The School of Marxism Studies of Zhejiang Normal University is one of the first batch of prioritized institutions in Zhejiang Province's higher education system for Marxism theoretical development, featuring academic distinctions such as Zhejiang’s first-class discipline Category A, national first - class programs.

The School currently offers：

• A First-Level doctoral discipline in Marxism Theory;

• Two First-Level master’s disciplines in Marxism Theory and Philosophy.

      The discipline of Marxism Theory holds dual distinctions as:

• A Category A First-Class Discipline in Zhejiang Province;

• A Key Discipline under Zhejiang Province’s priority development program for key universities.

Its comprehensive academic strength has consistently ranked first among provincial universities in three consecutive rounds of the Ministry of Education's discipline evaluation.

The Ideological and Policomprehensive academic strength has consistently ranked first among provincial universities in three consecutive rounds of ttical Education specialty has a long history and profound academic heritage, supported by strong comprehensive strength. It holds multiple distinctions:

• National First-Class Specialty;

• Nationally Recognized Distinctive Specialty;

• Zhejiang Provincial Leading Specialty.

  It offers:

• 1 National First-Class Course;

• 9 Provincial First-Class Courses;

• 1 Provincial Teaching Innovation Team.

The School has deepened the implementation of “Integrated Media Plus Ideological and Political Education Courses” pedagogical reform, and innovated its specialized talent cultivation model, achieving remarkable accomplishments. Faculty members have garnered prestigious accolades, including:

• Nomination for the National Annual Influential Educator Award in Ideological and Political Theory Courses;

• National Teaching Expert in Ideological and Political Theory Courses;

• Second Prize in the National University Teaching Presentation Competition for Ideological and Political Theory Courses;

• First Prize in the Teaching Competition for Ideological and Political Theory Courses of Zhejiang Provincial;

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Our students have also secured over 100 prizes(including 2 national grand prizes) in national and provincial completions such as “Challenge Cup” and “National College Students’ Lecture Series on Ideological and Political Education”. Graduates from the School are highly sought after, with a 100% employment rate for four consecutive years. A large number of alumni have emerged as prominent figures in fields spanning basic education, academia, government, and corporate sectors.

Faculty members at the School actively engage in scientific research and social services, achieving the following milestones over the past five years:

• 22 projects being supported by the National Social Science Fund of China, including 2 Major Projects and 3 Key Projects;

• Over 10 ministerial and provincial-level scientific research awards;

• Over 100 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals such as Social Sciences in China Press, Philosophical Research, Studies on Marxism...;

• 25 articles in the “Three Newspapers and One Journal” (People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily and Qiushu Daily);

• 15 full-text reprints in Xinhua Digest and China Social Science Digest; 

• 32 academic monographs published.

Furthermore, the School undertakes a major commissioned project by the the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on “Xi Jinping’s Important Discourse on Common Prosperity: Exploration and Practice in Zhejiang,” and has organized two speeches as part of “Hundred Lectures on Core Socialist Values”.

The school upholds the spirit of “Virtue and Erudition, Truth and Innovation,” further enhancing the characteristics of the research on Marxism in Africa and Latin America, the characteristics of teacher-training expertise of Zhejiang Normal University and Zhejiang’s practical distinction in implementing the ‘Dual Trailblazing’ initiatives . We are committed to building an open, high-quality, and distinctive teaching-research integrated School of Marxist Studies.