China Scholarship Council(CSC) recently announced the first cohort of the 2020 funded International Cooperative Training Programs for Innovative Talents. With well-prepared application materials and perfect on-site defense performance, all the four programs declared by Zhejiang University were ultimately selected for funding with support from CSC. The four programs funded are: "International Research Talent Training program in the Field of Energy" declared by College of Energy Engineering of ZJU, ”Dual Doctoral Degree Program Between Zhejiang University and Western University” declared by College of Civil Engineering and Architecture of ZJU, “Joint Master-PhD Degree Program between Zhejiang University and Moscow Aviation Institute” declared by School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of ZJU, “The Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE) Dual PhD Degree Programs” declared by International Campus of ZJU.

Since 2014, the China Scholarship Council has established “the International Cooperative Training Programs for Innovative Talents”, aiming to better serve the national strategy, to boost the comprehensive reform in the field of education and to promote the construction of first-class universities and first-class disciplines, to cultivate more innovative, compound, urgently-needed talents with international background. The program focuses on supporting cooperation between first-class universities at home and abroad, as well as cooperation in advantageous disciplines at home and abroad. The implementation period of the approved programs is 3 years. The China Scholarship Council will provide a scholarship to successful applicants to cover the international airfare and the living stipend during the funding period.

In 2019, six programs declared by Zhejiang University have been successfully funded. Other funded programs are "Talents Training Programs between Zhejiang University and The University of Toronto" declared by School of Medicine of ZJU, " International Cooperative Training Program for Innovative Talents in QTEM Network " declared by School of Management of ZJU.