Summer Research Interns Find More Than a Lab at Westlake The Westlake Summer Research Internship offers one-month opportunities to both Chinese and international undergraduate students. This year, the program welcomed 167 Chinese students from 94 universities, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Science and Technology of China, as well as overseas institutions such as Yale University.

062026-09

Forget the Labels, These Pioneering Ph.D. Students Just Want To Push Boundaries A select band of students have sailed through on a fast track to secure their places in one of Westlake's most intriguing summer camps. The 15 students had received early good news from the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies that they passed the doctoral admissions assessment and are about to become members of Westlake's 2026 Ph.D. cohort—the first such intake from the center.

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New International Life Sciences Journal to Debut This Spring The first issue of Vita, a top-tier international scientific journal that will focus on the fields of life sciences and biomedicine, will debut this spring. It will be published by China's Higher Education Press, led by Westlake University, and jointly developed by member institutions of the recently formed Life Sciences Open Alliance.

092026-01

Westlake Undergraduates Head to Berkeley, Edinburgh and Beyond for Study Abroad While the new freshmen in 2025 celebrated their admission to Westlake University, two of their senior classmates, Wenhao Zhou and Zhonghe Huang, were already seated in a classroom at Monash University in Australia.

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Like Father, Like Son: The Moraes Choose Westlake It was a sunny day on the Yungu Campus, just outside the gleaming new Westlake Library and the iconic tower. Standing there were two men — one applying for a teaching position, the other hoping to join the 2025 cohort of international undergraduates.

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Bridging the Gap: Summer Program Eases Freshmen Into Life at Westlake University Westlake University officially welcomed its newest cohort of undergraduates on Aug. 10. While most universities begin the academic year in September, Westlake starts nearly a month earlier. The reason? To give incoming students a head start through an intensive orientation known as the Westlake Summer Bridge Program—a three-to-four-week experience designed to guide students from the world of high school into the rhythm of university life.

132025-11

Westlake University Welcomes New International Undergraduates Not long ago, Westlake University sent out admission letters. Now it has opened its gates to welcome the incoming freshmen at the New Undergraduate Student Convocation this Sunday. Typically, students begin arriving the day before the event. However, this year the international students were the first to reach the Yungu Campus, arriving ahead of the larger cohort.

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Westlake University holds its New Undergraduate Student Convocation Westlake University held its New Undergraduate Student Convocation for the 2025 cohort on Aug. 10. This year marks a series of breakthroughs in Westlake University admissions. For the first time, the university has enrolled undergraduates from beyond Zhejiang Province, opening its doors to students from Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guangdong, Henan, and Chongqing. It has introduced a new and expanded selection process that considers students’ gaokao results and overall academic performance. Westlake has launched a new undergraduate program in medicine. Additionally, the university has now welcomed students from Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas Chinese communities through the National Unified Examination.

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Westlake University To Admit Its First Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Students Westlake University, a new type of research university, has always encouraged cross-disciplinary collaboration. This year, it has taken that philosophy a step further by launching admissions for interdisciplinary Ph.D. students for the first time. The university welcomes recommendation-exempt direct-track Ph.D. students to enroll in two new interdisciplinary programs – Quantitative Biology and Complex Systems, and Sustainable Development Science and Technology.

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Core Textbooks for Biological Sciences 101 Program Published The cool breezes of autumn heralded a fruitful season in Hangzhou this September, when the city hosted a symposium on reforms and innovation in university life sciences education that included the launch ceremony for 11 core biological science textbooks.

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