Ningbo University (NBU; ) is located in Jiangbei District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. It is a provincially governed key university in Zhejiang Province. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university, identified by the Ministry of Education.
History
Ningbo University was established in 1986 by the donation of Yue-Kong Pao. Other major benefactors include Sir Run-run Shaw, Sir Chao An Chung (), Sir Hans Tang, Sir Yue-shu Pao (), Sir Cao Guangbiao, Sir Li Dashan (), Sir Zhu Yinglong ().
In 1996, Ningbo Normal College () and Zhejiang Shuichan College, Ningbo () were merged into Ningbo University.
In the early years of the school founding, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, China University of Science and Technology, Beijing University and other counterparts reconstruction, starting point to begin the school history.
After 2000, Ningbo Maritime School, Ningbo Forestry School, and Ningbo Normal School were merged into Ningbo University.
The first president was Zhu Zhaoxiang, serving from September 1985 to September 1988. Academician Yan Luguang served as president from 1999 to 2004.
School Ranking
In 2023, Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Ningbo University within the 501-600 band globally and 84 nationally.