Ningbo University (Ningbo University for short), located in Ningbo City, is a University jointly funded by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province and the People’s Government of Ningbo City, and by the State Oceanic Administration and the People’s Government of Ningbo City. It is one of the first batch of national “Double First-class” world-class discipline construction universities and the first batch of key construction universities in Zhejiang Province. Included in the national “111 project”, outstanding talents of agriculture and forestry education program, the national college students’ self-employment teaching mode innovation experimental area, the national college students’ innovative entrepreneurial training program, the national first batch of deepening the reform of creative education model in colleges and universities, the Chinese government scholarship students receiving institutions in China, the national practice of colleges and universities entrepreneurship education innovation base, national new technical research and practice Jian Project, Zhejiang Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Demonstration Base, member unit of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance and leading unit of Ningbo National University Science park.

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