zhejiang wanli university zhejiang wanli university zhejiang wanli university (chinese: 浙江万里学院; lit. 'zhejiang wanli college'), formerly the ningbo branch of zhejiang agricultural university (chinese: 浙江农业大学宁波分校), is a private college in ningbo, zhejiang, china. the college is operated by the zhejiang wanli education group company. zhejiang wanli university浙江万里学院 (chinese)former name ningbo regional agricultural vocational school ningbo agricultural college ningbo regional agriculture and forestry school ningbo regional agricultural college ningbo branch of zhejiang agricultural university zhejiang rural technical teachers school zhejiang rural technical teachers college zhejiang wanli vocational technical college motto自强不息，恒志笃行motto in english"string ahead consistently with single-mindedness and moral integrity"typeprivate collegeestablished1999 (1999) (current form)chancellorying min (应敏)academic staff1,400students20,000locationningbo, zhejiang, china29.81901400°n 121.56733700°e﻿ / 29.81901400; 121.56733700campusurban, 95 ha (0.95 km2)websitezwu.edu.cnchinese namesimplified chinese浙江万里学院traditional chinese浙江万裡學院literal meaningzhejiang wanli collegetranscriptionsstandard mandarinhanyu pinyinzhèjiāng wànlǐ xuéyuàn previously holding vocational technical college status, the institution was granted college status in 2002. despite its english name, the institution has not yet been granted university status. in arwu rankings 2022, the institution ranked 369th in china. history in 1958, the ningbo regional agricultural vocational school was established. in 1960, it merged with ningbo regional institute of agricultural sciences and ningbo regional agricultural tools research institute to form ningbo agricultural college. in 1961, it was renamed ningbo regional agricultural vocational school. in 1971, it merged with ningbo forestry school to form ningbo regional agriculture and forestry school. in 1976, ningbo regional agriculture and forestry school was upgraded to ningbo regional agricultural college. in 1977, the ningbo regional agricultural college was transformed into the ningbo branch of zhejiang agricultural university. in 1984, the ningbo branch of zhejiang agricultural university was transformed into zhejiang rural technical teachers college. in 1999, zhejiang rural technical teachers school was granted vocational technical college status and was renamed zhejiang wanli vocational and technical college. in 2002, the institution was granted college status, was renamed "zhejiang wanli college" in chinese, and started to provide bachelor's degree programs. in 2021, the institution was accredited for three master's degree programs. schools school of business school of law faculty of culture and communication faculty of foreign languages faculty of design and architecture faculty of biological and environmental sciences faculty of electronic and information engineering faculty of computer science and information technology junior college continuing education college world college international co-operation state university of new york at plattsburgh (usa) kent state university (usa) idaho state university (usa) paris 12 val de marne university (france) saint-louis university, brussels (belgium)