Shaoxing University

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Shaoxing University (绍兴文理学院; Shàoxīng wénlǐ xuéyuàn) is a public university in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. It sits on the southwest side of the city in an urban campus that covers about 173 hectares, with around 390,000 square meters of buildings. The university has about 13,000 undergraduates, about 830 teaching staff and 1,500 administrative staff.

It began in 1909 as Shankuai Primary Normal School. The famous Shaoxing-born writer Lu Xun worked there as an education inspector. In 1996, Shaoxing University was formed by merging several institutions, including Shaoxing Teachers College and Shaoxing Advanced Professional College. The campus hosts several colleges and departments. Website: english.usx.edu.cn.