List of Zhejiang University alumni
This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students, academic staff, and university officials of Zhejiang University and its predecessors in China. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that later merged with Zhejiang University.
Humanities & culture
- Chen Duxiu – communist philosopher, writer
- Hu Qiaomu – communist philosopher, writer
- Wu Han – historian, writer, playwright
- Song Xi – historian, president of Chinese Culture University
- Shao Piaoping – journalist, author, revolutionary
- Xia Yan – playwright, screenwriter
- Wang Xufeng – writer, tea researcher, Mao Dun Literature Prize winner
- Wu Guanzhong – painter, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres recipient 1991
- Yu Dafu – author, poet
- Chen Daqi – polymath, educator, politician
- Ho Ping-sung – historian, writer, educator; president of Jinan University
- Zheng Xiaocang – writer, educator, translator
- He Xie-hou – educator, president of Peking University.
Science & engineering
Mathematical sciences
- Chen Jiangong – mathematician
- Wang Yuan – mathematician, president of Chinese Mathematical Society
- Gu Chaohao – mathematician, president of USTC
- Hu Hesheng – mathematician, Noether Lecturer 2002
- Zhu Miaolong – mathematician, president of Qingdao University
- Chuan-Chih Hsiung – geometrician, founder of Journal of Differential Geometry
- Jian-Shu Li – mathematician, president of Hong Kong Mathematical Society
- Shi Zhongci – mathematician
- Xia Daoxing – mathematician
- Chung Tao Yang – topologist
- Yuan-Shih Chow – probabilist
- Lin Fanghua – mathematician, Bôcher Memorial Prize winner, 2002
- Huang Daren – mathematician, president of Sun Yat-sen University
- T. Tony Cai – statistician, COPSS Presidents' Award winner 2008
- Pengfei Guan – geometrician
- Xu-Jia Wang – mathematician, Australian Mathematical Society Medal winner 2002
- M. T. Cheng – mathematician
- Lizhen Ji – mathematician and writer
- Jia Rongqing – mathematician
- Chen-Bo Zhu – mathematician, president of Singapore Mathematical Society
- Xiaoming Liu - computer scientist
Meteorology, geology, geography
- Ye Duzheng – meteorologist, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award recipient 2005
- Hsiao-Lan Kuo – meteorologist, Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal winner 1970
- Shi Yafeng – geologist, Father of Chinese Glaciology
- Song Xi – geographer
- Xie Xuejing – geochemist, AAG Gold Medal winner 2007
- Ding Zhongli – Vice-president of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chang Jen-Hu – geographer, educator
Physics, material science
- Shiyi Chen – physicist
- Cheng Kaijia – physicist
- He Xiantu – physicist
- Tsung-Dao Lee – physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Chien-Shiung Wu – physicist, Wolf Prize winner
- Zhao Jiuzhang – physicist, Father of Chinese Satellite
- Li Zhijian – physicist
- Shao Xianghua – metallurgist
- Guo Kexin – physicist, metallurgist, crystallographer, Father of Chinese Electron Microscopy
- Hu Ning – physicist, educator
- Xu Liangying – physicist, Andrei Sakharov Prize recipient 2008
- Hsin Pei Soh – physicist, educator
- Hu Jimin – physicist, educator
- Wang Ganchang, physicist
Chemistry, biomedical sciences, agricultural sciences
- Kwang-Chu Chao – chemist, chemical engineer
- Yang Guanghua – chemical engineer, President of China University of Petroleum
- Rui-Ming Xu – biophysicist
- Wang You – chemist, biochemist
- Xu Guangxian – chemist, president Chinese Chemical Society
- Huang Minlon – organic chemist, pharmaceutical scientist, Honorary-president of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association
- Kun-Liang Guan – biochemist, MacArthur Award winner 1998
- Yang Huanming – biologist
- Tao-Chiuh Hsu – biologist, the 13th president of American Society for Cell Biology
- Binghui Shen – radiobiologist
- Yang Fuyu – biochemist, biophysicist, Father of Chinese Membrane Biology
- Jiang Ximing – zoologist
- Chen Hang – botanist, horticulturist, The Veitch Memorial Medal winner 1990
- Yao Zhen – biologist, oncologist, the 1st President of Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology
- Jin Guozhang – pharmacologist
- Wei Zheng – pharmaceutical scientist
- Qiu Fazu – surgeon, Bundesverdienstkreuz recipient 1985
- Zhu Zuxiang – agricultural scientist
- Jay Gan – agricultural & environmental scientist
Computer science
Engineering
- Lu Yongxiang – President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Pan Jiazheng – Vice-president of Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Pan Yunhe – Vice-president of Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Ye Peijian – Chief Commander and Designer of Chang'e 1
- Zhang Libin – roboticist, president of Zhejiang University of Technology
- Zhang Yulin – astronautic engineer, president of NUDT
- Zhu Zhaoxiang – 1st President of Ningbo University
- Du Qinghua – physicist, aeronautic and astronautic engineer
- Hu Haichang – Chairman of the Chinese Society of Vibrational Engineering
- Li Enliang – civil engineer
- Bin He – biomedical engineer
- Liangchi Zhang – mechanical engineer
- Han Zhenxiang – electrical engineer
- Wang Guosong – electrical engineer
- Yu Mao-Hong – engineer
- Tsen-cha Tsao - engineer and educator
Economic & social sciences
- Teng Wei-Zao – economist, educator
Industry & business
- Min Zhu – co-founder and former president and Chief technical officer of WebEx
- Zhou Chengjian – founder and president of Metersbonwe Group
- Cha Chi Ming – industrialist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Grand Bauhinia Medal winner 1997
- Duan Yongping – entrepreneur
- Bao Yueqiao – entrepreneur
- Zhu Yanfeng – president, First Automotive Works
- Zhang Zhixiang – steel magnate
- Lu Guanqiu – vehicle parts magnate
- Song Weiping – real estate tycoon
- Shi Yuzhu – entrepreneur
- Wang Jianzhou – chairman and CEO of China Mobile
- Wang Tianpu – President of Sinopec
- Shi Zhengrong – Founder & CEO of Suntech Power
- Pete Lau – Founder & CEO of OnePlus
- Alex Zhu - former head of TikTok
- Liang Wenfeng – co-founder of High-Flyer and founder of DeepSeek
Sports
- Zhu Qinan – Shooter, 10 m Air Rifle olympic champion, 2004 Athens
- Zhou Suhong – Volleyball player, member of 2003 World Cup and 2004 Athens Olympic Games team champion.
- Sun Yang – Swimmer, 2010 Asian Games, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2013 World Aquatics Championships gold medalist, Olympic and world-record holder.