Geology and Geographic Information Science selected as the national first-class undergraduate programs

In the beginning of March, the General Office of the Ministry of Education has released the list of national and provincial first-class undergraduate programs in 2020. Two degree programs, Geology and Geographic Information Science of School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, have been selected as national first-class undergraduate programs.

According to “Double Ten Thousand Initiative”, the Ministry of Education has identified 3977 national first-class undergraduate programs and 4448 provincial first-class undergraduate programs.

In November, 2020, in accordance with the plan of improving the quality of undergraduate courses of Ministry of Education, the course Meteorology of School of Earth Sciences was selected into the first batch of national first-class undergraduate courses. The course leader is Associate Professor Shu Shoujuan, she teaches the course together with other 3 faculty members from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences Professor Zhai Guoqing, Associate Professor Zhu Peijun and Lab Technician Liu Rui.

The “Double Ten Thousand Initiative” was carried out by the Ministry of Education in April 2019, with the goal of selecting ten thousand national first-class undergraduate programs and ten thousand provincial first-class undergraduate programs within two years.