Conference Venue
Ningbo University, China 宁波大学
Ningbo University (NBU) is a key university of Zhejiang, China and one of the universities in the country's “Shuang Yi Liu” (“Double First-Class”) Initiative, enjoying the joint support from the provincial government of Zhejiang, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ningbo Municipality, as well as from the State Oceanic Administration and Ningbo Municipality.
NBU was set up in 1986 with the donations from Sir Yue-Kong Pao, the shipping magnet in Hong Kong. Mr. Deng Xiaoping inscribed the name of Ningbo University in Chinese characters “Ning Bo Da Xue” to express his best wishes for the new-born university. General Secretary Xi Jinping instructed during his administration in Zhejiang, “I hope Ningbo University will strive to become a first-class local comprehensive university in China, and make new and greater contributions to building Zhejiang into an innovative province and China into a harmonious socialist society."
宁波大学1986年由世界船王包玉刚先生捐资创立，邓小平同志题写校名，建校之初由北京大学、复旦大学、浙江大学、中国科学技术大学、原杭州大学对口援建，高起点开启办学历程。1996年原宁波大学、宁波师范学院和浙江水产学院宁波分院合并组建新宁波大学。习近平总书记主政浙江期间曾指示：“努力把宁波大学建设成国内一流的地方综合性大学，为浙江建设创新型省份，构建社会主义和谐社会作出新的更大的贡献。”在办学过程中，宁波大学得到了党和国家领导人的关心关爱，得到了省市党委政府和海内外“宁波帮”人士、广大校友和社会各界的鼎力支持，目前是国家“双一流”建设高校、省部市共建高校、浙江省首批重点建设高校、浙江省高水平大学建设高校。
经过几代宁大人的艰苦创业，学校已成为一所综合性教学研究型大学，综合实力稳居全国高校百强行列，有经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、农学、医学、管理学、艺术学、交叉学科等12个学科门类，有本科招生专业59个，其中24个已通过国内或国际权威专业认证（评估）。设有26个学院（学部）和1个独立学院（科技学院），拥有6家直属附属医院。现有一级学科博士点13个、专业学位博士点1个、一级学科硕士点32个、专业学位硕士点31个；博士后科研流动站9个。
