The Department of Urban Development and Management at Zhejiang University focuses on the education and research in urban studies through the lens of public administration. Based on an idea of interdisciplinarity, the department provides an urban development and management program at doctoral and master level, with the mission of cultivating professionals and academic talents that are capable to understand urban problems systematically and find successful solutions with the supports of rational philosophies and scientific research methods.


The department hosts 15 faculty members with diverse academic training, such as economics, management, urban studies, public finance, etc. The research fields of our faculty include urban sustainable development, housing and community development, urban agglomeration and regional studies, as well as urban economics and finance. Funded by a series of search grants at home and abroad, their cutting-edge research has been published in many peer-reviewed journals and has provided critical recommendations for policy-making at the national and local level.