International Economics and Trade

Founded in 1958, Zhejiang A & F University is located in Lin’an City (west of the popular tourist destination Hangzhou). It offering bachelor and master degrees in agriculture, technology, science, literature, management, law, economics, medicine, etc. Besides, ZAFU promotes international exchange and co-operation and has built up collaborative and academic relationships with 30 universities and academic institutes in more than 10 countries and regions, such as the USA and Canada. ZAFU has also built up sound ties with West Sydney University (Australia) and Alberta University (Canada) in joint education programs.

Major of International Economics and Trade was established in 1999 and enrolled international students with academic degrees in 2009. It is a school level key specialty and international specialty. It has set up an international trade division under the master and doctoral degree program of agricultural and forestry economic management, and has initially possessed the talent training system of integration of bachelor-master-doctoral degrees in agriculture and forestry. The major has a high level of teaching team including overseas distinguished professor, Zhejiang "151" Talents, the excellent young university teachers of provincial level and teachers with industry background. Relying on Key Think Tanks of Zhejiang Province, and platforms like China editorial department of Forest Policy and Economics, we have formed unique characteristics in the integration of disciplines and specialties, carrying out innovation and entrepreneurship education in the whole process, and internationalizing major construction, and cultivate the international economic and trade talents with profound knowledge of agricultural and forestry products. After graduation, students can further study in universities and scientific research institutions at home and abroad, or work in foreign trade management, trade economy and financial services in government departments, foreign trade enterprises and financial institutions.

This program adheres to student cultivation and moral education. Complying with the national standards of teaching quality ofinternational economics and trade undergraduate major, integrating the requirements of new liberal arts and new agricultural sciences reform, the program sets two characteristic modules of international business and digital trade, which is more in line with the new development trend of domestic and international dual circulation and digital trade. In addition, courses such as Agriculture and Forestry International Trade and Environment, International Agricultural Economic Cooperation and Agriculture and Forest Trade Case Study are added to highlight the characteristics of agricultural and forestry education and cultivate students' profound knowledge of agricultural and forestry products trade. By integrating Chinese and foreign teachers, full English and bilingual teaching, facilitating internal and external interaction of students at home and abroad, and students' overseas study visits, students’ international ability can be enhanced. It has established a four-year continuous and phased innovation and entrepreneurship curriculum system with full coverage, and a six-in-one practice system of "curriculum practice, virtual simulation, discipline competition, social practice, specific-job training, entrepreneurship incubation" to organically integrate innovation and entrepreneurship education into the whole process of professional education.

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).

Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

 Accommodation Fee (on-campus) About RMB 300 to 700 for one bed per month You should pay accommodation fees semiannually at least (6 months at one time).

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

1. Applicants should be aged between 18 and 28

2.Applicant should be non-Chinese citizens with valid regular foreign passport and be friendly to China; 

*Residents of China who have emigrated to a foreign country and who are now applying to study in China as international students must have held a valid foreign passport for at least 4 years, and must have actually resided in a foreign country for at least 2 years in the past 4 years. (9 months of residence in a foreign country may count as a full year. The dates of the entry and exit stamps in the passport will be followed in the determination of the actual length of foreign residence).

For the students who have never studied in China：

1.The Photocopy of Passport (the main page and the page with signature)    

2.Translated and notarized copy of final degree or diploma and transcript

3.Language proficiency certificate

4.Non-criminal record or Chinese/English-translated document with an official stamp.

5.Other certificates or documents  

6.Foreigner physical examination form: bearing the stamp of the hospital. Physical examination results are valid for 6 months

7.Application Form For School

8.Family Information Form

9.Financial Income Statement

10.A Short Video of Self Introduction

11.Commitment without Drug Use History  

12.Photo（format: JPG format, color, 2-inch ID photo, white background , the head occupies 2/3 of the photo, no less than 320 * 240 pixels, aspect ratio is 4: 3, the size is 100-500KB.）

For the transferred students who have already studied in China：

1.The Photocopy of Passport (the main page and the page with signature) and Visa page

2.Translated and notarized copy of final degree or diploma and transcript

3.Last semester transcript in the previous school

4.Language proficiency certificate

5.Non-criminal record or Chinese/English-translated document with an official stamp.

6.Transfer letter from last school include the attendance and performance  

7.certificate of verification from Entry-Exit inspection and Quarantine within 6 months

8.Application Form For School

9.Family Information Form

10. Financial Income Statement

11.A Short Video of Self Introduction

12.Commitment without Drug Use History  

13.Photo（format: JPG format, color, 2-inch ID photo, white background , the head occupies 2/3 of the photo, no less than 320 * 240 pixels, aspect ratio is 4: 3, the size is 100-500KB.）