Established in 2006, Research Center of Science, Technology and Education Policy, Zhejiang University is one of the four strategic research bases of Ministry of Education. It is oriented to the global vision, national think tank and Zhejiang University strategy, and caters to frontier needs for development of science, technology and education theories, strategic needs for development of national science and technology and higher education, and major strategic needs for ZJU reform and development. Relying on the discipline of educational economy and management, it integrates domestic and foreign academic resources to build a high-end strategic base onscience, technology and education.

Research Center of Science, Technology and Education Policy owns master and doctoral degree programs and post-doctoral mobile station on educational economy and management, a key discipline in Zhejiang Province. With a strong faculty team and scientific research strength, it covers three research directions: engineering education, management of science, technology and education and university strategy. In recent years, it has undertook 7 projects of National Natural Science Fund and 13 major projects of Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Engineeringand Ministry of Science and Technology. It has also published more than 100 papers (including nearly 20 in authoritative and SSCI journals) and 10 monographs, and provided over 50 high-quality advisory reports to General Office of the CPC, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and other departments.