejiang Province. The city links Shanghai and Hangzhou to the north, and Guangdong and Fujian provinces to the south. The university covers a total area of more than 200 hectares. Its green and beautiful campus furnishes an ideal place for living, study and work. 

The university consists of 16 colleges offering 52 undergraduate programs, 63 postgraduate programs including MED and MPA, and MA for Part-Time Vocational Education. The university is assigned by the Ministry of Education as the Key National Training Base for Teachers of Vocational Education. In addition, it is designated by the Ministry of Railways as a base for the training of locomotive engineers. Moreover, Zhejiang Training Center for University and College Teachers and Zhejiang Train Center for Kindergarten Teachers are assigned to the university for various in-service training programs. The university has full range of facilities with well-equipped library, laboratories, gymnasium, entertainment center, hospital, supermarket etc.

The university makes strenuous efforts to open up to the outside world. In recent years, ties of academic exchange and cooperation have been set up between this university and 77 foreign universities and institutes in more than 40 countries. The University has been authorized to accept short-term, long-term and government scholarship international students, and has set up Confucius Institute in both Ukraine and Cameroon. Approved by the Ministry of Education, ZJNU has put up a Base for Education Assistance and Development to undertake human resource development projects for senior educational administrators from other continents. In addition, the university has been authorized to run a center for overseas studies so as to give relative helps for self-funded students to study in foreign countries. For all the advantages, more and more international students are coming to the university to pursue their study.

Besides the main campus in Jinhua city, ZJNU has another campus in Hangzhou (the capital city of Zhejiang province). The applicants may select either of the campuses where they wish to study or in both campuses for different periods.