ZJU faculty develop the curriculum and teach the following five electives for SUTD:
- Sustainability of Ancient Chinese Architectural Design in the Modern World
- Culture Formation and Innovative Design
- Business Culture and Entrepreneurship in China
- The Role of Technology and Design on Growth in China
- History of Chinese Urban Development
These 5 electives infuse the elements of Chinese culture, etiquette, history and perspective into SUTD’s education. With these electives, students will gain first-hand knowledge of the rich Chinese culture and history while on SUTD campus.
The SUTD-ZJU Student Exchange is a joint effort established between SUTD and the International Design Institute (IDI) in ZJU. In this collaboration, SUTD will send students to ZJU in summer (from May to August) each year and they will be hosted by the IDI.

Outbound – Design And Technology Experience (DATE) at Zhejiang University (ZJU), Hangzhou China
Being a research-intensive university, one of SUTD's key focuses is to embark on research endeavours to create useful innovations that can be adopted by the world at large.
SUTD and Zhejiang University (ZJU) Faculty members will jointly partake in research collaborations to address exciting challenges associated with the world today, in areas such as (but not limited to):
- Healthcare
- Transportation
- Clean Energy
- Environment
Through such collaborations, the intellectual minds of both institutions can jointly advance research boundaries and frontiers driven by real-world challenges to ensure that innovations created would find relevance and adoption by the society.
More information on the SUTD-ZJU Research Collaboration Grant Call can be found here.