Shaoxing University, located in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, is an ordinary full-time comprehensive university established by the people's Government of Shaoxing City and approved by the Ministry of education of the people's Republic of China. In August 2013, it obtained the right to confer a master's degree; in January 2019, it was identified as an application-oriented construction pilot demonstration school in Zhejiang Province.Shaoxing University of Arts and Sciences was established in 1996, which was merged by the former Shaoxing normal college and the former Shaoxing College. Since then, Shaoxing health school, Shangyu normal school and Shaoxing construction engineering secondary school have been merged successively. Its predecessor can be traced back to the Junior Normal School of Shanhui founded in 1909 (the first year of Xuantong of Qing Dynasty). Mr. Lu Xun once served as the supervisor (president) of Shanhui normal school In 2006, the preparatory work for the establishment of Shaoxing University was started; in 2019, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education announced that Shaoxing University of Arts and sciences applied to be renamed Shaoxing University.As of March 2019, Shaoxing University of Arts and Sciences has four campuses including Fengzejiang (Hedong and Hexi), Nanshan, Lanting and Shangyu, covering an area of 1488.97 mu, with a total value of 340 million yuan in teaching and scientific research equipment; it has 16 secondary colleges and 1 independent college, 62 undergraduate majors and 5 Higher Vocational Specialties; it has 7 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degree and 6 professional master's degrees There are 1564 teaching staff and 15000 full-time students.