Introduction
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China. Established in 2004, with the full approval of the Chinese Ministry of Education, we are run by the University of Nottingham in partnership with Zhejiang Wanli Education Group, a key player in the education sector in China.The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China in 2004. At UNNC we have around 8,000 students and approximately 10% are from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas countries.We have around 880 members of staff, split across academic and professional services.Our staff and students come from more than 70 countries and regions around the world.The University is situated in a 144 acre (584,666m²) campus in Ningbo, Zhejiang province.We have three faculties: Business, Science and Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences.We offer 29 undergraduate courses and 16 postgraduate taught courses. The University has 15 research centres and institutes. We were awarded a licence to grant PhDs in December 2008 and have over 400 PhD students.We have China’s first carbon-neutral building, home to our Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET).
